Case study

DS Kart Recompiled: statically recompiling Mario Kart DS for PC

DS Kart Recompiled is a native PC port of the European Mario Kart DS, game code AMCP, made by static recompilation of the ARM9 and ARM7 code. A runtime supplies memory, interrupts, timers, the 2D and 3D engines, sound, saving, and controls.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 65
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C++

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

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Linux and macOS builds are marked beta. The player supplies a dump of their own European cartridge.
Single player, local multiplayer, and a beta of the game's Nintendo WFC menu are listed as working. Early releases still have bugs.
The README does not name a license for the port. It names the MIT license only for Dear ImGui.

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BibTeX

@misc{ds-kart-recompiled-case,
  title = {{DS Kart Recompiled: statically recompiling Mario Kart DS for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled}},
  url = {https://github.com/AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds-kart-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

DS Kart Recompiled: statically recompiling Mario Kart DS for PC. https://github.com/AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds-kart-recompiled-case/

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README.md GitHub · AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled · Revision a4a9dc6