Case study

DKC3Recomp: a SNES static recompilation of Donkey Kong Country 3

DKC3Recomp translates Donkey Kong Country 3's SNES code into C with snesrecomp, using game-specific bank configuration derived from a public disassembly. Native macOS and Windows hosts run the result, while the shared runtime interprets code the static analysis cannot resolve. The project also documents widened presentation and limited bring-up checks.

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: 157
Last commit: 2026-09-13
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Provide the headerless North American Donkey Kong Country 3 ROM specified by the project.
Prerequisites: Initialize the Git submodules and use the documented build tools.
Limits: Full-game compatibility has not been claimed.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dkc3recomp-case,
  title = {{DKC3Recomp: a SNES static recompilation of Donkey Kong Country 3}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/elliotttate/DKC3Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/elliotttate/DKC3Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dkc3recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

DKC3Recomp: a SNES static recompilation of Donkey Kong Country 3. https://github.com/elliotttate/DKC3Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dkc3recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · elliotttate/DKC3Recomp · Revision 3a033f1
recomp/README.md GitHub · elliotttate/DKC3Recomp · Revision 3a033f1