# sh23ds: a native 3DS reconstruction of Silent Hill 2

> sh23ds rebuilds Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut as a native C engine for Nintendo 3DS using the player's PC game data. Game logic, camera, lighting and events were reconstructed from the PC executable; the research notes report analysis with Ghidra and REA. The author reports a complete playthrough in Azahar, while real-console testing and some PC behaviors remain unfinished.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Community REA investigations
- Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ankushKun/sh23ds>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ankushKun/sh23ds/blob/08673f69aa99b4f3c00a181b31c7adc26c186408/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sh23ds-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sh23ds-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sh23ds-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A 3DS or 2DS running Luma3DS, a copy of Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut for PC and about 1.8 GB of SD-card space are required.
- **Prerequisites:** DSP firmware must be dumped once with DSP1 for sound.
- **Limits:** The build is in development; the author reports little testing on real consoles and remaining behavior and rendering gaps.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license; bundled third-party code keeps its own licenses.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ankushKun/sh23ds/blob/08673f69aa99b4f3c00a181b31c7adc26c186408/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ankushKun/sh23ds/blob/08673f69aa99b4f3c00a181b31c7adc26c186408/docs/RESEARCH.md>
3. <https://github.com/ankushKun/sh23ds/blob/08673f69aa99b4f3c00a181b31c7adc26c186408/port/STATUS.md>

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