Case study

Dr. Mario 64 Recomp: a native N64 recompilation with rendering changes

Dr. Mario 64 Recomp builds a modernized native version of the US Nintendo 64 game using N64Recomp and RSPRecomp on a user-supplied ROM. Its changes include GPU pill rendering, interpolated motion, four-player controllers and CRT effects. The author describes the release as lightly tested.

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: 161
Last commit: 2025-12-18
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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 a clean Dr. Mario 64 US ROM and the documented decompilation build output.
Prerequisites: Build with N64Recomp, RSPRecomp and the documented compiler dependencies.
Testing evidence: The author reports very limited testing.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dr-mario-64-recomp-plus-case,
  title = {{Dr. Mario 64 Recomp: a native N64 recompilation with rendering changes}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus}},
  url = {https://github.com/theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-plus-case/}}
}

Plain text

Dr. Mario 64 Recomp: a native N64 recompilation with rendering changes. https://github.com/theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-plus-case/

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README.md GitHub · theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus · Revision af91e3b