Case study

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon: a matching CD-i decompilation

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon's CD-i main program is reconstructed as C compiled with Apple MPW C 3.0. The author reports byte-identical builds for English, French, German and Dutch versions after extracting data from the user's disc and checking each output hash.

Targets: Game
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: 2026-10-24
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A copy of a supported Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon disc.
Prerequisites: Linux or WSL, Python 3 with Capstone, Basilisk II, an owned 68040 Mac ROM, System 7.5.3, MPW 3.3 and MPW C 3.0.
Limits: Naming and documentation remain incomplete; some drawing and NVRAM routines remain assembly.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{zelda-wand-of-gamelon-decomp-case,
  title = {{Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon: a matching CD-i decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ByteDecompiler/zelda-wand-of-gamelon}},
  url = {https://github.com/ByteDecompiler/zelda-wand-of-gamelon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/zelda-wand-of-gamelon-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon: a matching CD-i decompilation. https://github.com/ByteDecompiler/zelda-wand-of-gamelon (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/zelda-wand-of-gamelon-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · ByteDecompiler/zelda-wand-of-gamelon · Revision 956c243
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · ByteDecompiler/zelda-wand-of-gamelon · Revision 956c243