# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled/blob/a4a9dc6908ab8b8cfd012a7ef56786b80c883ed6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds-kart-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ds-kart-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ds-kart-recompiled-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AlonsoTlol/DS-Kart-Recompiled/blob/a4a9dc6908ab8b8cfd012a7ef56786b80c883ed6/README.md>

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