# 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.

- 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/theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus/blob/af91e3bf56b1ffc329ff4327fdc2380515463de7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-plus-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-plus-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dr-mario-64-recomp-plus-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/theboy181/drmario64_recomp_plus/blob/af91e3bf56b1ffc329ff4327fdc2380515463de7/README.md>

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