# Mario Kart: Double Dash!!: a GameCube static recompilation port

> Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is ported by translating its GameCube PowerPC code to C ahead of time and linking it with gcn-recomp's graphics, audio, disc and controller runtime. The repository contributes game function metadata, hooks and build scripts; the author reports reaching a Grand Prix race with sound from a blank memory card.

- 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/ethannicholas/mariokartdd-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ethannicholas/mariokartdd-recomp/blob/bd36eb982ea58c6651584cc48264876d1aba9546/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-kart-double-dash-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-kart-double-dash-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mario-kart-double-dash-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The user's own North American GameCube disc image, ID GM4E01, in ISO or CISO format.
- **Prerequisites:** A supported build environment with CMake 3.20+, Ninja and Python 3; platform toolchains and SDL2 requirements vary.
- **Limits:** The project is early, and the documented race route does not cover the full game.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ethannicholas/mariokartdd-recomp/blob/bd36eb982ea58c6651584cc48264876d1aba9546/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ethannicholas/mariokartdd-recomp/blob/bd36eb982ea58c6651584cc48264876d1aba9546/docs/dev/status.md>

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