WindowSmash
Experimental Windows x64 native porting toolkit for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: static AArch64 recompilation, a D3D11 runtime, and Local Wireless relay netplay.
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GITHUB · launched Oct 18, 2026 · 310 upvotes (top 4%)
- Media & entertainment
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- aarch64
- direct3d11
- native-port
- static-recompilation
- windows
Similar launches
See all 852 similar launches →Could you build this?
No The project is a static recompilation of an ARM64 console game to x64 Windows, which requires deep reverse engineering, binary translation, and graphics runtime expertise.
What it would actually take: A real version needs a static binary recompiler that lifts AArch64 machine code to x64 with correct handling of the game's code and data, plus a runtime that emulates console-specific APIs and maps graphics calls to D3D11. It also needs a netplay layer with precise synchronization. These are specialist skills in compilers, reverse engineering, and graphics, and the work involves copyrighted assets that the builder must legally obtain.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 852 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #27 of 853 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 341 days after the earliest competitor.
- ssbu-recomp · github · 2026-10-12 · 176 upvotes · similarity 0.72
- Melee-X · github · 2026-09-29 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- melee-unlocked · github · 2026-09-12 · 48 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- melee-pc · github · 2026-09-14 · 314 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- ssf2t-hd-remix-recompiled · github · 2026-10-18 · 43 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- steve_in_melee · github · 2026-10-03 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- XPSemu · github · 2026-10-01 · 83 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- WebOfShadowsRecomp · github · 2026-10-17 · 39 upvotes · similarity 0.56
Other launches for this product
- No other launches for this product.
More details
- External ID
- 1423873803
- Company
- n/a
- Product
- WindowSmash
- Website domain
- github.com
- Cohort
- n/a
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.96
- All tags
- aarch64, direct3d11, native-port, static-recompilation, windows
- AI summary
- super smash bros ultimate porting toolkit for windows
- Manually corrected
- No