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OpenEmperor 0.1.0-alpha.2 is a clean-room reimplementation of Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom for Apple silicon macOS.
Reviewed oliverjessner/OpenEmperor@cc53e70
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This statically recompiles Wii Party to Windows and experimental Linux.
Reviewed arelkair/wiiparty-recomp@5c5d544
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Version 0.1.0 statically recompiles Saints Row for the Xbox 360, NTSC-U title ID 545107D1, to Windows with ReXGlue.
Reviewed sp00nznet/saintsrow@a608043
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This matching decompilation of Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, North America NMFE revision 0, rebuilds the original ROM byte for byte.
Reviewed monde-lointain/mariogolf64@5014056
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This repository collects research toward a native Windows port of the 2012 PlayStation 3 game Twisted Metal.
Reviewed franklincg/twisted-metal-2012-ps3-native-port@ab44e04
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This recompiles ActRaiser for the Super Nintendo, USA.
Reviewed DerrickGold/ar-recomp@d9aec17
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This statically recompiles Astral Chain for the Nintendo Switch, version 1.0.0 with no update, to macOS.
Reviewed swaymun/AC-Recomp@80c5015
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Release 0.1.0 statically recompiles Body Harvest for the Nintendo 64, USA, with N64Recomp.
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This ports Donkey Kong 64: Recompiled to native Android with the NDK, N64ModernRuntime, RT64 on Vulkan, RmlUi, and SDL2.
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Pinyon Shift statically recompiles Forza Horizon for the Xbox 360 to Windows.
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Spartan, formerly OpenH3M, statically recompiles the Halo 3 Mythic multiplayer disc from Halo 3: ODST to Windows x64 with ReXGlue.
Reviewed GTTeancum/OpenH3M@9c46972
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This is a native Nintendo 3DS port of Pokémon Platinum, built from the pret/pokeplatinum decompilation.
Reviewed GabeSud0/pokeplatinum-3ds@0446dad
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This statically recompiles Road Trip, Choro Q HG 2 for the PlayStation 2, USA SLUS-20398, to Windows, macOS, and Android with PS2Recomp.
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This recompiles Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and also offers separate Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles builds, with segagenesisrecomp.
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This decompiles the Xbox Live Arcade version of Banjo-Kazooie.
Reviewed banjo360/bk360@dc021c2
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Starlit Party is a native Windows, Android, and browser port of Mario Party 6, USA, built on recovered game code, Aurora, SDL3, and Dawn/WebGPU.
Reviewed iirg4x/mp6-native-port@d438e67
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ReRevved statically recompiles Civilization Revolution for the Xbox 360.
Reviewed ReRevvedRecomp/rerevved@dac4139
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Version 1.2.0 builds a native Windows game from a PAL Mario Kart Wii disc, RMCP01.
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OpenMadoola reimplements The Wing of Madoola and reads graphics and level data from a ROM.
Reviewed nfroggy/openmadoola@1d1b818
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This matching decompilation of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex for the PlayStation 2 targets PAL retail v1.03, SLES-50386.
Reviewed denzi-gh/crashwoc-decomp-ps2@0e68faf
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This Windows static recompilation of Killzone: Liberation targets the US v1.20 image UCUS-98646.
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MegaManZeroRecomp statically translates the Mega Man Zero USA revision 0 ROM, SHA-1 193b14120119162518a73c70876f0b8bffdbd96e, from ARM and Thumb into native C++.
Reviewed mstan/MegaManZeroRecomp@fa410ff
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RubySapphireRecomp statically translates Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire USA revision 1 ROMs into native C.
Reviewed mstan/RubySapphireRecomp@cf670ed
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This static recompilation of the original Xbox game The Urbz: Sims in the City, North America, builds Urbz.exe for Windows with Direct3D 12 and XAudio2, and Urbz for Linux with Vulkan and SDL3.
Reviewed abilliontokens/urbz-recomp@aac2198
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This static recompilation of WarioWare: Twisted!
Reviewed mstan/WarioWareTwistedRecomp@3897e4a
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This Rust project plays Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu for the SNES in Classic, recompiled, and remastered modes.
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TotK Recomp statically recompiles The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom into a native x86-64 program for Windows and Linux, with a Vulkan renderer.
Reviewed valentderah/totk-pc-recomp@eda417f
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SDLPAL is an SDL reimplementation of the Chinese RPG Legend of Sword and Fairy, also called PAL.
Reviewed sdlpal/sdlpal@d4bf69b
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OpenGothic is a reimplementation of the Gothic 2: Night of the Raven client, using the original game data and mods.
Reviewed Try/OpenGothic@f3330c8
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LunarCore is a Java reimplementation of the Star Rail game server for a 4.2.0 client.
Reviewed Melledy/LunarCore@04b5de8
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This project rewrites Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas function by function.
Reviewed gta-reversed/gta-reversed@afbc26d
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Surreal Engine reimplements Unreal Engine 1, currently for Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament.
Reviewed dpjudas/SurrealEngine@b8a30e3
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re:Blue statically recompiles Blue Dragon into a native program.
