Recomp / RE tooling / CHIP-8

CHIP-8 Recompiled

Static recompilation toolchain that turns CHIP-8 programs into C and builds them as standalone native executables with a small runtime.

Tool Not stated released
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Latest releasev0.8.0Jan 3, 2026
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Facts

Original
CHIP-8 programs
Platform
CHIP-8
Method
Tool
Provenance
Not stated what this means
Status
released
Licence
MIT
Team
arcanite24
Started
2025-12
Needs the original
No

How to get it legally

Download it from the official repository. No original files are needed.

This project was rebuilt by arcanite24. Facts last checked 2026-10-17. Suggest a correction

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Game Boy Advance

gbarecomp

Game Boy Advance ARM/Thumb code

Static recompiler that finds ARM and Thumb code in Game Boy Advance games, translates it to C and generates a CMake project linked against a small GBA runtime with SDL2.

Tool Not stated
+2 ★ in 3 days

GameCube · ★ 52

GCRecomp (GameCubeRecompiled)

GameCube PowerPC DOL executables

Experimental project that statically recompiles GameCube DOL code into Rust plus a minimal runtime, inspired by N64: Recompiled.

Tool Not stated

Multi · ★ 83

ido-static-recomp

SGI IRIX IDO 5.3/7.1 compiler binaries

Statically recompiles the original IRIX IDO compiler so matching N64 decomps can build with it on modern systems.

Tool Human-led

Arcade (Sega Model 3)

model3recomp

Sega Model 3 PowerPC arcade programs

Sega Model 3 hardware runtime and PowerPC 603e static recompiler, so a recompiled Model 3 game links against native C hardware; alpha, with The Lost World as reference game.

Tool Not stated
+16 ★ in 3 days

Nintendo 64 · ★ 8.3k

N64: Recompiled

N64 MIPS binaries

Static recompiler that translates N64 game code into C so it can be compiled into native executables; also ships a mod tool.

Tool Human-led

NES · ★ 53

NESgen

NES cartridge binaries

Experimental static recompiler that translates NES programs into C code. Early 2017 prototype, now archived.

Tool Human-led