Case study

SMW: a PS4 port of Super Mario Bros. Wonder

SMW brings BelmanteGu's static recompilation of Super Mario Bros. Wonder to jailbroken PS4 consoles. The game's ARM code was translated to C++ ahead of time and compiled for the PS4 CPU, and its NVN graphics run on Vulkan through Mesa's RADV driver.

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

Stars: 80
Last commit: 2026-10-19
Language: C

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 jailbroken PS4. The player supplies their own copy of the game.
The build installs as a home-screen app and supports up to four DualShock 4 controllers. L3 and R3 together open the quick menu.
License: MIT, shown on the README badge that links to LICENSE.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{smw-ps4-case,
  title = {{SMW: a PS4 port of Super Mario Bros. Wonder}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/iHaiDeeZ/SMW}},
  url = {https://github.com/iHaiDeeZ/SMW},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/smw-ps4-case/}}
}

Plain text

SMW: a PS4 port of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. https://github.com/iHaiDeeZ/SMW (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/smw-ps4-case/

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README.md GitHub · iHaiDeeZ/SMW · Revision 2e8c2ad