Case study

Diddy Kong Racing: matching N64 decompilation

Diddy Kong Racing reconstructs the N64 game's source code and builds against a user-supplied ROM. It extracts assets locally and compares rebuilt function assembly with the base ROM; the author reports complete decompilation for the default US version while documentation remains unfinished.

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

Stars: 424
Last commit: 2026-10-01
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An original Diddy Kong Racing ROM is required to extract assets.
Prerequisites: Builds require the documented compiler, make and platform dependencies.
Limits: The author reports 100.00% decompilation and 69.02% documentation progress for us.v77 as of October 1, 2026.
License: CC0-1.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{diddy-kong-racing-case,
  title = {{Diddy Kong Racing: matching N64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/DavidSM64/Diddy-Kong-Racing}},
  url = {https://github.com/DavidSM64/Diddy-Kong-Racing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/diddy-kong-racing-case/}}
}

Plain text

Diddy Kong Racing: matching N64 decompilation. https://github.com/DavidSM64/Diddy-Kong-Racing (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/diddy-kong-racing-case/

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README.md GitHub · DavidSM64/Diddy-Kong-Racing · Revision a5eb080