Case study

Destruction Derby 64: a matching decompilation of the US ROM

A matching decompilation of the US Nintendo 64 ROM of Destruction Derby 64. The user supplies baserom.z64, SHA-1 a2c0799e13566d1b723299592cfcac9387f25fa7; the default make target rebuilds the ROM and sha1sum checks it against dd64.sha1.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-03

Stars: 23
Last commit: 2026-10-20
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Scope: The README says the builder supplies Destruction Derby 64 (USA) as baserom.z64 with that SHA-1, and that the ROM is not in the repository. It says a matching build prints build/dd64.z64: OK, and that 1510 of 1548 functions are C. It also describes the repository as a hands-off agent experiment whose author did not review the code.
Testing evidence: The Makefile's default goal is check, which runs sha1sum -c on dd64.sha1. That file expects build/dd64.z64 to have the same SHA-1.
License: The pinned root listing has no LICENSE file, and the README states no license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{destruction-derby-64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Destruction Derby 64: a matching decompilation of the US ROM}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/murkantor/Destruction-Decomp-64}},
  url = {https://github.com/murkantor/Destruction-Decomp-64},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/destruction-derby-64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Destruction Derby 64: a matching decompilation of the US ROM. https://github.com/murkantor/Destruction-Decomp-64 (accessed 2026-11-03). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/destruction-derby-64-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · murkantor/Destruction-Decomp-64 · Revision 4820d11
Makefile GitHub · murkantor/Destruction-Decomp-64 · Revision 4820d11
dd64.sha1 GitHub · murkantor/Destruction-Decomp-64 · Revision 4820d11