# F-Zero X: a work-in-progress matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

> F-Zero X reconstructs the Nintendo 64 game's source as a work-in-progress matching decompilation. Its build takes a user-supplied US or Japanese revision 1.0 ROM, extracts assets, disassembles code, and rebuilds a ROM whose checksum is checked. The repository contains game C source and per-version asset layouts.

- 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/inspectredc/fzerox>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/inspectredc/fzerox/blob/4b00f36ceeabfe657866a7d02f3411545b5f55eb/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f-zero-x-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f-zero-x-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/f-zero-x-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied US or Japanese F-Zero X revision 1.0 ROM is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented build needs a MIPS binutils toolchain, Python dependencies, submodules, and platform build tools.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is a work in progress.
- **License:** CC0-1.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/inspectredc/fzerox/blob/4b00f36ceeabfe657866a7d02f3411545b5f55eb/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/inspectredc/fzerox/blob/4b00f36ceeabfe657866a7d02f3411545b5f55eb/LICENSE>

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