Recomp / OS & system / Nintendo DS
ndsbios
Disassembly of the Nintendo DS ARM7 and ARM9 BIOS that reassembles to the original images.
Matching decomp Human-led stalledFacts
- Original
- Nintendo DS BIOS (ARM7 and ARM9) (2004)
- Platform
- Nintendo DS
- Method
- Matching decomp
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2020, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- stalled
- Licence
- none
- Team
- PikalaxALT
- Started
- 2020-05
- Runs on
- Nintendo DS
- 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 Nintendo DS BIOS (ARM7 and ARM9) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was decompiled by PikalaxALT. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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