# 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.

- 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/AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp/blob/7892264252fd662c140625ad35cab62825ab473b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AngheloAlf/drmario64_recomp/blob/7892264252fd662c140625ad35cab62825ab473b/README.md>

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