Case study

Super Mario Sunshine: an Android port of the decompiled game

sms-android ports Super Mario Sunshine to native ARM64 Android using decompiled game source, OpenGL ES 3.0, and SDL2 input. It reads a user-provided USA GameCube GMSE01 ISO and adds on-screen touch controls alongside USB and Bluetooth gamepad support.

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: 16
Last commit: 2026-10-07
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An ARM64 device running Android 8.0+ with OpenGL ES 3.0+.
Prerequisites: A personal USA GameCube GMSE01 ISO of Super Mario Sunshine.
Prerequisites: For builds: JDK 17, Android SDK API 34, Android NDK 26.3.11579264, and CMake 3.22.1+.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{sms-android-port-case,
  title = {{Super Mario Sunshine: an Android port of the decompiled game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jbcgames/sms-android}},
  url = {https://github.com/jbcgames/sms-android},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sms-android-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Super Mario Sunshine: an Android port of the decompiled game. https://github.com/jbcgames/sms-android (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sms-android-port-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · jbcgames/sms-android · Revision cb8208c
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · jbcgames/sms-android · Revision cb8208c