Case study

Mario Kart DS decompilation: matching US and European game code

Mario Kart DS decompilation reconstructs the US and European Nintendo DS releases in C for byte comparison with the original game code. The build uses ds-decomp, Metrowerks CodeWarrior through wibo, and objdiff; the author reports matched-code progress of 83.30% for the US release and 83.60% for Europe.

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

Stars: 6
Last commit: 2026-11-04
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-provided dump of the US or European Mario Kart DS cartridge is required.
Prerequisites: Building requires Linux, Python 3.10 or newer with pyelftools, Ninja, Git, and the documented compiler toolchain.
Limits: The author reports matched-code progress of 83.30% for the US version and 83.60% for the European version.
License: MIT License.

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BibTeX

@misc{mario-kart-ds-decompilation-case,
  title = {{Mario Kart DS decompilation: matching US and European game code}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds}},
  url = {https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-kart-ds-decompilation-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mario Kart DS decompilation: matching US and European game code. https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-kart-ds-decompilation-case/

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README.md GitHub · RonyxDumb/mkds · Revision ad921ec
INSTALL.md GitHub · RonyxDumb/mkds · Revision ad921ec
extract/README.md GitHub · RonyxDumb/mkds · Revision ad921ec