StarHaven
Native Nintendo 3DS port of Paper Mario (N64), built from the decompilation. Bring your own ROM.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 14, 2026 · 30 upvotes (top 42%)
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
Similar launches
See all 381 similar launches →Could you build this?
No A native 3DS port of a N64 game built from a decompilation requires deep reverse-engineering and console-homebrew expertise, plus hand-porting game code that vibe coding cannot reliably produce.
What it would actually take: Starts from a faithful decompilation of the original game, then ports the C code to the 3DS toolchain (devkitARM/libctru) and rewrites the graphics, audio, and input layers for the 3DS hardware. The hard parts are matching the original's behavior exactly and debugging on real or emulated hardware. This takes experienced decomp and embedded/console developers.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 381 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #171 of 382 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 297 days after the earliest competitor.
- sm64ds-3ds · github · 2026-10-09 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.72
- NewSuperPaperBros · github · 2026-10-17 · 57 upvotes · similarity 0.67
- PaperRPG-3DS · github · 2026-10-15 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- mario-kart-64-ps2 · github · 2026-09-26 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- MarioKart64-3DSPort-Complete · github · 2026-10-07 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- NSMB-Wii-Multiplayer-Recompilation · github · 2026-10-07 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- MKW-3DS · github · 2026-10-10 · 140 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- oot64-ps5 · github · 2026-09-25 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.55
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- External ID
- 1419437726
- Company
- n/a
- Product
- StarHaven
- Website domain
- github.com
- Cohort
- n/a
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.58
- All tags
- n/a
- AI summary
- nintendo 3ds port for paper mario
- Manually corrected
- No