# Moon Pearl: an Android port of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

> Moon Pearl is an Android port of the zelda3 C reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The player picks an .sfc or .smc ROM and the app builds the game data on the device. It adds widescreen, nine save-state slots, rewind, and controller support.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/DoutorRaposo/moonpearl>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/DoutorRaposo/moonpearl/blob/ed2c8da76494ca10b1a9ac0d8721eec88402d7a1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/moonpearl/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/moonpearl/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/moonpearl/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Android 8.0 or newer on a 64-bit device. Install moonpearl-x.y.z.apk from Releases.
- License: MIT for the Android code in this repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/DoutorRaposo/moonpearl/blob/ed2c8da76494ca10b1a9ac0d8721eec88402d7a1/README.md>

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