Case study

BeetleRecomp: a static recompilation of Beetle Adventure Racing!

BeetleRecomp translates the USA N64 release of Beetle Adventure Racing! from MIPS machine code into C with N64Recomp and runs it through a native host using RT64. It uses a symbol-rich ELF and overlay metadata built from BeetleDecomp, and includes game-specific C hooks, a launcher and runtime services for input, audio and saves.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 8
Last commit: 2026-10-31
Language: C++
License (GitHub): AGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply your own dumped USA Beetle Adventure Racing! ROM matching the documented SHA-1.
Prerequisites: Building requires the BeetleDecomp ELF, N64Recomp and the toolchain described in BUILDING.md.
Limits: The author reports that multiplayer rendering, completed laps and several presentation details still need qualification.
License: AGPL-3.0 License.

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BibTeX

@misc{beetlerecomp-case,
  title = {{BeetleRecomp: a static recompilation of Beetle Adventure Racing!}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/bryankruman/BeetleRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/bryankruman/BeetleRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/beetlerecomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

BeetleRecomp: a static recompilation of Beetle Adventure Racing!. https://github.com/bryankruman/BeetleRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/beetlerecomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · bryankruman/BeetleRecomp · Revision b2118ba
docs/STATUS.md GitHub · bryankruman/BeetleRecomp · Revision b2118ba
COPYING GitHub · bryankruman/BeetleRecomp · Revision b2118ba