# GoldenEye64Recomp: a macOS and Linux static recompilation port

> GoldenEye64Recomp ports the GoldenEye 007 recompilation to macOS and Linux with N64Recomp and RT64, using a user-supplied Nintendo 64 ROM. A standard build generates game code during compilation; a clean build recompiles functions in memory at launch. The project documents platform changes and fixes to runtime messaging, rendering and recompilation behavior.

- 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/cblock85/GoldenEye64Recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/cblock85/GoldenEye64Recomp/blob/a787fe0d95e8278fcba5ba2d768fa6a606e75f55/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/goldeneye64-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/goldeneye64-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/goldeneye64-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-owned GoldenEye 007 NTSC-U ROM matching the specified SHA-1 is required.
- **Prerequisites:** macOS builds require macOS 13+, full Xcode and Homebrew; Linux builds require Vulkan support and the listed build tools.
- **Limits:** Skyboxes render black, water is flat and the multiplayer UI is incomplete.
- **License:** The repository contains GPL-3.0 license text in COPYING; components under lib retain their own licenses.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/cblock85/GoldenEye64Recomp/blob/a787fe0d95e8278fcba5ba2d768fa6a606e75f55/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/cblock85/GoldenEye64Recomp/blob/a787fe0d95e8278fcba5ba2d768fa6a606e75f55/COPYING>

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