Case study

drmario64_recomp: an experimental Dr. Mario 64 recompilation

drmario64_recomp is an experimental native port of Dr. Mario 64 built with N64Recomp and RSPRecomp from a user-supplied US ROM. The project includes recompilation configuration, game patches and an RT64-based renderer.

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: 19
Last commit: 2025-08-12
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0
Status: Archived

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A vanilla US Dr. Mario 64 ROM and the uncompressed ROM produced by the referenced decompilation setup are required.
Prerequisites: Building requires submodules, N64Recomp, RSPRecomp, C/C++ compilers, SDL2 and GTK 3 on Linux.
Limits: The author reports one-player operation, an unstable extended aspect ratio and a crash on exit.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{dr-mario-64-recomp-case,
  title = {{drmario64\_recomp: an experimental Dr. Mario 64 recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

drmario64_recomp: an experimental Dr. Mario 64 recompilation. https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp · Revision 7892264