Advance Wars

Advance Wars (GBA, 2001) has an open-source reimplementation, ctomni231/cwtactics, and 4 other public projects, including a matching decompilation and a static recompilation.

Data checked 2026-10-12 · unbaked registry

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Projects

Custom Wars Tactics

Reimplementation76 starspushed 2026-04-12MPL-2.0 license

Custom Wars Tactics - An effort to create an open engine to emulate the gaming experience of the Nintendo Advance Wars series.

Open engine emulating the Advance Wars gameplay experience (not original code)

advancewars (ketsuban)archived

Matching decompagbcc (GCC 2.95-derived) / devkitARM binutils, gbadisasm12 starspushed 2020-01-04no license

Decompilation of Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance

Decompilation/disassembly producing a byte-identical Advance Wars (USA) ROM; archived, inactive since 2020; repo archived

ComputerWars

Reimplementation6 starspushed 2024-10-28MIT license

Advance Wars engine for the Windows and Linux platforms

Advance Wars engine for Windows and Linux (not original code)

Advance Wars Recompiled

Static recompgbarecomp (ARM7TDMI -> C/C++, GBA hardware runtime)2 starspushed 2026-10-10MIT license

The greatest GBA strategy game, liberated from its hardware prison.

Static recomp to native Windows (Thumb -> C, no emulator); first target of sp00nznet/gbarecomp; every build runs headless

advancewars

Matching decomp0 starspushed 2021-08-02no license

Decompilation of Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance.

What you need

You need your own copy of the game: these projects ship code only.

Same toolchain

GameMethodYearStarsLast push

SNESThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastDecompStatic recomp+419914.8k2026-10-12 GBAPokémon FireRed and LeafGreenMatching decompStatic recomp+320043.9k2026-10-12 GBAPokémon EmeraldMatching decompDecomp+320043.6k2026-10-12 MACSimCitySource releaseStatic recomp+419891.1k2026-10-11 GBAPokémon Ruby and SapphireMatching decompStatic recomp+120021.0k2026-10-05 GBAThe Legend of Zelda: The Minish CapMatching decompStatic recomp+120049142026-10-09 GBAPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue TeamMatching decompStatic recomp+120052842026-10-09 GBAFire Emblem: The Sacred StonesMatching decompStatic recomp+120042252026-10-12

More on GBA

GameMethodYearStarsLast push

GBASonic Advance 2Matching decompReimplementation+220026752026-09-16 GBAGolden SunMatching decompStatic recomp+320012072026-10-12 GBAPhoenix Wright: Ace AttorneyMatching decompAgent environment2001522026-09-12 GBAMetroid: Zero MissionSource releaseMatching decomp+320041462026-10-11 GBAKirby & The Amazing MirrorMatching decomp20041572026-09-17 GBAPokémon Pinball: Ruby & SapphireMatching decompDisassembly20031462026-10-11 GBAMother 3Matching decompStatic recomp+12006872026-10-12 GBAPokémon Emerald RogueDecomp20041372026-09-14

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GitHub data checked 2026-10-12. Notes are summaries from the research pass; the project pages are the authority.