Reviewed zolaware/reblue@85aae68
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This is a native Windows port of the original Xbox game Black, made with Xbox XBE Recomp.
Reviewed TGP482/BLACK-XBERecomp@10b8464
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OpenEnroth reimplements the Might and Magic VI, VII, and VIII engine.
Reviewed OpenEnroth/OpenEnroth@63535c6
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si78c is a C reimplementation of the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders.
Reviewed loadzero/si78c@0b2b4f1
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UltraTears builds a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 1.4.3 for Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck from plain exefs and romfs folders.
Reviewed kuraeow/ultratears@57bf619
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REGoth reimplements the zEngine used by Gothic and Gothic II.
Reviewed REGoth-project/REGoth@b6d91b8
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GLSMAC is an OpenGL and SDL2 reimplementation of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire.
Reviewed afwbkbc/glsmac@ee53795
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TriAevum, Echoes of Time, is an ahead-of-time recompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D for Windows and Linux x64, with an NRI/Vulkan renderer.
Reviewed coccofresco/TriAevum@8f69a26
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Severed Chains rewrites Legend of Dragoon from its assembly into Java and adds a modding API.
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Nebula runs Super Mario Galaxy on 64-bit Windows.
Reviewed keepvaibin/nebula@825c707
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Takedawn translates the original Xbox game Burnout 3: Takedown ahead of time into native x86-64 and arm64 code.
Reviewed xenophobentx/takedawn@9f7c371
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OpenClaw is a C++ reimplementation of the 1997 game Captain Claw.
Reviewed pjasicek/OpenClaw@5ee5740
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REGoth-bs reimplements the zEngine used by Gothic and Gothic II.
Reviewed REGoth-project/REGoth-bs@7f6fe1e
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donut is a C++ and OpenGL reimplementation of The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
Reviewed plowteam/donut@80c06fc
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EdgeOfTimeRecompiled statically recompiles the US Xbox 360 version of Spider-Man: Edge of Time, including its title update.
Reviewed goliathret/EdgeOfTimeRecomp@ebf7bb9
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This is a native Windows port of the original Xbox game Splinter Cell: Double Agent, made with Xbox XBE Recomp.
Reviewed TGP482/SCDA-XBERecomp@86686d5
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Pokopia Recomp rebuilds Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2, version 2.0.1a, as a native Windows program.
Reviewed drakolordx7/switch2-recomp@5339bf8
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Ascension is a static recompilation of the PlayStation 3 game God of War: Ascension.
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Strikers is a native port of Super Mario Strikers built on Yannick Suter's decompilation.
Reviewed new-coke/strikers@5909047
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Dinosaur Planet: Recompiled statically recompiles the December 2000 Dinosaur Planet prototype with N64: Recompiled and renders it with RT64.
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Goemon 64: Recompiled statically recompiles the North American Nintendo 64 release of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon.
Reviewed klorfmorf/Goemon64Recomp@6661abc
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OpenShao statically recompiles the original Xbox game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks with XboxXBERecomp.
Reviewed OAleex/OpenShao@0bd55e4
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Rad-Therapy is a QuakeC game for the FTE engine that plays the 1998 Half-Life campaign and deathmatch.
Reviewed eukara/freehl@041a3fd
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Xerenge recompiles the Xbox 360 retail releases of Burnout Revenge to C++ ahead of time.
Reviewed shipa-2/Xerenge@4473324
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G-Diffuser is a PC port of F-Zero X with the 64DD Expansion Kit.
Reviewed Zorkats/G-Diffuser@6ba0174
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CroftEngine is an open-source engine for the first Tomb Raider.
Reviewed stohrendorf/CroftEngine@f2f2d70
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Sourcehold is an early open-source engine for Stronghold, the 2001 castle game by Firefly Studios.
Reviewed sourcehold/Sourcehold@779cc32
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This decompiles Duke Nukem: Zero Hour for the Nintendo 64.
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Namco 2x Systems rebuilds Namco System 21, 22, and 23 arcade games for Linux and Windows from MAME ROM sets, version 0.271 or later.
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GT3 Revisited reimplements the Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec engine for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Meta Quest.
Reviewed matt-pulsipher/GT3-revisited@9214e88
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DKR-R is a native static recompilation of Diddy Kong Racing.
Reviewed ThatGuyMcd/DKR-R@fbae505
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This is a native Windows port of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for Xbox 360, built with XenonRecomp.
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This port runs the PlayStation 4 game The Last of Us Remastered, product CUSA00552 with update 1.11, on Windows.
Reviewed ravencaio/tlou-remastered-pc@212fb04
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Dimensions Recompiled is a native Windows build of the Xbox 360 game LEGO Dimensions.
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This is an Android port of Unleashed Recompiled for the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed.
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PGR4-Recomp ports Project Gotham Racing 4 to x86-64.
Reviewed beatrixzy/PGR4-Recomp@a42db69
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This is a native port of the Xbox 360 game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 HD Collection, built with the ReXGlue SDK.
