OpenMadoola

OpenMadoola is my attempt to make the definitive version of The Wing of Madoola. It plays just like the original game engine, but is written in C and runs natively on your computer. OpenMadoola offers numerous enhancements over the original version of the game, including:

• Gameplay data is saved to disk
• A recreation of the unreleased VS. System arcade port, The Wings of Madoola
• An MML compiler that allows users to make their own music and sound effects
• Numerous bugfixes and optional gameplay tweaks
• Easier to modify than the original assembly codebase

OpenMadoola needs a copy of the original game data to function. This can either be a standard NES ROM file dumped from your cartridge, or the "sharedassets0.assets" file from SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection on Steam. If you're using the Flatpak, it will walk you through installing the game data after you install OpenMadoola. Otherwise, look at the readme file on the Github repo for where the data goes.

Articles

• OpenMadoola 2025 End of Year Review

Downloads

• GNU/Linux:
  • Flathub
  • Source code
• Mac OS X:
  • Source code
• Windows:
  • Prebuilt binary
  • Source code

OpenMadoola was developed so people who own The Wing of Madoola on cartridge or on Steam can have more fun with their game. OpenMadoola is not a standalone game and will not function without externally supplied game data. This project is not licensed or endorsed by Sunsoft.