# Beetle Adventure Racing!: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

> bar-decomp reconstructs the US Nintendo 64 release of Beetle Adventure Racing! from C source and data extracted from a user-owned base ROM. Its build compares the resulting ROM with a recorded hash; other regional releases are planned.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/synamaxmusic/bar-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/synamaxmusic/bar-decomp/blob/bd312023654ed73596026fee93128f1939cc3a17/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/beetle-adventure-racing-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/beetle-adventure-racing-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/beetle-adventure-racing-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained US Beetle Adventure Racing! base ROM.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented build dependencies include make, Python 3, and MIPS binutils.
- **Scope:** Only the US version is currently built.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/synamaxmusic/bar-decomp/blob/bd312023654ed73596026fee93128f1939cc3a17/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/synamaxmusic/bar-decomp/blob/bd312023654ed73596026fee93128f1939cc3a17/LICENSE>

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