Case study

Blocksphere: a native Tetrisphere port through static recompilation

Blocksphere ports the Nintendo 64 game Tetrisphere to Linux and Windows x86-64 through static CPU and RSP recompilation. It uses RT64 for rendering and adds game-specific fixes for widescreen HUDs, audio timing, input prompts and saved settings. Users import their own US NTPE revision 0 ROM.

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: 14
Last commit: 2026-10-12
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-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: An x86-64 Linux or Windows PC; Windows also needs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
Scope: A user-owned Tetrisphere US NTPE revision 0 ROM; other revisions and modified ROMs are unsupported.
License: Newly authored port code is GPL-3.0-or-later.

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BibTeX

@misc{blocksphere-tetrisphere-case,
  title = {{Blocksphere: a native Tetrisphere port through static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/djultra64/Blocksphere}},
  url = {https://github.com/djultra64/Blocksphere},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/blocksphere-tetrisphere-case/}}
}

Plain text

Blocksphere: a native Tetrisphere port through static recompilation. https://github.com/djultra64/Blocksphere (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/blocksphere-tetrisphere-case/

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README.md GitHub · djultra64/Blocksphere · Revision 53203b6
docs/RELEASE_NOTES_1.0.md GitHub · djultra64/Blocksphere · Revision 53203b6