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KNID
Single-game desktop app for the USA release of Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, built on its own GBA interpreter core with a built-in BIOS replacement, a widescreen mode, save states, save import and RetroAchievements. It only runs after verifying the user's own ROM dump.
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Facts
- Original
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002)
- Platform
- Game Boy Advance
- Method
- Emulation-hosted
- Provenance
- AI-assisted · Commits carry Claude co-author trailers (github.com/sweatyeggs69/KNID commits). what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- MIT
- Team
- sweatyeggs69
- Started
- 2026-11
- First release
- 2026-11
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by sweatyeggs69. Facts last checked 2026-11-11. Suggest a correction
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