# pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings: a static recompilation port of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

> pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings ports the European Nintendo DS release of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings to PC by statically recompiling its ARM9 and ARM7 programs and six overlays to C++. The ndskit runtime replaces DS hardware, while repository tools and notes examine the cartridge, packed data, movies and executable layout. The author reports playing from a new game into the second chapter.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings/blob/5d1981ce792477e0ea549276a27f69e0101bef96/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-dumped European release cartridge image with decrypted secure area is required; game data is absent from the repository.
- **Prerequisites:** ndskit must be checked out as a submodule; building requires Python 3, clang, CMake, Ninja, SDL3 and an OpenGL 4.5 GPU.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports play through the first chapter into the second.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings/blob/5d1981ce792477e0ea549276a27f69e0101bef96/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-finalfantasy12revenantwings/blob/5d1981ce792477e0ea549276a27f69e0101bef96/docs/00-sessions.md>

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