commit 0cd0e5555c1078c2390d1531a2a500981bf5a2a6
Author: setup <setup@localhost>
Date:   Fri Oct 30 11:35:37 2026 +0000

    Initial LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp scaffold

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+# Build the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SETUP PACK for Linux, Windows, macOS
+# arm64 and macOS Intel, tag the commit, and publish the four zips as a
+# GitHub Release.
+#
+# HUMAN-TRIGGERED ONLY. There is no push, pull_request or schedule trigger and
+# there must never be one: a run is a release decision, made by a person on
+# the Actions page. Releases across the port set are driven from the studio
+# bulk tool, and a per-push run would compete with it for minutes and for the
+# meaning of "did CI pass".
+#
+# WHAT A RUN DOES, with the defaults:
+#   1. Picks the next version: the latest v* tag with its patch number bumped
+#      (or VERSION when there is no tag yet, or whatever `version` says).
+#   2. Builds the setup host for all four platforms with that version as the
+#      lobby pin, and packages it.
+#   3. Tags the commit the run was started from as vX.Y.Z and publishes a
+#      public GitHub Release with the four zips. Uncheck publish_release for a
+#      dry run that only uploads workflow artifacts.
+#
+# WHAT THIS BUILDS. Not the game. src/gen/*.c is recompiler output derived
+# from ROM bytes: never committed, never in CI, never in a zip. What CI can
+# honestly produce is the SETUP HOST -- the same executable built with
+# -DSNESRECOMP_SETUP_HOST=ON, i.e. without recompiled code -- packaged with
+# the recompiler and this source tree. On the player's machine the launcher
+# takes their own ROM, generates, rebuilds, and relaunches into the real game.
+#
+# THE TOOLCHAIN. Each pack is built with the retcomm-toolchains cmake-clang-v1
+# pack, because that is what the player's own rebuild uses: if it cannot build
+# this game, CI is where that must fail. By default the pack is embedded in
+# the zip (embed_toolchain) so first run downloads nothing; turn it off for a
+# lean zip that fetches the pack on demand (Linux pack ~800 MB, Windows
+# ~200 MB, macOS ~90 MB).
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish_release:
+        description: 'Tag this commit and publish a public GitHub Release'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to release, e.g. 0.2.0 (empty = bump the latest v* tag)'
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      bump:
+        description: 'When version is empty, which part of the latest tag to bump'
+        type: choice
+        options: [patch, minor, major]
+        default: patch
+      embed_toolchain:
+        description: 'Embed the cmake-clang-v1 pack in each zip (else the launcher downloads it)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      toolchain_tag:
+        description: 'retcomm-toolchains release to build with (empty = latest)'
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      verify_pins:
+        description: 'Fail if the submodules disagree with framework_pins.txt'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  EXE_NAME: LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp
+  ZIP_PREFIX: legendofzeldaalinktothepast
+
+jobs:
+  preflight:
+    name: Preflight
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+      tag: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tag }}
+      publish: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.publish }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - name: Record framework pins
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          ARGS=()
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.verify_pins }}" == "true" ]]; then
+            ARGS+=(--check framework_pins.txt)
+          fi
+          bash snesrecomp/tools/ci/record_pins.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Resolve release version
+        id: meta
+        env:
+          IN_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          IN_BUMP: ${{ inputs.bump || 'patch' }}
+          IN_PUBLISH: ${{ inputs.publish_release }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PUBLISH=true
+          [[ "${IN_PUBLISH}" == "false" ]] && PUBLISH=false
+          FILE_VER="$(tr -d '[:space:]' < VERSION)"
+          RAW="$(printf '%s' "${IN_VERSION}" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
+          LATEST="$(git tag -l 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' --sort=-v:refname | head -n1 || true)"
+
+          if [[ -n "${RAW}" ]]; then
+            VER="${RAW#v}"
+            echo "version given: ${VER}"
+          elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/v* ]]; then
+            # Started from an existing tag: release exactly that.
+            VER="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+            echo "running on tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}: releasing ${VER}"
+          elif [[ -z "${LATEST}" ]]; then
+            # First release: VERSION says what it is.
+            VER="${FILE_VER}"
+            echo "no v* tag yet: first release is VERSION = ${VER}"
+          else
+            BASE="${LATEST#v}"; BASE="${BASE%%[-+]*}"
+            IFS=. read -r MA MI PA <<<"${BASE}"
+            case "${IN_BUMP}" in
+              major) MA=$((MA + 1)); MI=0; PA=0 ;;
+              minor) MI=$((MI + 1)); PA=0 ;;
+              *)     PA=$((PA + 1)) ;;
+            esac
+            VER="${MA}.${MI}.${PA}"
+            # A deliberate bump of VERSION in the tree outranks the automatic
+            # patch step, so a maintainer can move to 0.2.0 by editing the file.
+            if [[ "$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "${FILE_VER}" "${VER}" | sort -V | tail -n1)" == "${FILE_VER}" \
+                  && "${FILE_VER}" != "${BASE}" ]]; then
+              echo "VERSION (${FILE_VER}) is ahead of ${LATEST} bumped (${VER}); using VERSION"
+              VER="${FILE_VER}"
+            else
+              echo "auto-bump ${IN_BUMP}: ${LATEST} -> ${VER}"
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          if [[ ! "${VER}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([.+-][A-Za-z0-9.+-]*)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "::error::'${VER}' is not a version (want X.Y.Z)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          TAG="v${VER}"
+          if [[ "${PUBLISH}" == "true" && "${GITHUB_REF}" != "refs/tags/${TAG}" ]] \
+             && git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/${TAG}" >/dev/null; then
+            echo "::error::tag ${TAG} already exists at $(git rev-parse --short "${TAG}"). Pass a new version, or start the run from that tag to re-release it."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "version=${VER}" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "tag=${TAG}" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "publish=${PUBLISH}" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "release ${TAG} from ${GITHUB_SHA::12}; publish=${PUBLISH}"
+
+  build:
+    name: ${{ matrix.artifact }}
+    needs: preflight
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+            artifact: linux-x64
+          - os: windows-2022
+            artifact: windows-x64
+          - os: macos-15
+            artifact: macos-arm64
+          - os: macos-15-intel
+            artifact: macos-x64
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    env:
+      # The lobby pin compiled into the binary and written into the pack's
+      # VERSION, so the tag, the binary and the player's own rebuild agree.
