Game Decompilations & Recompilations
859 open-source projects that rebuild classic games from their original binaries — matching decompilations that reconstruct the source code, and static recompilations that turn console code into native PC ports.
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Clone of Mega Man Zero
A static recompilation of Mega Man Zero for Game Boy Advance to native PC, built on gbarecomp.
Stars12
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Original game imageClone of Paper Mario: Sticker Star
A work-in-progress decompilation of Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Europe) that does not yet produce a matching build.
Stars12
Updated11 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Pokémon Rumble
A very early work-in-progress decompilation of Pokémon Rumble, supporting the USA Rev 0 release.
Stars12
Updated6 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Ratchet & Clank
A work-in-progress decompilation project for PS2 Ratchet & Clank games.
Stars12
Updated1 year ago
LicenseApache-2.0
Release2025
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf
A byte-matching decompilation of the 2001 PC game Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf (released in North America as Sheep Raider), PAL version,…
Stars12
Updated1 month ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
A disassembly of Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts covering the JP, US and EU versions; the US and JP prototypes are not yet covered.
Stars12
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of The World Is Not Enough
A native PC and Steam Deck port of 007: The World Is Not Enough with widescreen and modern controls, built from your own ROM.
Stars12
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: FPS
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Original game imageClone of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
A Ghidra-based decompilation of the Steam English release of Ys VI, aimed at understanding and modifying the game.
Stars12
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Chameleon Twist
A decompilation project for Chameleon Twist, working from the Japanese v1.0 ROM and not yet near completion.
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Original game imageClone of Digimon World 2
A matching decompilation of Digimon World 2 for PlayStation; all 1088 game functions are matched.
Stars11
Updated1 month ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2026
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Digimon World
A decompilation attempt for Digimon World 1 on PlayStation, translating Ghidra pseudo-C into compilable C.
Stars11
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: RPG
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Original game imageClone of Dog's Life
A decompilation project for Dog's Life (2003), currently working on the SCES_512.48 PAL release.
Stars11
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: action-adventure game
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Original game imageClone of Donkey Kong 64
A work-in-progress decompilation of Donkey Kong 64, aiming to recreate a source code base for the game from scratch using information found…
Stars11
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Genre: Platform
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Clone of Doshin the Giant
A work-in-progress decompilation of the GameCube version of Doshin the Giant (GKDP01, Rev 0 EU).
Stars11
Updated11 months ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: god game
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Original game imageClone of Kirby's Dream Land
A fan-made recompilation of Kirby's Dream Land for modern systems; you must supply your own legally obtained ROM.
Stars11
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Plants vs. Zombies
A cross-platform Plants vs. Zombies decompilation fork using SDL and OpenGL; needs your own PvZ GOTY data.
Stars11
Updated11 months ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: Strategy
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Original game imageClone of SpongeBob Moves In!
A C# decompilation and recreation of the SpongeBob Moves In! client aimed at preservation and modding.
Stars11
Updated2 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2025
Genre: city-building game
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Original game imageClone of Wario Land 4
A work-in-progress decompilation of Wario Land 4 that builds the US/EU and JP versions with agbcc.
Stars11
Updated3 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2025
Genre: Platform
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Original game imageClone of Bakugan: Defenders of the Core
A decompilation attempt for Bakugan: Defenders of the Core, worked on in Ghidra.
Stars10
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2024
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Clone of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
A native Windows port of the Xbox game Buffy: Chaos Bleeds with 4K, high frame rates, mods and story co-op.
Stars10
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
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Clone of Crash Tag Team Racing
A work-in-progress decompilation of Crash Tag Team Racing. The repository contains no game assets or assembly, so an existing copy of the…
Stars10
Updated4 months ago
LicenseCC0-1.0
Release2025
Genre: Racing
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Clone of Faxanadu
A playable static recompilation of the NES game Faxanadu into a native PC program, built with the NESRecomp framework.
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Original game imageClone of Goof Troop
A disassembly of the SNES game Goof Troop, based on the USA ROM version.
Stars10
Updated3 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2021
Genre: Action
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An in-progress decompilation of the JP release of Megami Ibunroku Persona on PlayStation 1.
Stars10
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
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Original game imageClone of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
A decompilation of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon.
Stars10
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2025
Genre: RPG
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Clone of Nightmare Creatures II
A release-candidate static recompilation of Nightmare Creatures II built on psxrecomp that needs your own disc and BIOS.
Stars10
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: survival horror
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Original game imageClone of Sega Superstars Tennis
Sega Superstars Tennis ReMatch is a recompilation of Sega Superstars Tennis made with the ReXGlue SDK (v0.4.2).
Stars10
Updated7 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: tennis video game
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Original game imageClone of Serious Sam: Next Encounter
An unofficial fan project that turns your own GameCube disc of Serious Sam: Next Encounter into a native Windows PC program.
Stars10
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: FPS
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Original game imageClone of Sonic Battle
A work-in-progress matching decompilation of Sonic Battle for Game Boy Advance, targeting the USA Rev. 0 ROM.
Stars10
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Fighting
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Frequently asked questions
- What is a game decompilation?
- A decompilation project reconstructs readable source code from a game's compiled binary. Contributors compare their code with the original executable until it produces the same result, which makes the game understandable, rebuildable and portable.
- What is a static recompilation?
- A static recompilation translates the original game's compiled machine code ahead of time into a native program for another platform, usually a PC port, instead of emulating the console while you play.
- Do I need the original game to use these projects?
- In most cases yes. These projects ship code only, not the game's art, audio or data, so you supply your own legally obtained copy. Each page states what a project needs to run.
- Are these projects legal?
- The code written by the project's contributors is licensed by them, but the original game's assets and code stay the property of their rights holders. Each page lists who licenses what, as stated in the project's own repository.