# smt4-recomp: a 3DS Shin Megami Tensei IV static recompilation

> smt4-recomp builds a native PC version of the USA 3DS release of Shin Megami Tensei IV by translating its ARM code to C with 3dsrecomp. Zakuro supplies the kernel, services, graphics and sound runtime; project overrides add widescreen and gameplay options.

- 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/Invictus-potens/smt4-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Invictus-potens/smt4-recomp/blob/349a70703ac0e320541333867c94f72c4474adec/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/smt4-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/smt4-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/smt4-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's decrypted USA .3ds or .cci dump, a Vulkan or OpenGL 3.3 GPU, Rust and a 64-bit compiler.
- **Scope:** Windows 10 or 11 is the documented platform; Linux has a user-reported build.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports more than 15 hours of play from a new game without a crash; the remaining game has not been played through.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Invictus-potens/smt4-recomp/blob/349a70703ac0e320541333867c94f72c4474adec/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Invictus-potens/smt4-recomp/blob/349a70703ac0e320541333867c94f72c4474adec/overrides/README.md>

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