+      RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.version }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Record framework pins
+        run: bash snesrecomp/tools/ci/record_pins.sh
+
+      # A setup host is defined by what it lacks. The checkout must carry no
+      # generated C; if it ever does, that is committed ROM-derived output and
+      # the build must stop here rather than package it.
+      - name: Assert no generated C in the tree
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if compgen -G 'src/gen/*.c' >/dev/null || [[ -f recomp/funcs.h ]]; then
+            echo "::error::src/gen/*.c or recomp/funcs.h is present in the checkout."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "src/gen is empty — building the setup host."
+
+      - name: Cache toolchain pack
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .cache/toolchain-pack
+          key: cmake-clang-v1-${{ matrix.artifact }}-${{ inputs.toolchain_tag || 'latest' }}
+
+      - name: Fetch toolchain pack
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          ARGS=(--artifact "${{ matrix.artifact }}")
+          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.toolchain_tag }}" ]]; then
+            ARGS+=(--tag "${{ inputs.toolchain_tag }}")
+          fi
+          bash snesrecomp/tools/ci/fetch_toolchain.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      # The macOS pack is cmake + ninja + python; SDL3 comes from
+      # runner.cmake's pinned source fallback. Prefetch the tarball with curl
+      # (HTTP/1.1) and cache it, so configure does not download.
+      - name: Cache SDL3 source (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: .cache/sdl3-src
+          key: sdl3-src-3.4.10
+
+      - name: Prefetch SDL3 source (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: bash snesrecomp/tools/ci/prefetch_sdl3.sh --out-dir .cache/sdl3-src
+
+      - name: Configure and build the setup host
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # The pack's env.sh is its own statement of how to use it (PATH,
+          # CC/CXX, sysroot, SDL3_DIR). Source it rather than restate it.
+          # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+          source "${TOOLCHAIN_DIR}/env.sh"
+          echo "cmake: $(command -v cmake) ($(cmake --version | head -n1))"
+          echo "cc:    ${CC:-$(command -v cc)}"
+          EXTRA=()
+          if [[ -n "${SNESRECOMP_SDL3_SOURCE_DIR:-}" ]]; then
+            EXTRA+=("-DSNESRECOMP_SDL3_SOURCE_DIR=${SNESRECOMP_SDL3_SOURCE_DIR}")
+          fi
+          if [[ "${{ runner.os }}" == "macOS" ]]; then
+            EXTRA+=("-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0")
+          fi
+          JOBS="$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 4)"
+          cmake -S . -B build-ci -G Ninja \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DSNESRECOMP_SETUP_HOST=ON \
+            -DSNESRECOMP_ENABLE_TRACE=OFF \
+            -DSNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION="${RELEASE_VERSION}" \
+            "${EXTRA[@]+"${EXTRA[@]}"}"
+          cmake --build build-ci -j"${JOBS}" --target "${EXE_NAME}"
+
+      - name: Package setup pack
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # The packager inspects the executable's imports and zips the
+          # stage; Git Bash on Windows has neither tool, the pack does.
+          # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+          source "${TOOLCHAIN_DIR}/env.sh"
+          ARGS=()
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.embed_toolchain }}" != "false" ]]; then
+            ARGS+=(--embed-toolchain)
+          fi
+          bash scripts/package_release.sh build-ci "${{ matrix.artifact }}" "${ARGS[@]+"${ARGS[@]}"}"
+          ls -la dist/
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.ZIP_PREFIX }}-${{ matrix.artifact }}
+          path: dist/${{ env.ZIP_PREFIX }}-*-${{ matrix.artifact }}.zip
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 7
+          compression-level: 0
+
+  release:
+    name: Tag and publish
+    needs: [preflight, build]
+    if: needs.preflight.outputs.publish == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+
+      - name: Collect zips
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p dist
+          find artifacts -type f -name "${ZIP_PREFIX}-*.zip" -exec cp -v {} dist/ \;
+          # Four platforms in, four zips out. A release that silently carries
+          # three is the failure this counts for.
+          count="$(find dist -name "${ZIP_PREFIX}-*.zip" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
+          if [[ "${count}" -ne 4 ]]; then
+            echo "::error::expected 4 platform zips, found ${count}"
+            ls -la dist
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          ( cd dist && sha256sum "${ZIP_PREFIX}"-*.zip > SHA256SUMS )
+          cat dist/SHA256SUMS
+
+      # The tag is created here, after all four builds succeeded, so a failed
+      # build never leaves a version number claimed by nothing.
+      - name: Tag the commit
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          if git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/${TAG}" >/dev/null; then
+            echo "tag ${TAG} already exists at $(git rev-parse --short "${TAG}") (re-release from that tag)"
+          else
+            git tag -a "${TAG}" -m "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ${TAG}" "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+            git push origin "refs/tags/${TAG}"
+            echo "tagged ${GITHUB_SHA::12} as ${TAG}"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Release notes
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # From rom_identity.txt, not a copy baked into this workflow.
+          ROM_FILE="$(python3 snesrecomp/tools/rom_identity.py rom_identity.txt --get rom_file)"
+          ROM_SHA256="$(python3 snesrecomp/tools/rom_identity.py rom_identity.txt --get expected_sha256)"
+          {
+            echo "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ${TAG} — setup packs"
+            echo
+            echo "These packs do not contain the game. Each holds a setup program, the"
+            echo "recompiler and the source; on first run it takes your own copy of"
+            echo "${ROM_FILE} (SHA-256 ${ROM_SHA256}), recompiles it locally, and builds"
+            echo "the playable game. No ROM data is included or downloaded."
+            echo
+            if [[ "${{ inputs.embed_toolchain }}" != "false" ]]; then
+              echo "The portable build tools (cmake-clang-v1) are embedded in every pack."
+            else
+              echo "The portable build tools (cmake-clang-v1) are downloaded on first run."
