Case study

Harvest Moon 64 Decomp: matching decompilation of Harvest Moon 64

Harvest Moon 64 Decomp is a matching decompilation of Harvest Moon 64. The README says the US and Japanese versions are fully decompiled, including game functions, data, rodata, library functions, and the DSL for cutscenes and dialogue.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 224
Last commit: 2026-10-14
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

On WSL, install python3, pip, binutils-mips-linux-gnu, gcc-mips-linux-gnu, build-essential, and wget, then run tools/setup.sh.
Provide a big-endian baserom.us.z64, or baserom.jp.z64 for the Japanese build. make fresh builds the US ROM; make fresh VERSION=jp builds the Japanese ROM.
Non-Debian Linux can use bash tools/docker.sh make fresh. The README says Docker on Windows is not the supported path.
License: CC0 1.0 Universal, stated in the repository LICENSE file at the pinned commit.

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BibTeX

@misc{hm64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Harvest Moon 64 Decomp: matching decompilation of Harvest Moon 64}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/harvestwhisperer/hm64-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/harvestwhisperer/hm64-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hm64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Harvest Moon 64 Decomp: matching decompilation of Harvest Moon 64. https://github.com/harvestwhisperer/hm64-decomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hm64-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · harvestwhisperer/hm64-decomp · Revision 9824b88