Case study

Wave Race 64: Recompiled — an early N64 static recompilation

Wave Race 64: Recompiled applies N64Recomp and RT64 to a native PC port of Wave Race 64. Its build requires the player's USA Rev A ROM; the author reports that the current result boots only to two boxes of noise.

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: 7
Last commit: 2026-06-21
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Provide an owned USA Rev A .z64 ROM.
Limits: The project is unfinished and currently boots only to two boxes of noise.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{chronic-wave-race-64-recomp-case,
  title = {{Wave Race 64: Recompiled — an early N64 static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chronic8000/WaveRace64Recompiled}},
  url = {https://github.com/chronic8000/WaveRace64Recompiled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronic-wave-race-64-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Wave Race 64: Recompiled — an early N64 static recompilation. https://github.com/chronic8000/WaveRace64Recompiled (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/chronic-wave-race-64-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · chronic8000/WaveRace64Recompiled · Revision 63817bc
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · chronic8000/WaveRace64Recompiled · Revision 63817bc