Case study

BattleTanx: Global Assault: an N64 static recompilation port

BattleTanx: Global Assault is ported to PC by statically recompiling its Nintendo 64 code with N64Recomp and running it on N64ModernRuntime with RT64 rendering. The repository includes a corrected function-boundary map, game-specific runtime changes and a log of the investigations behind them.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 17
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo video thumbnail from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user's own BattleTanx: Global Assault USA ROM matching the documented SHA-1.
Testing evidence: The author describes the port as a beta tested on Windows 10.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{battletanx-global-assault-recomp-case,
  title = {{BattleTanx: Global Assault: an N64 static recompilation port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/wootbeer/btgarecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/wootbeer/btgarecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-global-assault-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

BattleTanx: Global Assault: an N64 static recompilation port. https://github.com/wootbeer/btgarecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/battletanx-global-assault-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · wootbeer/btgarecomp · Revision 7d2d243
BattleTanxGASyms/README.md GitHub · wootbeer/btgarecomp · Revision 7d2d243