Mega Man 6 (NES) Static Recomp 1.2.0

This is the production Windows source package for a fail-closed static recompilation of the exact Mega Man 6 (USA) NES cartridge. The commercial ROM is not included. The launcher validates the complete ROM and parsed payload before gameplay can start.

Windows build

Requirements:

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Visual Studio 2022 with Desktop development with C++
• CMake 3.20 or newer
• Internet access during initial configuration so CMake can fetch the pinned SDL source archive

From a Visual Studio developer command prompt:

cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
cmake --build build --config Release --target mega-man-6-launcher

The executable and runtime files are written to build/release.

Runtime use

Place a legally supplied Mega Man 6 (USA).nes in the Rom folder beside Launcher.exe, or select it with Browse ROM. The launcher accepts only the exact supported ROM, which is not included.

The accessible single-player Win32 launcher provides keyboard and gamepad controls, SDL3 video and audio, windowed and full-screen play, scaling, pause/resume, snapshots, exact-framebuffer screenshots, and keyboard shortcuts. Press F1 for the Welcome and shortcut guide. Frontend choices and the remembered ROM folder are stored in one portable settings.ini file.

Source layout

• src/gui: Windows launcher, ROM validation, video, and audio integration
• runtime/core: static-core runtime and public API
• generated/static-core: compact generated fixed game translation
• generated/analysis: offline compaction audit sidecar
• tools: deterministic static-core compaction utility
• third_party: gamepad helper, SDL license, and controller database

The compact runtime keeps all 25,156 explicit bank-and-address identities and 127 fixed semantic helpers. It contains no opcode interpreter, runtime opcode decoder, or emulator fallback. Unsupported states fail closed. A deterministic 4,000-frame comparison matches the uncompacted authority for frame, audio and snapshot output. No commercial ROM data is stored in this source package.