# hey_you_pikachu: partial N64 ROM decompilation

> hey_you_pikachu reconstructs part of a Pikachu Nintendo 64 ROM in C alongside disassembled MIPS code. Its Makefile assembles and compiles those sources into a ROM, while many functions remain as nonmatching assembly inclusions.

- 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/farisawan-2000/hey_you_pikachu>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/farisawan-2000/hey_you_pikachu/blob/3dc6d6ad7e7298d08277da723dffdcaad3d44938/Makefile>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hey-you-pikachu-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hey-you-pikachu-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hey-you-pikachu-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The build uses a MIPS assembler, an IDO compiler toolchain and a Python assembly processor.
- **Limits:** Many functions remain as nonmatching assembly inclusions.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/farisawan-2000/hey_you_pikachu/blob/3dc6d6ad7e7298d08277da723dffdcaad3d44938/Makefile>
2. <https://github.com/farisawan-2000/hey_you_pikachu/blob/3dc6d6ad7e7298d08277da723dffdcaad3d44938/src/main.c>
3. <https://github.com/farisawan-2000/hey_you_pikachu/blob/3dc6d6ad7e7298d08277da723dffdcaad3d44938/asm/entry.s>

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