Case study

Portémon Nitro: a HeartGold and SoulSilver engine port

Portémon Nitro reimplements the Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver engine in LÖVE for PCs and mobile devices. It reads a user-owned Nintendo DS ROM, derives game data locally, and separates ROM interpretation from runtime behavior and the app interface. The repository contains Lua game code, Nintendo DS and game-specific libraries, and ROM import tooling.

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: 9
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: Lua
License (GitHub): AGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a user-owned compatible canonical US Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver ROM.
Prerequisites: Runs through the LÖVE framework.
License: AGPL-3.0 License.

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BibTeX

@misc{portemon-nitro-hgss-case,
  title = {{Portémon Nitro: a HeartGold and SoulSilver engine port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/portemon-nitro/portemon}},
  url = {https://github.com/portemon-nitro/portemon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/portemon-nitro-hgss-case/}}
}

Plain text

Portémon Nitro: a HeartGold and SoulSilver engine port. https://github.com/portemon-nitro/portemon (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/portemon-nitro-hgss-case/

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README.md GitHub · portemon-nitro/portemon · Revision 796c312
docs/architecture.md GitHub · portemon-nitro/portemon · Revision 796c312