Case study

PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp: static recompilation of Pokémon Red and Blue

PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp translates the Game Boy code of Pokémon Red and Blue into C with a fork of gb-recompiled and compiles it as a native x64 program. It loads game data from the user's ROM and falls back to an interpreter for code paths missed by static analysis.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 11
Last commit: 2026-07-23
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply a legally obtained US or European Pokémon Red or Blue ROM.
Prerequisites: Building requires MSYS2 MinGW64, CMake 3.20+, Ninja and SDL2.
Limits: The early prototype has animation and audio issues and no link cable support.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{pokemon-red-blue-recomp-case,
  title = {{PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp: static recompilation of Pokémon Red and Blue}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-red-blue-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp: static recompilation of Pokémon Red and Blue. https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-red-blue-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp · Revision b5f8bf3