# Dr. Mario 64: a GameCube decompilation

> drmario64-gc reconstructs source for the GameCube port of Dr. Mario 64 in Nintendo Puzzle Collection. The work targets Japanese Rev 0, builds against the user's disc image, and supplies source, symbol maps and split configuration for object-level comparison with objdiff.

- 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/NewGBAXL/drmario64-gc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/NewGBAXL/drmario64-gc/blob/82289b50d1aef179e8eaf94cf3b798e9732f9add/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/drmario64-gc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/drmario64-gc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/drmario64-gc-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's GPZJ01 Rev 0 Japanese game disc image.
- **Prerequisites:** Build requires Python and Ninja; macOS also documents Wine Crossover.
- **Limits:** Work in progress.
- **License:** CC0 1.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/NewGBAXL/drmario64-gc/blob/82289b50d1aef179e8eaf94cf3b798e9732f9add/README.md>

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