# Kirby Air Ride: a GameCube DOL decompilation

> Kirby Air Ride reconstructs a GameCube main.dol from C and assembly source for the US/Korean release. Its build targets a stated SHA-1 and uses a user-provided clean DOL with GameCube SDK and CodeWarrior tools.

- 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/doldecomp/kar>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/doldecomp/kar/blob/3ed51a1a008a05c33225cc286c046b8f90fb3d0e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kirby-air-ride-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kirby-air-ride-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/kirby-air-ride-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A clean US or Korean Kirby Air Ride DOL named baserom.dol.
- **Prerequisites:** devkitPro, Python 3, GCC, GameCube SDK, CodeWarrior and GC_WII_COMPILERS.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is work in progress.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/doldecomp/kar/blob/3ed51a1a008a05c33225cc286c046b8f90fb3d0e/README.md>

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