Case study

Tingle Tuner: matching Wind Waker GBA client reconstruction

Tingle Tuner reconstructs the GBA client that The Wind Waker sends to a linked Game Boy Advance, covering Japanese, US, PAL and demo builds. Its C, assembly and LZ77 packer rebuild hash-checked client images from user-supplied discs, while separate documentation maps the GameCube-to-GBA JOY bus protocol.

Targets: Game · Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

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Last commit: 2026-10-02
Language: C

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply unmodified retail Wind Waker disc images for the desired versions.
Prerequisites: Python 3.7+ with capstone and pyyaml, devkitARM binutils, and agbcc are required.
Limits: Some functions still use generated assembly, and two behavior questions remain open.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{tingle-tuner-decomp-case,
  title = {{Tingle Tuner: matching Wind Waker GBA client reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/DMiller0090/tingle_tuner}},
  url = {https://github.com/DMiller0090/tingle_tuner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tingle-tuner-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tingle Tuner: matching Wind Waker GBA client reconstruction. https://github.com/DMiller0090/tingle_tuner (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tingle-tuner-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · DMiller0090/tingle_tuner · Revision c6a4af6
docs/protocol.md GitHub · DMiller0090/tingle_tuner · Revision c6a4af6