+            fi
+            echo
+            echo '### Framework revisions'
+            echo
+            echo '```'
+            bash snesrecomp/tools/ci/record_pins.sh
+            echo '```'
+          } > notes.md
+          cat notes.md
+
+      - name: Publish release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.tag }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          name: "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.tag }}"
+          body_path: notes.md
+          files: |
+            dist/${{ env.ZIP_PREFIX }}-*.zip
+            dist/SHA256SUMS
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+          make_latest: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Generated recompiler output — derived from a copyrighted ROM. Never commit.
+/src/gen/
+/recomp/funcs.h
+
+# The ROM itself, in every form. Players supply their own.
+*.sfc
+*.smc
+*.srm
+
+# Build trees and packaged output
+/build/
+/build-*/
+/dist/
+/saves/
+
+# Local probe output that names paths on one machine
+/rom_probe.json
+
+# Launcher/runtime state written beside the executable (and in the repo root
+# when the game is run from there): the cached ROM path, keybinds, settings.
+# All of it is one machine's, none of it is the project's.
+/rom.cfg
+/keybinds.ini
+/config.ini
+/input.ini
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "snesrecomp"]
+	path = snesrecomp
+	url = https://github.com/RetroPortingToolKit/snesrecomp.git
+	branch = main
+[submodule "recomp-ui"]
+	path = recomp-ui
+	url = https://github.com/mstan/recomp-ui.git
+	branch = master
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
+project(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp C CXX)
+
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
+
+# Release pin for lobby matching. Release builds stamp the VERSION file so two
+# peers can prove they are the same build; everything else stamps "dev".
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" _GAME_VER_RAW)
+string(STRIP "${_GAME_VER_RAW}" GAME_RELEASE_VERSION)
+set(SNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION "" CACHE STRING
+    "Lobby release pin (empty = Release uses VERSION, else dev)")
+if(SNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION STREQUAL "")
+    get_property(_is_multi GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+    if(_is_multi)
+        set(SNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION "$<IF:$<CONFIG:Release>,${GAME_RELEASE_VERSION},dev>")
+    elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
+        set(SNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION "${GAME_RELEASE_VERSION}")
+    else()
+        set(SNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION "dev")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+set(SNESRECOMP_ROOT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/snesrecomp" CACHE PATH
+    "Path to the snesrecomp checkout used by this game")
+if(NOT EXISTS "${SNESRECOMP_ROOT}/runner/runner.cmake")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "snesrecomp submodule missing at ${SNESRECOMP_ROOT}.\n"
+        "Run: git submodule update --init --recursive")
+endif()
+# Mod packages are part of every project, not an option. The launcher's Mods
+# page, the .snesmod loader, the trusted-plugin registry and netplay's mod-set
+# gate all hang off this one switch; a build without it cannot exchange mods
+# with a peer that has them, and the framework says so at every lobby init.
+# Must precede the include: runner.cmake reads it to add the loader sources.
+set(SNESRECOMP_ENABLE_MODS ON CACHE BOOL
+    "Mod package loader + trusted plugins (required for every title)" FORCE)
+include(${SNESRECOMP_ROOT}/runner/runner.cmake)
+
+add_executable(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp
+    ${SNESRECOMP_RUNNER_SOURCES}
+    src/main.c
+    src/host_contract.c
+    src/game_rtl.c
+    src/gen_stubs.c
+)
+
+# ROM identity. rom_identity.txt is the one place the digests live: the build
+# turns it into snesrecomp_rom_identity.h (SNESRECOMP_ROM_EXPECTED_SHA256 and
+# friends) for src/main.c, and tools/regen.sh, scripts/package_release.sh and
+# the release workflow read the same file. A revision bump is one edit there.
+snesrecomp_rom_identity(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/rom_identity.txt)
+
+# Generated recompiler output. Not committed: it is derived from a copyrighted
+# ROM, so every developer regenerates it locally from their own copy -- and a
+# release does not ship it either. With -DSNESRECOMP_SETUP_HOST=ON and an empty
+# src/gen/, this builds the SETUP HOST instead: the same executable minus the
+# recompiled code, whose only path is the launcher's Generate & rebuild wizard.
+# That is what release zips contain; the player's machine produces the
+# playable binary from their own ROM. Without the option an empty src/gen/ is
+# still a hard error (the framework owns the message).
+snesrecomp_target_generated_code(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gen)
+
+# The mod catalog. This names WHERE the packages are; the framework owns the
+# layout they are staged into beside the executable, and stages them on every
+# build OF THE EXECUTABLE -- including the launcher's own Generate & rebuild on
+# a player's machine, which builds only this target and would skip a sibling
+# ALL target. mods/preloaded/packages/ holds reviewed, default-disabled
+# packages; players install .snesmod archives through the launcher.
+# snesrecomp/docs/MOD_PACKAGES.md.
+#
+# It used to be `snesrecomp_target_stage_dir(... ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mods mods)`
+# -- the destination spelled per title, which is how three ports in the same
+# workspace ended up shipping an empty Mods page and nothing said so. Declaring
+# it is now also enforced: a project with packages that never calls this fails
+# to configure.
+snesrecomp_target_mod_catalog(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mods/preloaded)
+# Any other directory the game reads exe-relative (a translations/ table, ...)
+# is staged with snesrecomp_target_stage_dir, never with a separate ALL target.
+
+target_include_directories(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp PRIVATE
+    ${SNESRECOMP_RUNNER_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    # common_rtl.c includes "config.h": the desktop key-map / Config contract
+    # the framework host supplies (snesrecomp_target_desktop_host below).
+    ${SNESRECOMP_ROOT}/runner/src/desktop
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/recomp
+)
+target_link_libraries(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp PRIVATE ${SNESRECOMP_RUNNER_LIBRARIES})
+target_compile_definitions(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp PRIVATE
+    SNES_GAME_VERSION="${SNESRECOMP_BUILD_VERSION}"
+    SNES_GAME_TITLE="Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past"
+)
+snesrecomp_target_sdl(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp)
+
+# The desktop host: launcher flow, ROM resolution, config.ini + [KeyMap],
+# window + SDL/OpenGL presenters, audio, gamepads, the save-state browser and
+# rewind filmstrip, the pacing clock, crash handlers and the post-mortem
+# report. src/main.c is the shim that names this title and supplies its
+# hooks; the host is the framework's and improves on a submodule pull.
