# Excitebike 64: matching three Nintendo 64 releases

> Excitebike 64 reconstructs the LodgeNet, US Rev 1, and European Nintendo 64 releases in a shared C and assembly tree. The build compiles functions at their original addresses, compresses the game image, and checks the rebuilt ROM against each release's SHA-1. The author reports byte-identical results for all three versions; original assets and RSP microcode are taken from user-supplied ROMs.

- 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/chasmlol/excitebike64>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chasmlol/excitebike64/blob/9cdb1944520a4c1a708bdd6a940979bac8c7a74f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/excitebike-64-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/excitebike-64-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/excitebike-64-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Own a big-endian .z64 ROM for the selected release.
- SN64, KMC GCC, ultralib, SWD32, MIPS binutils, Python 3.11+, and the listed build utilities.
- Windows 11 with WSL is reported as verified; Wine execution on other hosts is untested.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chasmlol/excitebike64/blob/9cdb1944520a4c1a708bdd6a940979bac8c7a74f/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/chasmlol/excitebike64/blob/9cdb1944520a4c1a708bdd6a940979bac8c7a74f/docs/overview.md>

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