# 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.

- 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/chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP/blob/3bdc8fa875a8fbb46dc61878ad0804c37c74f681/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chameleon-twist-jp-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chameleon-twist-jp-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chameleon-twist-jp-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chameleonTwistRet/chameleonTwistv1.0-JP/blob/3bdc8fa875a8fbb46dc61878ad0804c37c74f681/README.md>

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