+# Add TIER2 once this port reads the interpreter-gap manifest after each run.
+snesrecomp_target_desktop_host(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp)
+# rom.cfg (the ROM the wizard set this project up from; git-ignored) is
+# staged beside the executable when none is there yet, so the first launch
+# opens on that dump rather than asking for one.
+snesrecomp_target_rom_cache(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp)
+
+# Shared Dear ImGui pre-boot launcher (ROM picker, verification, display /
+# audio / input settings). Self-contained: it brings its own ImGui, GL link and
+# staged assets, and defines RECOMP_LAUNCHER so src/main.c compiles its GUI path.
+set(RECOMP_UI_ROOT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/recomp-ui" CACHE PATH
+    "Root directory of the recomp-ui launcher repo" FORCE)
+if(NOT EXISTS "${RECOMP_UI_ROOT}/recomp_ui.cmake")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "recomp-ui missing at ${RECOMP_UI_ROOT}.\n"
+        "Run: git submodule update --init --recursive recomp-ui")
+endif()
+include(${RECOMP_UI_ROOT}/recomp_ui.cmake)
+# BOXART stages launcher_assets/img/boxart.tga beside the exe; the launcher
+# shows assets/img/boxart.tga by default. EXISTS-guarded in recomp_ui.cmake,
+# so this configures cleanly before any art is fetched.
+recomp_target_launcher_ui(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp CONSOLE snes
+    BOXART "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/launcher_assets/img/boxart.tga")
+
+# Generate & rebuild from inside the launcher: pick ROM -> recompile locally
+# -> cmake --build -> relaunch. The implementation is the framework's; this
+# project contributes no configuration (snesrecomp_codegen_host_autowire in
+# src/main.c). recomp-ui/src is on the include path because the host speaks
+# RecompLauncherCGameInfo.
+target_sources(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp PRIVATE
+    ${SNESRECOMP_ROOT}/host/snesrecomp_codegen_host.c)
+target_include_directories(LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp PRIVATE
+    ${SNESRECOMP_ROOT}/host
+    ${RECOMP_UI_ROOT}/src)
+
+# Netplay is not built into this target.
+# No multitap: two seats, one controller per port.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0
+
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+
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+
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Recomp
+
+A native recompilation of **Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past** (USA), built on
+[snesrecomp](https://github.com/RetroPortingToolKit/snesrecomp).
+
+_Add a short description here._
+
+
+
+> **You must legally own a copy of the game.** No ROM data is distributed with
+> this project, in the repository or in any release. The recompiled C is
+> generated locally from your own copy and is never committed.
+
+## Status
+
+Scaffolded on 2026-10-30 — **not yet a working port.** The layout, build,
+regeneration pipeline, CI, and packaging are wired up; the game does not run
+until the host work in `src/game_rtl.c` is done. See
+[Porting from here](#porting-from-here).
+
+## ROM identity
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| File | `Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc` |
+| Publisher | — |
+| Developer | — |
+| Year | — |
+| Mapping | lorom |
+| Region | USA (North America) |
+| Coprocessor | none |
+| CRC32 | `777aac2f` |
+| SHA-256 | `66871d66be19ad2c34c927d6b14cd8eb6fc3181965b6e517cb361f7316009cfb` |
+
+`tools/regen.sh` refuses to run against anything else, so a mismatched
+revision fails immediately instead of producing subtly wrong output.
+
+## Build
+
+```sh
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+bash tools/regen.sh --rom /path/to/Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc
+cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake --build build -j
+```
+
+The ROM does not have to live in the repository — keeping it on your own
+drive is the better habit, and `SNESRECOMP_ROM` sets the path once for a
+shell. Without either, `tools/regen.sh` finds `Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc` at the repo root,
+then the path the setup wizard recorded in `rom.cfg`; `.gitignore` blocks
+both from ever being committed.
+
+`tools/regen.sh` verifies the ROM, generates `src/gen/*.c`, and re-syncs
+`recomp/funcs.h`. Re-run it whenever you change anything under `recomp/`.
+
+## Run
+
+```sh
+./build/LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp                     # launcher picks the ROM
+./build/LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp /path/to/Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc # or name it and skip the launcher
+```
+
+With no ROM on the command line the build opens the recomp-ui launcher: a ROM
+picker with a verification badge, plus display / audio / input settings. Your
+choice is cached in `rom.cfg` beside the executable, so the next launch opens
+on it and "Skip launcher on boot" makes it immediate. If the launcher is not
+built in (`--no-recomp-ui`), the host falls back to a native file picker.
+
+Either way the ROM is checked against the digests above before anything boots
+— a dump that could not have produced this build is refused at the door rather
+than mis-executing ten frames in.
+
+## Layout
+
+| Path | What lives there |
+|---|---|
+| `recomp/` | Analysis input: `bank*.cfg`, `symbols.toml`, generated `funcs.h` |
+| `rom_identity.txt` | ROM digests — read by the build, `tools/regen.sh` and CI |
+| `src/` | Host code you own: `main.c`, `game_rtl.c` |
+| `src/gen/` | Generated C. Never committed — regenerate locally |
+| `snesrecomp/` | Framework submodule (owns `lib/recomp-net`, `lib/retcomm-rbengine`) |
+| `tools/` | `regen.sh` — the ROM → C pipeline |
+| `scripts/` | `package_release.sh` — player-facing zip |
+| `framework_pins.txt` | Exact framework commits this project was scaffolded against |
+
+## Porting from here
+
+The scaffold stops where the game-specific work starts. In rough order:
+
+1. **Make it boot.** `src/game_rtl.c` holds the frame driver. It starts on
+   the framework's beam-aligned driver (`snesrecomp/runner/src/beam_frame_driver.h`):
+   one frame per PPU field, interrupts taken where the beam latches them,
+   the field rasterized from the raster journal. A title whose main loop it
+   does not fit replaces those calls with its own driver.
