# TLKRecomp: a static recompilation of The Lion King for PC

> TLKRecomp translates the US SNES release of The Lion King's 65816 program into C with snesrecomp and builds a native program for Linux, Windows and Apple Silicon macOS. Its host uses emulated PPU and SPC components. The author reports matching frames and RAM against interpreter runs, and matching game RAM against BizHawk runs.

- 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/kinduff/TLKRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kinduff/TLKRecomp/blob/3e5e202e15eb8d9c998318ea311e710bfcb9dcd2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tlkrecomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tlkrecomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tlkrecomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply a headerless 3 MiB US The Lion King ROM matching the documented SHA-256.
- **Prerequisites:** Source builds on Linux require CMake, Ninja, GCC or Clang, Python 3 and SDL3.
- **Limits:** Some game instructions still run in snesrecomp's interpreter; widescreen is experimental.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kinduff/TLKRecomp/blob/3e5e202e15eb8d9c998318ea311e710bfcb9dcd2/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/kinduff/TLKRecomp/blob/3e5e202e15eb8d9c998318ea311e710bfcb9dcd2/tools/re/NOTES.md>
3. <https://github.com/kinduff/TLKRecomp/blob/3e5e202e15eb8d9c998318ea311e710bfcb9dcd2/LICENSE>

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