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A Godot rebuild of FireRed's opening with real time battles, playable in a browser right now. There is no Linux build and no APK, which decides everything about where you can play it. PortMaster already ships the runtime it would need.

Minecraft inside Skyrim. Doom on a working virtual PC inside Minecraft. Morrowind inside Elden Ring. These clips all look like the same trick and they are not. There are four completely different ways to do it, and knowing which one you are looking at tells you whether it can possibly be real.

Minecraft inside Skyrim. Morrowind inside Elden Ring. Doom inside Minecraft on a working virtual PC. A running list of games rebuilt inside other games, which ones you can download, and the one that runs on a $50 handheld.

A clip of Minecraft running inside Elden Ring did six million views today. There is no download. Neither is there one for the Mario 64 version. Meanwhile a free 1MB N64 Minecraft has been sitting on GitHub since 2024.

Four ways to get blocky building onto a retro handheld, from a ready to run port that works on a $50 device to real Minecraft Java. One hardware requirement decides which of them you can use.

Most recomp coverage assumes you own a gaming PC. But ten console decompilation ports are sitting in PortMaster right now, and they are listed for handhelds as cheap as the RG28XX. Here is the real list, pulled from PortMaster's own data.

Ocarina of Time running natively on a forty dollar handheld, with widescreen and a stable frame rate, no emulator anywhere. Here is the setup, including the o2r conversion step that trips up most people.

Pokémon fan games are not ROM hacks, and the hardware question is completely different. Two of the biggest ones are official PortMaster ports that run on a 40 dollar Anbernic. Some now run in a browser with no install at all. The others need Android or a PC. Sorted by what you own.

Most recompiled ports build for x86 PCs, which leaves Android handhelds out. Here is what actually runs on ARM today, the browser route that changes the answer, and what to stop waiting for.

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.

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.

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.

Starboard runs PortMaster games on Android handhelds by putting a real Linux environment inside Android. Here is how to set it up, and an honest look at what actually runs.

Twenty one free, legal homebrew games to load onto your handheld right now, from new games for old consoles to open-source remakes and PICO-8 hits.

PortMaster brings hundreds of native game ports to retro handhelds, from indie classics to open-source remakes. Here is how to install it and start.

Decompilation and recompilation both turn classic games into real PC applications that run better than emulation, but they work in completely different ways. Here is the difference, and why it matters for your handheld.

Dusklight, formerly called Dusk, is a native PC and mobile port of Zelda: Twilight Princess built on the GameCube decompilation. It is now on PortMaster too. Here is how it runs on every handheld class.