+2. **Name things.** Add entries to `recomp/symbols.toml` as you identify
+   routines, then re-run `tools/regen.sh`. Set `emit = true` to promote one
+   into ahead-of-time analysis; leave it false to keep it interpreted.
+   Regen synchronizes the marked blocks in each bank cfg, creating missing
+   configs. Only proven variants become AOT code. See `recomp/README.md`.
+3. **Resolve dispatch misses.** After every run, deal with unresolved
+   indirect targets before anything else — they are the reason a port
+   diverges, and they are cheap to fix early.
+4. **Never synthesise a result** to get past uncovered code, and never edit
+   `src/gen/` by hand. Fix the config or the framework and regenerate.
+
+## Multiplayer
+
+Single player.
+
+## License
+
+This project's own source is under the license in `LICENSE`. The framework
+carries its own terms — see `snesrecomp/LICENSE` and
+`snesrecomp/THIRD_PARTY_ATTRIBUTION.md`. Neither covers the game data, which
+is not distributed here.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0
diff --git a/framework_pins.txt b/framework_pins.txt
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework_pins.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+snesrecomp=ef0b3ff7d6965ffcd96d8fd917cb182539b05d76
+recomp-ui=3f1d6f122a58823614abce14f5b86f4d165a629c
+recomp-net=8c76fb643339144a3a84d5ba8f5defe6250dcd26
+retcomm-rbengine=2a03e73693acee0fb78076ea058642c931bef12e
diff --git a/mods/preloaded/README.md b/mods/preloaded/README.md
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/mods/preloaded/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Preloaded mods
+
+Ship reviewed, default-disabled packages here:
+
+```text
+packages/<package-id>/<version>/
+  manifest.toml
+  ...
+```
+
+A manifest's `[[target]]` names this title as `game_id = "legendofzeldaalinktothepast-usa"` with the
+ROM's SHA-256 (both live in `rom_identity.txt`). CMakeLists.txt declares this
+directory with `snesrecomp_target_mod_catalog` and the FRAMEWORK stages
+`packages/` beside the executable on every build -- do not add a copy step of
+your own, and do not spell the destination: it belongs to snesrecomp, so a
+future change to the layout touches one file instead of every port. Nothing
+placed beside the executable by hand survives a build.
+Players install `.snesmod` archives through the launcher's Mods page, which
+the runtime keeps under its own state beside the executable.
+
+See `snesrecomp/docs/MOD_PACKAGES.md` for the manifest format and the
+trusted-plugin registration a package can activate.
diff --git a/mods/preloaded/packages/.gitkeep b/mods/preloaded/packages/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/recomp-ui b/recomp-ui
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index 0000000..3f1d6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recomp-ui
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3f1d6f122a58823614abce14f5b86f4d165a629c
diff --git a/recomp/README.md b/recomp/README.md
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index 0000000..f6e4f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recomp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# recomp/
+
+Analysis input for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. `tools/regen.sh` reads this directory and
+writes `src/gen/`.
+
+| File | Owner | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `bank*.cfg` | you, plus generated blocks | Per-bank analysis directives |
+| `symbols.toml` | you | Progressive name map; the source of truth |
+| `funcs.h` | generated | Re-synced by `tools/regen.sh` — do not hand-edit |
+
+The block between `>>> BEGIN symbols.toml` and `<<< END symbols.toml` in
+each bank cfg is rewritten from `symbols.toml` on every regen. Edit
+`symbols.toml`, not the block.
+
+Python 3.11+ includes the TOML reader. On older Python, install it with
+`python -m pip install tomli`. Projects without `symbols.toml` do not need it.
+
+Each `[[func]]` has a C identifier `name`, a 16-bit hexadecimal `addr`
+(for example, `"8000"`), and an integer `bank` (for example, `0xc0`).
+Missing bank configs are created automatically; hand-written directives outside
+the generated blocks are preserved. Removing an entry also removes its generated
+directives on the next regen.
+
+- `emit = false` (the default) writes a `symbol` label and `force_lle` boundary:
+  it stays interpreted, with no generated `func` declaration in `funcs.h`.
+- `emit = true` writes a `func` declaration and requests analysis from that
+  entry, even without `--cfg-roots`. Only variants the analyzer proves safe
+  become AOT code; others still use the interpreter. Optional `entry_m` and
+  `entry_x` select the initial register-width flags (0 or 1, both default to 1).
+
+An unchanged cfg file is not by itself evidence of failed code generation:
+`src/gen/bank*_v2.c` contains code discovered from the ROM, while `bank*.cfg`
+contains analysis inputs. Discovery does not copy every reached function back
+into the configs.
diff --git a/recomp/bank00.cfg b/recomp/bank00.cfg
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/recomp/bank00.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (USA) — LLE-first seed
+# Regenerate with tools/regen.sh. Promote functions by editing recomp/symbols.toml
+# and re-running the regen script, which rewrites the block below.
+bank = 0
+auto_vectors
+tier_down_stubs
+
+# Reset vector $8000, native NMI $80c9 (from the cartridge header).
+
+# >>> BEGIN symbols.toml (generated — do not edit)
+# <<< END symbols.toml
diff --git a/recomp/symbols.toml b/recomp/symbols.toml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/recomp/symbols.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Progressive symbol map for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
+#
+# Each [[func]] names an address the analyzer should treat as a function.
+# Set emit = true to promote one into ahead-of-time codegen; leave it false
+# to keep it interpreted. tools/regen.sh syncs labels and tier choices into
+# each recomp/bankNN.cfg; only emit=true adds a func/funcs.h declaration.
+# Do not hand-edit the generated blocks in the bank configs.
+
+[[func]]
+name = "I_RESET"
+addr = "8000"
+bank = 0
+emit = false
+note = "Emulation RESET vector ($FFFC)"
+
+[[func]]
+name = "I_NMI"
+addr = "80c9"
+bank = 0
+emit = false
+note = "Native NMI vector ($FFEA)"
diff --git a/rom_identity.txt b/rom_identity.txt
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/rom_identity.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# ROM identity for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — the single source of truth.
