# AeroGauge: decompiling the Nintendo 64 game

> This is an early decompilation of AeroGauge for the Nintendo 64, USA release. The ROM is named baserom.z64. The source tree has race logic, audio and DMA code, and libultra files. The README says the project is too early for modifications.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/LLONSIT/AeroGauge>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/LLONSIT/AeroGauge/blob/55ccafad3bf003b4794774c89caaf84afe1eafe1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/aerogauge-n64-decomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/aerogauge-n64-decomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/aerogauge-n64-decomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- mips64-elf-binutils, QEMU Irix, and pip. Run make dependencies, copy the USA ROM to baserom.z64, then make extract and make.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/LLONSIT/AeroGauge/blob/55ccafad3bf003b4794774c89caaf84afe1eafe1/README.md>

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