Case study

Super Mario Land 2: a Game Boy static recompilation with adaptive widescreen

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins — Recompiled builds native versions of the Game Boy V1.0 game and a DX color variant from one user ROM. It uses gbrecompiled for static recompilation and adds an optional widescreen view whose margins are constructed from live level data.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 20
Last commit: 2026-10-19
Language: Python

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

Prerequisites: The specified Super Mario Land 2 (UE) V1.0 ROM, CRC32 D5EC24E4, is required.
Prerequisites: The 256-byte DMG BIOS is required for faithful mode and the 2304-byte CGB BIOS for DX.
Testing evidence: Previous savestates are incompatible; the author reports route tests rather than a complete playthrough.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{super-mario-land-2-recompiled-case,
  title = {{Super Mario Land 2: a Game Boy static recompilation with adaptive widescreen}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mstan/SuperMarioLand2Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/mstan/SuperMarioLand2Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-mario-land-2-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Super Mario Land 2: a Game Boy static recompilation with adaptive widescreen. https://github.com/mstan/SuperMarioLand2Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-mario-land-2-recompiled-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · mstan/SuperMarioLand2Recomp · Revision be57e21
ADAPTIVE.md GitHub · mstan/SuperMarioLand2Recomp · Revision be57e21
DX.md GitHub · mstan/SuperMarioLand2Recomp · Revision be57e21