+#
+# Read by three consumers, so a revision change is made once, here:
+#   - the build   (CMake generates snesrecomp_rom_identity.h from this file)
+#   - tools/regen.sh
+#   - .github/workflows/release.yml
+#
+# Format is `key = value`, one per line; `#` starts a comment. Values may be
+# quoted. Leaving a digest empty means the build cannot verify a ROM it is
+# handed — it will say so rather than accept it.
+
+display_name    = Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
+rom_file        = Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc
+# Every digest of the bare image (copier header stripped), so the Retro
+# catalog can take a submission's identity from this file rather than ask
+# the submitter to hash the ROM again. The build verifies on crc32/sha256.
+expected_crc32  = 777aac2f
+expected_md5    = 608c22b8ff930c62dc2de54bcd6eba72
+expected_sha1   = 6d4f10a8b10e10dbe624cb23cf03b88bb8252973
+expected_sha256 = 66871d66be19ad2c34c927d6b14cd8eb6fc3181965b6e517cb361f7316009cfb
+rom_size        = 1048576
+mapping         = lorom
+region          = USA
+# What a mod package's [[target]] game_id must name to apply to this title
+# (snesrecomp/docs/MOD_PACKAGES.md). Stable across revisions on purpose.
+game_id         = legendofzeldaalinktothepast-usa
diff --git a/scripts/package_release.sh b/scripts/package_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9fd81b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Package a Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past release: a SETUP PACK.
+#
+# The zip does not contain the game. It contains a setup program (the host
+# built with -DSNESRECOMP_SETUP_HOST=ON, i.e. without recompiled code), the
+# recompiler and this source tree. On first run the player picks their own
+# ROM and the launcher recompiles and rebuilds locally. No ROM, no src/gen,
+# no recomp/funcs.h ever leaves this tree in a zip -- the framework's packager
+# enforces that mechanically.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/package_release.sh [<build-dir>] [<platform-tag>] [--embed-toolchain]
+#
+# Both positionals are optional; BUILD_DIR and PLATFORM still work as env vars.
+# Defaults: build, and the host's own <os>-<arch>. --embed-toolchain copies
+# the cmake-clang-v1 pack named by RETCOMM_TOOLCHAIN_DIR into the zip so the
+# player downloads nothing.
+#
+# Writes: dist/legendofzeldaalinktothepast-<VERSION>-<platform-tag>.zip
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# A silent exit is the worst outcome a packaging step can have: the first
+# Windows CI run died here with exit 1 and not one line of output. Name the
+# command and line instead of leaving the reader to bisect a shell script.
+trap 'echo "::error::$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") failed at line ${LINENO}: ${BASH_COMMAND}" >&2' ERR
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$ROOT"
+
+EXTRA=()
+POS=()
+for a in "$@"; do
+  case "$a" in
+    --embed-toolchain|--no-embed-toolchain) EXTRA+=("$a") ;;
+    *) POS+=("$a") ;;
+  esac
+done
+BUILD_DIR="${POS[0]:-${BUILD_DIR:-build}}"
+PLATFORM="${POS[1]:-${PLATFORM:-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m)}}"
+
+IMPL="snesrecomp/tools/ci/stage_setup_host.sh"
+if [ ! -f "$IMPL" ]; then
+  echo "package_release.sh: $IMPL missing — the snesrecomp pin predates setup packs." >&2
+  echo "  Update the submodule: git submodule update --init --recursive" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# The ROM hint and digests come from rom_identity.txt -- the same file the
+# build compiles in and tools/regen.sh verifies against -- so a revision bump
+# is one edit. stage_setup_host.sh already needs python3, so this does too.
+IDENTITY_TOOL="snesrecomp/tools/rom_identity.py"
+ROM_FILE="$(python3 "$IDENTITY_TOOL" rom_identity.txt --get rom_file)"
+ROM_SHA256="$(python3 "$IDENTITY_TOOL" rom_identity.txt --get expected_sha256)"
+ROM_CRC32="$(python3 "$IDENTITY_TOOL" rom_identity.txt --get expected_crc32)"
+
+# mods/ is the catalog the build stages beside the executable, and the package
+# a netplay host transfers to a guest. Add --runtime-dir <name> for any other
+# directory the game loads exe-relative (translations, ...).
+exec bash "$IMPL" \
+  --runtime-dir mods \
+  --build-dir "$BUILD_DIR" \
+  --artifact "$PLATFORM" \
+  --exe-name LegendOfZeldaALinkToThePastSNESRecomp \
+  --zip-prefix legendofzeldaalinktothepast \
+  --display-name "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" \
+  --rom-hint "$ROM_FILE" \
+  --rom-sha256 "$ROM_SHA256" \
+  --rom-crc32 "$ROM_CRC32" \
+  "${EXTRA[@]+"${EXTRA[@]}"}"
diff --git a/snesrecomp b/snesrecomp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..ef0b3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snesrecomp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ef0b3ff7d6965ffcd96d8fd917cb182539b05d76
diff --git a/src/game_rtl.c b/src/game_rtl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c4068a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/game_rtl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — per-game runtime glue.
+ *
+ * THIS FILE IS THE PORT. Everything else the scaffold produced is layout,
+ * build wiring, and packaging; this is where the actual work happens.
+ *
+ * The framework does not, and cannot, drive an arbitrary SNES game on its
+ * own. Two responsibilities always land on the game host:
+ *
+ *   1. Deciding what "one frame" means for THIS title, and returning from
+ *      run_frame() at that boundary. A real ROM's reset vector never
+ *      returns — it enters a main loop that waits on vblank — so somebody
+ *      has to choose the yield point.
+ *   2. Delivering NMI/IRQ at the hardware edge (see
+ *      snesrecomp/docs/FRAME_MODEL_HOSTS.md).
+ *
+ * A new port starts on the framework's beam-aligned driver
+ * (runner/src/beam_frame_driver.h): one frame is one PPU field, cut at the
+ * beam's vblank edge; interrupts -- raster splits and a coprocessor's IRQ
+ * line -- are taken where the beam latches them; parked time still runs the
+ * beam, APU and coprocessors; and the field is rasterized from the raster
+ * journal with real HDMA. It is the framework's, so a fix to it reaches this
+ * port on a submodule pull.
