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  "added_at": "2026-10-18",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/CMakeLists.txt",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/configure.py",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/src/Metaforce/Runtime.cpp",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/.github/workflows/build.yml",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/.gitmodules",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/platforms/android/README.md",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/LICENSE",
    "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/LICENSE.decomp",
    "https://github.com/encounter/aurora/blob/40cf48fce6ce85366608596bae018c6188f2b2e7/README.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "description_en": "Started in 2015 as a reverse-engineered reimplementation of the Metroid Prime engine, Metaforce has been rewritten on top of the PrimeDecomp matching decompilation. Its native app compiles that game code as non-matching C++ for desktop and mobile through the Aurora GameCube compatibility layer and loads a user-selected disc image. The README says builds are unavailable while the rewrite stabilizes.",
  "description_zh": "Metaforce 于 2015 年作为《密特罗德 Prime》引擎的逆向重实现项目启动，现已在 PrimeDecomp 一致性反编译之上重写。其原生应用借助 Aurora GameCube 兼容层，将这些游戏代码以非一致模式编译为桌面和移动端程序，并读取使用者选择的光盘镜像。README 表示重写稳定之前暂不提供构建版本。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/metaforce-metroid-prime-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/metaforce-metroid-prime-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/blob/de8fc69bd7f345d6cf5f0c8fc2798295e22522d3/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "metaforce-metroid-prime-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/metaforce-metroid-prime-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/metaforce-metroid-prime-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/metaforce-metroid-prime-case/index.md",
  "name": "Metaforce: a Metroid Prime engine reimplementation rebuilt on the decompilation",
  "name_zh": "Metaforce：在反编译之上重建的《密特罗德 Prime》引擎重实现",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "scope",
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "testing",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "README dates development to June 2015 by Cirrus and Antidote and says the project was recently rewritten on the PrimeDecomp matching decompilation; builds are unavailable while it stabilizes, although CI builds Windows, Linux, Apple and Android packages. The only GitHub release is a 2015 prerelease, so none corresponds to the rewrite. This is separate from Odrannnn/MetroidPrimePort, another native port built from PrimeDecomp.",
    "The repository ships no game files; its orig/ version folders hold only placeholders. At startup the app takes or asks for a Metroid Prime disc image (ISO, GCM, CISO, GCZ, RVZ, WIA or TGC). CMake compiles the native target with TARGET_PC, NONMATCHING and VERSION=1, and configure.py names version 1 as the default GM8E01_00 (NTSC-U v1.088) build; the README lists no supported disc revisions.",
    "Building needs CMake 3.25+, Python 3 and a recursive clone with the aurora, borealis and musyx submodules; Windows uses Visual Studio 2019 with the Clang and clang-cl components, macOS needs Xcode 11.5+, and Linux needs the listed Ubuntu, Arch or Fedora packages. README platforms are Windows 10+ (D3D12, Vulkan or D3D11), macOS 10.15+ (Metal), Linux (Vulkan), Android (Vulkan or OpenGL ES) and iOS (Metal); Android also needs SDK Platform 37, the NDK and JDK 17+.",
    "configure.py still records per-object matching status across ten disc versions for the separate GameCube build, but CI ignores those files and builds only native packages. The reviewed sources publish no fidelity or gameplay checks for the native app.",
    "Metaforce contributors’ code is MIT, and a separate LICENSE.decomp carries CC0 1.0; the reviewed files do not say which directories each covers. Disc content keeps its own rights."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "README 称项目由 Cirrus 和 Antidote 于 2015 年 6 月开始开发，近期已在 PrimeDecomp 一致性反编译之上重写；稳定之前不提供构建版本，尽管 CI 会构建 Windows、Linux、Apple 和 Android 安装包。GitHub 上唯一的发布是 2015 年的预发布版，没有与重写版对应的发布。它与另一个基于 PrimeDecomp 的原生移植 Odrannnn/MetroidPrimePort 是不同项目。",
    "仓库不附带任何游戏文件，orig/ 下各版本文件夹仅有占位文件。应用启动时通过参数或选择窗口读取《密特罗德 Prime》光盘镜像（ISO、GCM、CISO、GCZ、RVZ、WIA 或 TGC）。CMake 以 TARGET_PC、NONMATCHING 和 VERSION=1 编译原生目标，configure.py 将版本 1 定为默认的 GM8E01_00（NTSC-U v1.088）构建；README 未列出受支持的光盘版本。",
    "构建需要 CMake 3.25+、Python 3，并递归克隆 aurora、borealis 和 musyx 子模块；Windows 使用带 Clang 与 clang-cl 组件的 Visual Studio 2019，macOS 需要 Xcode 11.5+，Linux 需要所列的 Ubuntu、Arch 或 Fedora 软件包。README 列出的平台为 Windows 10+（D3D12、Vulkan 或 D3D11）、macOS 10.15+（Metal）、Linux（Vulkan）、Android（Vulkan 或 OpenGL ES）和 iOS（Metal）；Android 另需 SDK Platform 37、NDK 和 JDK 17+。",
    "configure.py 仍为独立的 GameCube 构建记录十个光盘版本的逐对象一致性状态，但 CI 忽略这些文件，只构建原生安装包。所审阅来源未公开原生应用的保真度或游戏行为检查。",
    "Metaforce 贡献者的代码采用 MIT，另有一份 LICENSE.decomp 采用 CC0 1.0；所审阅文件未说明二者各自覆盖哪些目录。光盘内容保留各自权利。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-18"
}