Mega Man Zero

Game: Mega Man Zero (GBA, 2002)

Static recompilation of Mega Man Zero for Windows with gbarecomp. The ROM’s ARM and Thumb code is translated to C++ ahead of time, and the console’s real BIOS is recompiled and run too. According to its README, it gets into gameplay with working controls, audio, and cartridge SRAM saves, and is comfortable to play; the tested routes through the opening mission run entirely as native code, and if the game reaches uncovered code, that stretch runs through an interpreter, gets logged, and can be compiled to native code. The BIOS boot animation is skipped by default. It has a pre-boot launcher to pick the ROM and BIOS and set up video, audio, and controls, save states, fast forward, and an optional widescreen mod that widens stages from 240 to up to 480 pixels, with Zero’s HUD and the boss gauge anchored to the edges; it’s experimental, and on untested routes enemies can pop in. Version 0.0.7 came out on October 18. 13 of its 32 commits list Claude as a co-author.

You needYour own US (revision 0) Mega Man Zero ROM (SHA-1 193b14120119162518a73c70876f0b8bffdbd96e) and a dump of your Game Boy Advance BIOS. Plus 64-bit Windows.

How it gets to PC

Static recompilation

Console

Game Boy Advance

Architecture

ARM7

Author

mstan

Original studio

Inti Creates

Year

2002

Stars

22

Last activity

2026-10-29 · 2 days ago

Latest version

v0.0.9 · 2026-10-27

Language

C++