Case study

World of Goo: WiiWare decompilation

World of Goo is an unfinished decompilation of the European WiiWare release WGOP. The repository contains game-specific C++ source and build configuration; its workflow extracts a user-provided WAD, builds with Python and ninja, and compares rebuilt objects with objdiff.

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

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2025-01-21
Language: C++
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An existing copy of the WGOP European WiiWare WAD is required.
Prerequisites: Python and ninja are required; macOS lists wine-crossover, and non-x86 Linux lists wine.
Limits: The decompilation is a work in progress.
License: CC0-1.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{world-of-goo-wiiware-decomp-case,
  title = {{World of Goo: WiiWare decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Fancy2209/wog-wiiware}},
  url = {https://github.com/Fancy2209/wog-wiiware},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/world-of-goo-wiiware-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

World of Goo: WiiWare decompilation. https://github.com/Fancy2209/wog-wiiware (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/world-of-goo-wiiware-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Fancy2209/wog-wiiware · Revision aad03e6