Case study

WindowWaker: a Windows port of The Wind Waker from decompiled code

WindowWaker builds a native Windows port of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker from a community decompilation of the USA GameCube release. The fork adds a Windows build and presentation interpolation for 60 and 120 FPS while game simulation remains at 30 Hz; the build generates asset headers from the user's disc image.

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

Stars: 32
Last commit: 2026-10-10
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

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: An uncompressed USA GZLE01 revision 0 GameCube ISO is required.
Prerequisites: The Windows build requires Visual Studio 2022, CMake 3.28 or later, Python 3.10 or later and Git.
Scope: The fork maintains its Windows PC build.
License: MIT license for the port code; the imported game decompilation is CC0-1.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{windowwaker-port-case,
  title = {{WindowWaker: a Windows port of The Wind Waker from decompiled code}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/MaskeZenY/WindowWaker}},
  url = {https://github.com/MaskeZenY/WindowWaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/windowwaker-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

WindowWaker: a Windows port of The Wind Waker from decompiled code. https://github.com/MaskeZenY/WindowWaker (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/windowwaker-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · MaskeZenY/WindowWaker · Revision 105e244
game/README.md GitHub · MaskeZenY/WindowWaker · Revision 105e244