# Wind Waker HD for PlayStation 5: a port of ZeldaWWHDRecomp

> Wind Waker HD for PlayStation 5 ports ZeldaWWHDRecomp to a homebrew-enabled PS5, compiling Wii U PowerPC code from the user's dump and drawing GX2 graphics through the recompilation's Vulkan renderer on RADV. The author reports reaching the first island after the prologue on one console; later areas remain unmeasured.

- 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/griches/PS5_WindWakerHD>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/griches/PS5_WindWakerHD/blob/923c482c48716e579876e52d2bc329bc90d8dbc3/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps5-wind-waker-hd-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ps5-wind-waker-hd-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ps5-wind-waker-hd-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A homebrew-enabled PS5 and the user's own Wind Waker HD dump are required.
- **Prerequisites:** The builder kit requires Docker, about 6 GB of disk space and at least 8 GB of memory.
- **Testing evidence:** The author tested one PS5 on firmware 13.60 with the USA disc; areas after the first island remain unverified.
- **License:** The repository is offered under GPL-3.0, with per-file and dependency licenses documented separately.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/griches/PS5_WindWakerHD/blob/923c482c48716e579876e52d2bc329bc90d8dbc3/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/griches/PS5_WindWakerHD/blob/923c482c48716e579876e52d2bc329bc90d8dbc3/ps5/kit/README.md>

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