# Mario Party 2: a US N64 decompilation

> Mario Party 2 reconstructs the US Nintendo 64 game as C source and assembly mapped to ROM addresses. Its build requires a supplied baserom.us.z64, uses Splat to split the ROM, and configures comparison with the rebuilt output.

- 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/mariopartyrd/marioparty2>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty2/blob/020a95ae0021a5d6d4e39cf98628cb86faba129a/Makefile>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-2-us-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-2-us-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mario-party-2-us-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide the US Mario Party 2 ROM as baserom.us.z64.
- **Prerequisites:** The build uses Python, Splat and the N64 toolchain configured in the Makefile.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty2/blob/020a95ae0021a5d6d4e39cf98628cb86faba129a/Makefile>
2. <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty2/blob/020a95ae0021a5d6d4e39cf98628cb86faba129a/decomp.yaml>
3. <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty2/blob/020a95ae0021a5d6d4e39cf98628cb86faba129a/marioparty2.yaml>

## More in Games

- [Mario Party 3: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-3-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Mario Party 4: matching GameCube decompilation of the USA releases](https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-4-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Mario Party 6: a matching GameCube decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-6-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Mario Strikers Charged: a matching Wii decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/mscharged-decomp/index.md) · Case study
- [Mario Superstar Baseball: a GameCube decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-superstar-baseball-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Mario Tennis (GBC): a matching USA and Europe disassembly](https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-tennis-gbc-disasm-case/index.md) · Case study

## About this entry

The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Original editorial content: MIT. Linked projects, papers and assets retain their own rights and licenses.
