# GameCube IPL: investigating and reconstructing the console BootROM

> GameCube IPL investigates the USA retail GameCube BootROM and develops replacement IPL code. The repository includes Bootstrap 1 disassembly, IPL call and function notes, boot-font research and source for parts of the boot process; the author reports several early milestones complete while menus and final ROM assembly remain open.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ogamespec/gc-ipl>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ogamespec/gc-ipl/blob/0d8ec091b89f223b088b1debfbab3d0e83938f09/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gamecube-ipl-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gamecube-ipl-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gamecube-ipl-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The listed toolchain includes CodeWarrior IDE for Nintendo GameCube, Dolphin SDK and Dolwin debugger.
- **Limits:** The author lists IPL intro, menus and the utility to merge a complete ROM among unfinished goals.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ogamespec/gc-ipl/blob/0d8ec091b89f223b088b1debfbab3d0e83938f09/README.md>

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