Case study
Chameleon Twist 2: a native port by static recompilation
Statically recompiles the Japanese Nintendo 64 release of Chameleon Twist 2 into a native port using N64Recomp and RSPRecomp, with RT64 rendering. The build uses a user-provided ROM and includes menus, input configuration, and graphics options.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 1
- Last commit
- 2025-03-02
- Language
- C
- License (GitHub)
- GPL-3.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: A Japanese Chameleon Twist 2 N64 ROM is required to build or run the port.
- Prerequisites: A GPU supporting Direct3D 12 Shader Model 6 or Vulkan 1.2 and a CPU with AVX are required.
- Prerequisites: The build guide calls for N64Recomp, RSPRecomp, CMake, and platform-specific development tools.
- Limits: Intel GPUs on Linux may not currently work.
- License: GPL-3.0 License.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{chameleon-twist-2-recompiled-case,
title = {{Chameleon Twist 2: a native port by static recompilation}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Rainchus/ChameleonTwist2-JP-Recomp}},
url = {https://github.com/Rainchus/ChameleonTwist2-JP-Recomp},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/chameleon-twist-2-recompiled-case/}}
}Plain text
Chameleon Twist 2: a native port by static recompilation. https://github.com/Rainchus/ChameleonTwist2-JP-Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/chameleon-twist-2-recompiled-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · Rainchus/ChameleonTwist2-JP-Recomp · Revision fb3f877
- BUILDING.md GitHub · Rainchus/ChameleonTwist2-JP-Recomp · Revision fb3f877
- COPYING GitHub · Rainchus/ChameleonTwist2-JP-Recomp · Revision fb3f877
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