Case study

Dr. Mario 64: matching decompilation across three releases

Dr. Mario 64 reconstructs the Nintendo 64 game's code as a matching source build. It provides C and assembly sources, ROM extraction and rebuilding commands, and separate configurations for the US, iQue, and Gateway versions.

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

Stars: 82
Last commit: 2026-08-13
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a user-provided big-endian ROM for the selected version.
Prerequisites: Building uses a MIPS toolchain, Clang, make, and uv on Debian or Ubuntu; Windows users are directed to WSL2.
License: The repository uses MIT except where files or folders specify another license; src/ uses CC0.
Scope: The project requests that the codebase not be used for non-MIPS ports.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dr-mario-64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Dr. Mario 64: matching decompilation across three releases}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64}},
  url = {https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Dr. Mario 64: matching decompilation across three releases. https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · AngheloAlf/drmario64 · Revision b552609