Case study

Super Mario Galaxy: statically recompiling the Wii game for PS5

Version 1.1.0 statically recompiles Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, USA RMGE01 revision 0, into a PlayStation 5 homebrew title, PPSA99315, at 4K and 60 fps. Nebula translates that one disc. The Mac builder is SuperMarioGalaxy-PS5-Builder-1.1.0-mac.zip. The Windows builder is SuperMarioGalaxy-PS5-Builder-1.1.0-windows.zip. The result is a folder named PPSA99315, about 4.5 GB. A build takes about 4 minutes on an Apple silicon Mac and about 10 minutes on a fast PC, and needs about 12 GB free.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 29
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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

A Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 13 or newer, or 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, plus a USA RMGE01 revision 0 disc image. The README expects a PlayStation 5 that already runs homebrew.
License: GPL-3.0, the same license the README names for Nebula.

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BibTeX

@misc{ps5-mario-galaxy,
  title = {{Super Mario Galaxy: statically recompiling the Wii game for PS5}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/griches/PS5_MarioGalaxy}},
  url = {https://github.com/griches/PS5_MarioGalaxy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps5-mario-galaxy/}}
}

Plain text

Super Mario Galaxy: statically recompiling the Wii game for PS5. https://github.com/griches/PS5_MarioGalaxy (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps5-mario-galaxy/

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README.md GitHub · griches/PS5_MarioGalaxy · Revision 0444596