# 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.

- 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/RonyxDumb/mkds>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds/blob/ad921ece1265ecc16226d2176d4ddd1b38acb598/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-kart-ds-decompilation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-kart-ds-decompilation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mario-kart-ds-decompilation-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds/blob/ad921ece1265ecc16226d2176d4ddd1b38acb598/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds/blob/ad921ece1265ecc16226d2176d4ddd1b38acb598/INSTALL.md>
3. <https://github.com/RonyxDumb/mkds/blob/ad921ece1265ecc16226d2176d4ddd1b38acb598/extract/README.md>

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