Case study
Pokémon Black: Nintendo DS decompilation
This repository is a decompilation of Pokémon Black for the Nintendo DS. It builds pokeblack.us.nds, the Version 1.0 USA/EUR NDSi Enhanced ROM.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 70
- Last commit
- 2026-10-17
- Language
- Assembly
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- The built ROM SHA-1 is 26ad0b9967aa279c4a266ee69f52b9b2332399a5.
- The README names no license or setup steps.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{pokeblack-case,
title = {{Pokémon Black: Nintendo DS decompilation}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/squiddonaut/pokeblack}},
url = {https://github.com/squiddonaut/pokeblack},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokeblack-case/}}
}Plain text
Pokémon Black: Nintendo DS decompilation. https://github.com/squiddonaut/pokeblack (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokeblack-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · squiddonaut/pokeblack · Revision 67d91a7
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