Case study

Chameleon Twist: an in-progress Japanese N64 decompilation

Chameleon Twist reconstructs code for the Japanese 1.0 Nintendo 64 game in a matching decompilation workflow. Contributors supply the ROM, build with configure and Ninja, and use the build's match result while expanding the recovered C source.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 13
Last commit: 2026-09-26
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The Japanese version 1.0 ROM, placed at baserom.z64.
Prerequisites: The repository's submodules and install.sh setup, followed by configure and Ninja.
Limits: The decompilation is unfinished and its modding system is still in development.
License: The repository states no project-wide license; tools/LICENSE.md contains an SGI notice for tooling.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{chameleon-twist-jp-decomp-case,
  title = {{Chameleon Twist: an in-progress Japanese N64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP}},
  url = {https://github.com/chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/chameleon-twist-jp-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Chameleon Twist: an in-progress Japanese N64 decompilation. https://github.com/chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/chameleon-twist-jp-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP · Revision 3bdc8fa