Case study

pc-thelaststory: statically recompiling The Last Story for PC

pc-thelaststory statically recompiles the European Wii release of The Last Story for a native PC port. Its tools identify functions in the stripped PowerPC executable and use wiikit to translate them to C++ while a runtime replaces Wii services. The author reports play from the title screen into the first chapter at 30 frames per second.

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: 16
Last commit: 2026-10-21
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: The user's own European The Last Story disc, SLSP01; the repository contains no game data or executable.
Prerequisites: Python 3.8 or newer, CMake, Ninja, clang, SDL3 and OpenGL 4.5 are required for the documented build.
Limits: The port reaches the first chapter; fog is not drawn yet and 60 frames per second remains a goal.
License: MIT applies to the repository's documentation and tools.

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BibTeX

@misc{pc-thelaststory-case,
  title = {{pc-thelaststory: statically recompiling The Last Story for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-thelaststory}},
  url = {https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-thelaststory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-thelaststory-case/}}
}

Plain text

pc-thelaststory: statically recompiling The Last Story for PC. https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-thelaststory (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-thelaststory-case/

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README.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/pc-thelaststory · Revision a1d4171
docs/03-executable.md GitHub · vs-sr-dev/pc-thelaststory · Revision a1d4171