# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp/blob/b5f8bf3127d1208f3582d2f84862a2bfc8f605a9/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-red-blue-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-red-blue-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pokemon-red-blue-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mstan/PokemonRedAndBlueRecomp/blob/b5f8bf3127d1208f3582d2f84862a2bfc8f605a9/README.md>

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