Case study

pc-dragonquestswords: a partial static recompilation of Dragon Quest Swords for PC

pc-dragonquestswords ports the European Wii release of Dragon Quest Swords toward native PC execution by statically recompiling its PowerPC code to C++ and providing a replacement runtime through wiikit. Its notes map the disc, FPK archives and stripped executable; the author reports that the current port reaches the opening and early tutorial battles.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-11-03
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned European RDQPGD disc is required; game data and executables are excluded from the repository.
Prerequisites: Python 3.8+, CMake, Ninja, a C++20 compiler, SDL3 and OpenGL 4.5 are described for the tool and build workflow.
Limits: The port stops at the tutorial's Master Stroke and does not yet support the stab.
License: MIT license for repository documentation and tools.

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BibTeX

@misc{pc-dragonquestswords-case,
  title = {{pc-dragonquestswords: a partial static recompilation of Dragon Quest Swords for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-dragonquestswords}},
  url = {https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-dragonquestswords},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-dragonquestswords-case/}}
}

Plain text

pc-dragonquestswords: a partial static recompilation of Dragon Quest Swords for PC. https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-dragonquestswords (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-dragonquestswords-case/

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README.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/pc-dragonquestswords · Revision 8b0d5be
docs/01-disc-layout.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/pc-dragonquestswords · Revision 8b0d5be