Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (DS, 2009) has a matching decompilation, pret/pokeheartgold, and 2 other public projects, including a static recompilation and an open-source reimplementation.

Data checked 2026-10-12 · unbaked registry

Projects

pokeheartgold

Matching decompmwccarm (Metrowerks CodeWarrior for ARM) + ds-decomp (dsd), objdiff616 starspushed 2026-10-12no license

Decompilation of Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

WIP decompilation (active Oct 2026)

Portémon Nitro

Reimplementation5 starspushed 2026-10-12AGPL-3.0 license

Getting HeartGold/SoulSilver out of the DS

LÖVE-based engine port that extracts ROM data (not an emulator)

Soulsilver.Recomparchivednew, unvetted

Static recompndsrecomp (ARM9/ARM7 -> C)0 starspushed 2026-10-03custom license

An experimental recompilation project for SoulSilver using ndsrecomp

Experimental ndsrecomp static recompilation of US SoulSilver (IPGE Rev0) with oracle shim and comparison tools; repo archived; repo archived

What you need

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

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