# How to find a decompilation of your favorite game

Author: DecompHub
Updated: 2026-10-10
Language: en
Canonical: https://decomphub.com/guides/find-decompilation-favorite-game

Write down your game's exact title, original platform and, if relevant, regional release. That small amount of context prevents a search for one game from turning into a list of sequels, remakes and unrelated tools.

## Search in widening circles

1. Search [DecompHub](https://app.decomphub.com/explore) for the full title, then try an abbreviation or regional name.
2. Search GitHub repositories for the title with `decompilation`, then separately with `disassembly`, `reimplementation` and `recompilation`.
3. Look through the relevant platform community. [zeldaret](https://github.com/zeldaret), [pret](https://github.com/pret) and [doldecomp](https://github.com/doldecomp) are useful starting points for their respective projects, not exhaustive catalogues of every game.
4. Follow official documentation to ports, progress reports and successor repositories.

Use [the GitHub search guide](/guides/finding-decompilation-projects-on-github) when broad searches produce too much noise. Try platform names separately rather than requiring every keyword in one query.

## Identify what you found

A matching decompilation reconstructs code for a particular build. A disassembly works at the assembly level. A reimplementation aims at compatible behavior. A port adapts software for another platform, and may build on an earlier reconstruction. A remake can reproduce the idea of a game without reconstructing its original program.

These distinctions matter when your goal is playing rather than reading code. For example, finding [Super Mario 64's decompilation](https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64) does not by itself identify the native port or release you should use. Follow the documented relationship, not a guessed repository name.

## Check the evidence before sharing a result

Verify the target, supported version and official repository URL. Open any linked progress report and note its scope. Check build instructions, releases and original-data requirements separately; a source repository is not necessarily a ready-to-run distribution.

If no clear result exists, keep that uncertainty. A dead link may indicate a move, while an empty search may reflect different naming or genuinely missing work. Neither proves that a game has never been researched.

Found a relevant project missing from the directory? [Submit the official URL](https://app.decomphub.com/submit). For an immediately useful shortlist, explore [selected game projects](/guides/game-decompilation-projects) or the [N64 directory](/guides/n64-decompilation-projects).