Case study

Nebula: bringing Super Mario Galaxy to Windows

Nebula runs Super Mario Galaxy on 64-bit Windows. Release 1.0.2 plays the North American disc RMGE01 from start to finish. Setup translates that disc's PowerPC code to C++ and compiles it locally. The current branch, Nebula 2, is unreleased and builds the game from the Petari decompilation, adding the European disc RMGP01 and the Japanese disc RMGJ01. Windows 10 version 1803 or Windows 11, a Direct3D 12 GPU, and 8 GB of RAM are required. Source steps are in docs/BUILDING.md.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 572
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Super Mario Galaxy revision 0 as an ISO, RVZ, or extracted folder. RMGE01 for 1.0.2.
License: GNU GPL v3.0 only. Third-party terms are in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{nebula-smg,
  title = {{Nebula: bringing Super Mario Galaxy to Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/keepvaibin/nebula}},
  url = {https://github.com/keepvaibin/nebula},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/nebula-smg/}}
}

Plain text

Nebula: bringing Super Mario Galaxy to Windows. https://github.com/keepvaibin/nebula (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/nebula-smg/

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README.md GitHub · keepvaibin/nebula · Revision 825c707