decompilation

mGBA closes AI-generated pull requests on sight. SDL banned them in April. QEMU says it cannot accept the legal risk. Meanwhile the Melee decompilation used AI to cross the finish line. Both sides are right.

Super Smash Bros. Melee hit 100% decompilation after six years, with OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra closing out the final stretch. A native ARM64 build is now possible, which is the part that matters for handhelds.

Every game with a native recompiled PC port, across N64, Xbox 360 and PS1, with the state of each project and which handhelds run them. The complete cross platform list.

August 2026 brought a wave of native Nintendo 3DS ports built on decompilation work, plus one very odd Breath of the Wild demake. Here is what is real, what runs, and why the 3DS is suddenly interesting again.

A Three.js layer that renders your live FireRed session in 2.5D. It is not a recomp and not a ROM hack. Here is how it works and what is not out yet.

Gen1Recomp runs natively on retro handhelds, not through an emulator. Here is what works on Anbernic, Android and Steam Deck, and what quietly does not.

A first person clip of Pallet Town went viral this week. Here is what Gen1Recomp really is, why it is not an emulator, and whether your handheld can run it.

Every N64 game with a native recompiled or decompiled PC port, what state each is in, and which handhelds run them. Plus the new browser playable recomps.

Decomp and recomp projects turn classic games into real PC applications that run better than emulation. Here is the difference between the two, and what it changes for your handheld.

Dusk is a native PC and mobile port of Zelda: Twilight Princess, built on the GameCube decompilation. Here is how it runs on Steam Deck, PC, and Android.