Case study

Jackal UEFI: a disassembly-based UEFI port of the NES game

Jackal UEFI ports the NES game Jackal to a native UEFI Shell application by translating its 6502 disassembly line by line into a C core. UEFI GOP handles graphics while UEFI services handle input and timing; a ROM extractor generates tiles, palettes, and layouts from the user's copy. Audio calls retain state and timing behavior without sound output.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 16
Last commit: 2026-07-22
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally obtained Jackal ROM named ref/orgrom.nes is required to generate resources.
Prerequisites: The documented build environment uses Windows, Visual Studio 2019, EDK2, Python 3, QEMU, and OVMF.
Limits: The application has no audio output.
License: MIT license is stated for the original code and tools.

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BibTeX

@misc{jackal-uefi-port-case,
  title = {{Jackal UEFI: a disassembly-based UEFI port of the NES game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/MikeWuPing/UEFI_Jackal}},
  url = {https://github.com/MikeWuPing/UEFI_Jackal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/jackal-uefi-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Jackal UEFI: a disassembly-based UEFI port of the NES game. https://github.com/MikeWuPing/UEFI_Jackal (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/jackal-uefi-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · MikeWuPing/UEFI_Jackal · Revision 8309f5b
README_en.md GitHub · MikeWuPing/UEFI_Jackal · Revision 8309f5b