# Donkey Kong Country: a work-in-progress SNES disassembly

> Donkey Kong Country reconstructs assembly source for the SNES US v1.0 release. The work began with snes2asm output and includes game banks, SPC700 audio code, build scripts and notes on the ROM's HiROM layout. The project aims to recreate the game's source through static and dynamic analysis.

- 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/DKC-Recomp/DKC-disassembly>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/DKC-Recomp/DKC-disassembly/blob/0b3407b141143e71923bd9a750f5e6ca89d41625/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/donkey-kong-country-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/donkey-kong-country-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/donkey-kong-country-disassembly-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Install WLA-DX Assembler and GNU Make; set the Makefile PREFIX to the WLA-DX path.
- GPL-3.0 license file.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/DKC-Recomp/DKC-disassembly/blob/0b3407b141143e71923bd9a750f5e6ca89d41625/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/DKC-Recomp/DKC-disassembly/blob/0b3407b141143e71923bd9a750f5e6ca89d41625/docs/PROGRESS.md>

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