+ *
+ * This file used to hold its own copy of a simpler driver: frames measured
+ * from wherever the CPU last stopped, NMI delivered at an arbitrary beam
+ * position, the field drawn with end-of-frame register state. A game that
+ * uploads in vblank between INIDISP=$80 and $0F flickered black, and one
+ * that chains raster splits fell apart. Replace these calls only for what
+ * the driver does not do; MetalWarriorsSNESRecomp's src/mw_rtl.c and
+ * GundamWingEndlessDuelSNESRecomp's src/game_rtl.c are developed examples of
+ * title-specific drivers.
+ */
+
+#include "game_rtl.h"
+
+#include "beam_frame_driver.h"
+
+void GameRunOneFrame(void)
+{
+    snes_beam_frame_driver_run_frame();
+}
+
+void GameDrawPpuFrame(void)
+{
+    snes_beam_frame_driver_draw_ppu_frame();
+}
+
+void GameSessionReset(void)
+{
+    /* Rematch / soft-return: clear anything that must not survive a new
+     * session. recomp-ai-rules/NETPLAY.md §3 — sticky state that "has always
+     * been fine" is the usual desync culprit, because single-player never
+     * re-enters the boot path twice in one process. */
+    snes_beam_frame_driver_reset();
+}
+
+const RtlGameInfo kGameInfo = {
+    .title = "legendofzeldaalinktothepast",
+    .initialize = NULL,
+    .run_frame = &GameRunOneFrame,
+    .draw_ppu_frame = &GameDrawPpuFrame,
+    .save_name_prefix = "save",
+    .session_reset = &GameSessionReset,
+};
diff --git a/src/game_rtl.h b/src/game_rtl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ff20ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/game_rtl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef GAME_RTL_H
+#define GAME_RTL_H
+
+#include "common_cpu_infra.h"
+
+/* One frame of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. See game_rtl.c — this is the port. */
+void GameRunOneFrame(void);
+void GameDrawPpuFrame(void);
+void GameSessionReset(void);
+
+extern const RtlGameInfo kGameInfo;
+
+#endif /* GAME_RTL_H */
diff --git a/src/gen_stubs.c b/src/gen_stubs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c632c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gen_stubs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* Hand-written bodies for code the recompiler could not translate.
+ *
+ * Empty at scaffold time. Fill this in as regeneration reports unresolved
+ * targets — and fill it in with real behaviour, never with a value invented
+ * to get past the gap. An invented result turns a loud failure into a silent
+ * wrong one (recomp-ai-rules/PRINCIPLES.md, "No stubs"). If a routine cannot
+ * be translated yet, leave it to the interpreter tier instead.
+ */
diff --git a/src/host_contract.c b/src/host_contract.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b68f0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/host_contract.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * The host contract for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
+ *
+ * The runner is a library, not an application: a handful of symbols are
+ * deliberately left for the host to define. The framework's desktop host
+ * (snesrecomp_target_desktop_host in CMakeLists.txt) defines the ones that
+ * depend on the frontend -- Die, RtlApuLock/RtlApuUnlock, g_spc_player,
+ * RtlDrawPpuFrame, MkDir, ChangeWindowScale and the widescreen globals.
+ *
+ * What is left is the trace contract: the debug_on_* hooks the generated code
+ * calls on every block entry and WRAM write. They belong to the trace build
+ * (-DSNESRECOMP_ENABLE_TRACE=ON supplies real ones through the debug server)
+ * and are empty here so a production build links.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#if !defined(SNESRECOMP_TRACE) || !SNESRECOMP_TRACE
+void debug_on_block_enter(uint32_t pc, uint32_t a, uint32_t x, uint32_t y)
+{
+    (void)pc; (void)a; (void)x; (void)y;
+}
+
+void debug_on_wram_write_byte(uint32_t addr, uint8_t old_val, uint8_t new_val)
+{
+    (void)addr; (void)old_val; (void)new_val;
+}
+
+void debug_on_wram_write_word(uint32_t addr, uint16_t old_val, uint16_t new_val)
+{
+    (void)addr; (void)old_val; (void)new_val;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e51e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — desktop host shim.
+ *
+ * Identity and hooks, nothing else. The host itself is the framework's
+ * (snesrecomp/runner/src/desktop/host_main.h): the pre-boot launcher, ROM
+ * resolution and digest checks, config.ini and keybinds.ini, the window and
+ * the SDL / OpenGL presenters, audio, gamepads, the in-game save-state
+ * browser and rewind filmstrip, the OSD, the pacing clock, crash handlers and
+ * the post-mortem report, mod packages, Generate & rebuild, and the netplay
+ * barrier when the project is built with it. A fix there reaches this
+ * project on a submodule pull; nothing in this file needs to change for it.
+ *
+ * This file used to BE the host -- a ~700-line copy made at scaffold time --
+ * so every project scaffolded before a fix kept the bug. Two ports of the
+ * same game, a week apart, had different hosts.
+ *
+ * Nothing here ever ships a ROM. The player supplies one; the host makes
+ * that easy (launcher, then positional argument, then a copy beside the
+ * executable, then the rom.cfg cache, then a file picker) and checks what it
+ * is handed against the digests in rom_identity.txt.
+ *
+ * Grow this file only with what is specific to THIS title: a custom
+ * presenter (prepare_frame / draw_frame), an SPC player, a pacing rule
+ * (keep_pacing_debt), a Mods provider. See SnesDesktopHostGame for the
+ * complete list of hooks and what each is for.
