# MOTHER 3 Recomp: a native GBA game port

> MOTHER 3 Recomp brings the GBA game to Windows, Linux and Android using gbarecomp and recomp-ui. Its released packages import the player's ROM and provide a launcher, widescreen presentation and patch support; the Android documentation also describes a private build that generates native-recompiled code locally.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/josiahg2502-glitch/Mother3Recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/josiahg2502-glitch/Mother3Recomp/blob/d50215580540f08d093c8decc478838f26b7e9ae/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mother-3-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mother-3-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mother-3-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The player's own MOTHER 3 ROM; desktop builds require a GBA BIOS, while Android can use its built-in BIOS substitute.
- **Limits:** Translation-patch compatibility and speed vary; unknown patched ROMs use a compatibility interpreter.
- **License:** PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/josiahg2502-glitch/Mother3Recomp/blob/d50215580540f08d093c8decc478838f26b7e9ae/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/josiahg2502-glitch/Mother3Recomp/blob/d50215580540f08d093c8decc478838f26b7e9ae/android/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/josiahg2502-glitch/Mother3Recomp/blob/d50215580540f08d093c8decc478838f26b7e9ae/LICENSE>

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