Case study

LEGO Racers: an N64 source reconstruction in progress

LEGO Racers is an N64 source reconstruction that splits a user-supplied, hash-matched ROM with splat and builds C and C++ source alongside assembly-backed functions. Its configuration recognizes two ROM hashes and generates region-specific build files.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 8
Last commit: 2025-01-05
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A ROM matching one of the two configured hashes and the compiler binaries expected under tools/bin are required.
Prerequisites: Python 3.12 or newer is specified in pyproject.toml.
Limits: Some functions remain assembly-backed.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{lego-racers-case,
  title = {{LEGO Racers: an N64 source reconstruction in progress}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/marijnvdwerf/lego-racers}},
  url = {https://github.com/marijnvdwerf/lego-racers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/lego-racers-case/}}
}

Plain text

LEGO Racers: an N64 source reconstruction in progress. https://github.com/marijnvdwerf/lego-racers (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/lego-racers-case/

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Primary sources

configure GitHub · marijnvdwerf/lego-racers · Revision f91fecc
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · marijnvdwerf/lego-racers · Revision f91fecc
src/main/010.c GitHub · marijnvdwerf/lego-racers · Revision f91fecc
pyproject.toml GitHub · marijnvdwerf/lego-racers · Revision f91fecc