A native recompilation and enhancement project for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo games Estpolis Denki I and II (known as Lufia & the Fortress of Doom and Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals in North America).
--- ## About **Estpolis Recompendium** is a native recompilation and enhancement project built around [SNESRecomp](https://github.com/RetroPortingToolKit/snesrecomp). Recompendium is intended to provide a single native environment for both games and to provide optional enhancements such as improved rendering, expanded audio options, language switching, quality-of-life features, and other modernization work while retaining a faithful vanilla mode. > [!IMPORTANT] > This repository does **not** contain commercial game ROMs or copyrighted game data. You must provide your own legally obtained ROM dumps. --- ## Current Status | | Lufia I (USA) | Estpolis Denki I (Japan) | Lufia II (USA) | Estpolis Denki II (Japan) | |---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | ROM baseline identified | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | SNESRecomp generation | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Generated C builds | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | CPU / runtime | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | PPU / video | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Keyboard input | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Gamepad input | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Real-time SPC / S-DSP audio | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Music and sound effects | ✅ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Stable gameplay testing | 🟡 | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Shared regional architecture | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Runtime English / Japanese switching | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | | Enhancement systems | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | ➖ | **Legend:** ✅ working • 🟡 working but needs further testing/validation • ❌ failing / known broken • ➖ not started --- ## Required ROMs ROM files are **not included** in this repository. | Game | Region | Expected filename | Size | SHA-256 | Status | |---|---|---|---:|---|:---:| | Lufia & the Fortress of Doom | USA | `Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (USA).sfc` | 1,048,576 bytes | `73731a5a7932965de02a9e98055dcf88b4d17b8f710a6ecfde3e36a1f248773b` | ✅ Baseline | | Estpolis Denki | Japan | TBD | TBD | TBD | ➖ Future| | Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals | USA | TBD | TBD | TBD | ➖ Future | | Estpolis Denki II | Japan | TBD | TBD | TBD | ➖ Future | --- ## Roadmap | Milestone | Goal | Status | |---|---|:---:| | **1** | Lufia I recompilation | 🟡 Near completion | | **2** | Estpolis Denki I recompilation + English/Japanese unification | ➖ Planned | | **3** | Enhancement phase for Lufia / Estpolis I | ➖ Planned | | **4** | Lufia II / Estpolis Denki II integration | ➖ Planned | | **5+** | Cross-game refinement, packaging, release engineering, and other enhancements | ➖ Planned | --- ## Potential Enhancements/Features: | Feature | Status | |---|:---:| | Vanilla mode | 🟡 Baseline in progress | | Adjustable perspective / tilt | ➖ Planned | | 2.5D terrain / scene rendering experiments | ➖ Planned | | Improved lighting and visual effects | ➖ Planned | | Enhanced water / environmental presentation | ➖ Planned | | Enhanced audio playback | ➖ Planned | | SoundFont support | ➖ Planned | | Orchestral / electronic / FM-style audio profiles | ➖ Planned | | Multi-language support | ➖ Planned | | New English translation kept more faithful to the original script | ➖ Planned | | UI improvements | ➖ Planned | | Quality-of-life options | ➖ Planned | | Configurable enhancement presets | ➖ Planned | --- ## Building ### Requirements Current development is **Linux-first**. You will need: - Git - CMake - Ninja - a modern C/C++ compiler - SDL2 development libraries - the required ROM placed locally Clone with submodules: ```bash git clone --recursive git@github.com:dothacktranslate/Lufia-Estpolis-Recompendium.git cd Lufia-Estpolis-Recompendium ``` If the repository was cloned without submodules: ```bash git submodule update --init --recursive ``` Configure and build Lufia I: ```bash cmake -S games/lufia1 -B local/build/lufia1 -G Ninja \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \ -DSNESRECOMP_SDL_BACKEND=SDL2 cmake --build local/build/lufia1 ``` Run: ```bash local/build/lufia1/lufia1 \ "local/roms/Lufia & the Fortress of Doom (USA).sfc" ``` --- ## Controls | Input | SNES Button | |---|---| | Arrow keys | D-Pad | | Z | B | | X | A | | A | Y | | S | X | | Q | L | | W | R | | Enter | Start | | Backspace | Select | | Esc | Quit | Gamepads use the usual spatial face-button layout where possible. --- ## Project Structure ```text Lufia-Estpolis-Recompendium/ ├── common/ # Shared Recompendium infrastructure ├── docs/ # Documentation and project notes ├── extern/ │ └── snesrecomp/ # Pinned SNESRecomp fork/submodule ├── games/ │ ├── lufia1/ # Lufia I host/runtime │ └── lufia2/ # Lufia II host/runtime ├── local/ # Untracked local ROMs/builds/logs/generated files └── tools/ ``` --- ## SNESRecomp This project uses a pinned fork of **SNESRecomp**. --- ## Known Issues ### Lufia I - Post-battle text briefly flickers. Currently investigating. --- ## Legal This project is an independent fan-made reverse-engineering project. No commercial ROMs, copyrighted game assets, or proprietary Nintendo/Taito/Natsume data are distributed by this repository. Users are responsible for supplying their own game dumps. **Lufia**, **Estpolis**, and related names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. --- ## Credits - **SNESRecomp / RetroPortingToolKit**: static recompilation framework and SNES runtime - **Cellenseres / Lufia2SNESRecomp**: research reference for SNES recompilation work - **Original Staff**: the work this project seeks to extend