# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/squiddonaut/pokeblack>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/squiddonaut/pokeblack/blob/67d91a78b16caccbd4fbecdddf8a74c823d208a6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokeblack-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokeblack-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pokeblack-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The built ROM SHA-1 is 26ad0b9967aa279c4a266ee69f52b9b2332399a5.
- The README names no license or setup steps.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/squiddonaut/pokeblack/blob/67d91a78b16caccbd4fbecdddf8a74c823d208a6/README.md>

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## About this entry

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