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This is a work-in-progress decompilation of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
Reviewed Kirby64Ret/kirby64@2844cea
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This is a native Linux and Windows port of the PlayStation 2 game Resident Evil Code: Veronica X, built from the recvx-decomp decompilation.
Reviewed aikatore/recvx-enhanced-port@dedbb1a
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This statically recompiles Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition for Xbox 360, title id 545407F8, with the ReXGlue SDK.
Reviewed holdmysocks/mcla-recomp@2ed2081
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reNut recompiles the USA release of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts with the ReXGlue SDK.
Reviewed masterspike52/reNut@e5c57e7
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Witch Time is a static recompilation of Bayonetta 3 for Nintendo Switch.
Reviewed Zexyen/Witch-Time@bff9d73
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This statically recompiles the 2011 Xbox 360 Arcade release of Daytona USA with ReXGlue.
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NFSMW Recompiled is a native PC and Android port of the Xbox 360 version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted from 2005.
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GoldenRecomp is a recompilation of GoldenEye 007 built with a modified N64Recomp.
Reviewed kholdfuzion/GoldenRecomp@f31b5d1
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XCX Recomp statically recompiles Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch into a Windows x86-64 executable with a Vulkan renderer.
Reviewed jmars125/xcx-recomp@7b2337a
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This is a work-in-progress decompilation of the Nintendo 64 game Dinosaur Planet, from the ROM released by Forest of Illusion on 20 February 2021.
Reviewed zestydevy/dinosaur-planet@d616a63
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This is a work-in-progress decompilation of the US version of Pokémon Stadium.
Reviewed pret/pokestadium@6995f32
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Duke Nukem Zero Hour: Recompiled statically recompiles the US Nintendo 64 ROM with N64Recomp and renders it with RT64.
Reviewed sonicdcer/DNZHRecomp@54e61d0
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This is a work-in-progress decompilation of Halo: Combat Evolved build 2342.
Reviewed punpckhdq/halo@c2d6835
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This decompiles Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver by translating its MIPS R3000 code to C, then builds a modern port.
Reviewed Gh0stBlade/KAIN2@e9fa662
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This is an experimental static recompilation of Initial D Arcade Stage 3 for NAOMI 2, disc GDS-0033, aimed at 64-bit Windows.
Reviewed distilledorion-sketch/Initial-D-Arcade-Stage-3-Native-SH-4-Recompilation-WIP-@7f18275
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This repository ships Linux and Windows launchers that statically recompile Xbox 360 titles to x86-64 and draw them with Vulkan.
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This is a native port of the GameCube game Skies of Arcadia Legends for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.
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OpenTPW reimplements Bullfrog's 1999 game Theme Park World, also released as Sim Theme Park.
Reviewed OpenTPW/OpenTPW@453e779
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This port statically recompiles the USA PlayStation 2 game God of War, product SCUS-97399, into C++.
Reviewed danielalves96/gow-pc-port@8b104e9
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This recompiles Super Mario World for the SNES into C with snesrecomp.
Reviewed mstan/SuperMarioWorldRecomp@2c52fbc
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This decompiles New Super Mario Bros. Wii from the PALv1 binaries.
Reviewed NSMBW-Community/NSMBW-Decomp@58fe698
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The project reconstructs Zuma Deluxe's game logic from Mac and Windows executables as buildable C++ source.
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croc_psx reconstructs C source for the Croc: Legend of the Gobbos PlayStation demo SLED-00038 using the original Psy-Q toolchain.
Reviewed codeberg.org/misbk/croc_psx/src/commit/cf599e2d944…
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Starquake reconstructs the BBC Micro game's assembly and provides a Beebasm command to generate a bootable disc image from decoder.asm.
Reviewed reuben.scratton/starquake@ad93929
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R.E.L.I.V.E. develops a cross-platform engine intended to replace the original PC executables for Abe’s Oddysee and Abe’s Exoddus.
Reviewed aliveteam.github.io
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OpenCivOne rewrites the 1991 DOS Civilization game for desktop systems with .NET 8 and Avalonia.
Reviewed codeberg.org/rhorvat/OpenCivOne/src/commit/f3c20cc…
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Mario Bros. reconstructs assembly for the Atari VCS release and provides a script to extract required assets from a ROM.
Reviewed segaloco/a26_mb@d5e2073
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smt-decomp is a work-in-progress decompilation of the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei 1.
Reviewed codeberg.org/chickenzes/smt-decomp/src/commit/3d0f…
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ReRAC ports the 2002 PlayStation 2 Ratchet & Clank to a native PC application using data read from the player's original disc.
Reviewed re-rac.github.io
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SC2k-docs maps SimCity 2000 file formats and simulation behavior, chiefly for the Windows 95 Special Edition.
Reviewed OpenCity2k/SC2k-docs@1062334
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Metroid Dread Recomp builds a native Windows or Linux version of Metroid Dread 2.1.0 from a player's Switch ExeFS and RomFS.
