# LASRecomp: Link’s Awakening static recompilation

> A native desktop reconstruction of the 2019 Switch version of Link’s Awakening using static recompilation. The author attributes most code, tooling and reverse-engineering work to Claude Code with human direction and review.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-16
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/peiikai/LASRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/peiikai/LASRecomp/blob/6244eb9d4d3497094e21cac7dabe998ded1f2800/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/lasrecomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/lasrecomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/lasrecomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Users must supply their own legally obtained v1.0.0 game files; the repository and release builds omit Nintendo game code, assets and fonts.
- **Prerequisites:** Release requirements include macOS 15+ on Apple Silicon or Windows 10+/Linux on x86-64; the x86-64 paths need AVX2 and Vulkan 1.3. Linux ARM remains experimental and untested on hardware.
- **Limits:** Beta status includes documented crashes and rendering defects. AI involvement is author-reported.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/peiikai/LASRecomp/blob/6244eb9d4d3497094e21cac7dabe998ded1f2800/README.md>

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