+ */
+
+#include "host_main.h"
+#include "game_rtl.h"
+#include "snesrecomp_rom_identity.h"  /* generated from rom_identity.txt */
+
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
+#define SDL_MAIN_HANDLED 1
+#endif
+#include "desktop/sdl_compat.h"
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+/* SDLActivity loads libmain.so and dlsyms its SDL_main. */
+#define main SDL_main
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SNES_GAME_VERSION
+#define SNES_GAME_VERSION "dev"
+#endif
+
+static const SnesDesktopHostGame kGameHost = {
+    .display_name        = "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past",
+    .window_title        = "Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past",
+    .region              = SNESRECOMP_ROM_REGION,
+    .rom_file            = SNESRECOMP_ROM_FILE,
+    .expected_sha256_hex = SNESRECOMP_ROM_EXPECTED_SHA256,
+    .expected_crc32_hex  = SNESRECOMP_ROM_EXPECTED_CRC32,
+    .game_id             = SNESRECOMP_ROM_GAME_ID,
+    .build_version       = SNES_GAME_VERSION,
+    .game_info           = &kGameInfo,
+    .num_players         = 1,
+    /* Battery-backed SRAM shows the launcher's SAVES panel. Leave NULL for a
+     * title without one. The path is exe-relative. */
+    .sram_path           = "saves/save.srm",
+};
+
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
+#undef main   /* desktop: keep plain main() even if SDL_main.h remapped it */
+#endif
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    return snesrecomp_desktop_main(&kGameHost, argc, argv);
+}
diff --git a/src/variables.h b/src/variables.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb4ab04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/variables.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* Game-specific RAM variable declarations for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
+ *
+ * The framework includes this by name (snes/cpu.c), so every project must
+ * provide one even when it is empty. Populate it as WRAM locations are
+ * identified, so generated code and hand-written host code refer to the same
+ * address by the same name.
+ */
+
+#ifndef VARIABLES_H
+#define VARIABLES_H
+
+#include "types.h"
+
+#endif /* VARIABLES_H */
diff --git a/tools/regen.sh b/tools/regen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca304a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Regenerate src/gen/*.c for Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past from a verified ROM.
+#
+# Generated C is derived from copyrighted ROM data and is never committed;
+# every developer regenerates from their own copy. The ROM digests come from
+# rom_identity.txt, which the build and the release workflow read too, so
+# there is one place to change when a revision changes.
+#
+# Flags:
+#   --rom <path>  ROM to generate from. Defaults to SNESRECOMP_ROM, a known
+#                 filename at the repo root, then the path in rom.cfg (which
+#                 the setup wizard writes). The ROM does not have to live in
+#                 the repo — keeping it on your own drive is the better
+#                 habit, and SNESRECOMP_ROM sets it once for a shell.
+#   --no-verify   skip the ROM digest check (for a revision this project has
+#                 not been pinned to yet — expect the generated C to differ)
+#   --cfg-roots   seed analysis from every func declaration in recomp/*.cfg
+#   -h|--help     this message
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$ROOT"
+
+VERIFY=1
+CFG_ROOTS=0
+ROM=""
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --rom) ROM=$2; shift 2 ;;
+    --no-verify) VERIFY=0; shift ;;
+    --cfg-roots) CFG_ROOTS=1; shift ;;
+    -h|--help) sed -n '2,/^set -euo/p' "$0" | sed -n '/^# /p' | sed 's/^# //'; exit 0 ;;
+    *) echo "regen.sh: unknown flag: $1 (try --help)" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+SNESRECOMP_ROOT="${SNESRECOMP_ROOT:-snesrecomp}"
+CLI="$SNESRECOMP_ROOT/snesrecomp_cli.py"
+if [ ! -f "$CLI" ]; then
+  echo "regen.sh: $CLI missing — run: git submodule update --init --recursive" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+PYTHON=${PYTHON:-}
+if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
+  # Windows App Execution Aliases can exist on PATH without running Python.
+  for _snes_python in python3 python; do
+    if "$_snes_python" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info[0] != 3)' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      PYTHON=$_snes_python
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
+  echo "regen.sh: no python3 on PATH" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# The framework parses rom_identity.txt (the same parser CI uses), so this
+# script carries no copy of a digest to forget on a revision bump.
+IDENTITY="$SNESRECOMP_ROOT/tools/rom_identity.py"
+EXPECTED_CRC32="${SNESRECOMP_EXPECTED_CRC32:-$("$PYTHON" "$IDENTITY" "$ROOT/rom_identity.txt" --get expected_crc32)}"
+EXPECTED_SHA256="${SNESRECOMP_EXPECTED_SHA256:-$("$PYTHON" "$IDENTITY" "$ROOT/rom_identity.txt" --get expected_sha256)}"
+
+# The framework owns the search: --rom, then SNESRECOMP_ROM, then a known
+# name at the root, then rom.cfg (the path the setup wizard recorded).
+RESOLVE=(resolve-rom --project-root "$ROOT"
+         --name "Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc" --name "legendofzeldaalinktothepast.sfc" --name "legendofzeldaalinktothepast.smc")
+if [ -n "$ROM" ]; then RESOLVE+=(--rom "$ROM"); fi
+if ! ROM=$("$PYTHON" "$CLI" "${RESOLVE[@]}"); then
+  echo "regen.sh: pass --rom /path/to/Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA).sfc, set SNESRECOMP_ROM, put it" >&2
+  echo "          at the repo root, or record its path in rom.cfg. You must" >&2
+  echo "          legally own a copy of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+ROM=${ROM%$'\r'}  # Windows Python ends lines with CRLF
+
+VERIFY_ARGS=()
+if [ "$VERIFY" -eq 1 ]; then
+  VERIFY_ARGS=(--expected-crc32 "$EXPECTED_CRC32" --expected-sha256 "$EXPECTED_SHA256")
+  echo "== Verifying $ROM =="
+  "$PYTHON" "$CLI" verify-rom --rom "$ROM" "${VERIFY_ARGS[@]}"
+else
+  echo "== Skipping ROM verification (--no-verify) =="
+fi
+
+GEN_ARGS=(--rom "$ROM" --cfg-dir recomp --out-dir src/gen
+          --funcs-h recomp/funcs.h --project-root "$ROOT")
+if [ "$CFG_ROOTS" -eq 1 ]; then GEN_ARGS+=(--cfg-roots); fi
+if [ "$VERIFY" -eq 1 ]; then GEN_ARGS+=("${VERIFY_ARGS[@]}"); fi
+
+echo "== Generating src/gen =="
+"$PYTHON" "$CLI" generate "${GEN_ARGS[@]}"
+
+echo
+echo "Done. Build with:"
+echo "  cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build -j"