Case study

Paper Cut: a native Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door port

Paper Cut ports Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android using C code from a decompilation. Aurora replaces the GameCube graphics, audio, input, disc and memory card layers with WebGPU/Dawn and SDL3. The port reads the user's disc image and supports the Japanese, US and European releases.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 127
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

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: Requires the user's Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door disc image; game data is read from that image.
Scope: Supports the Japanese G8MJ01, US G8ME01 and European G8MP01 releases.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{paper-cut-thousand-year-door-case,
  title = {{Paper Cut: a native Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LLCOOLT/paper-cut}},
  url = {https://github.com/LLCOOLT/paper-cut},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/paper-cut-thousand-year-door-case/}}
}

Plain text

Paper Cut: a native Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door port. https://github.com/LLCOOLT/paper-cut (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/paper-cut-thousand-year-door-case/

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README.md GitHub · LLCOOLT/paper-cut · Revision d4869d6
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · LLCOOLT/paper-cut · Revision d4869d6