# Mario Party 3: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

> Mario Party 3 reconstructs the US Nintendo 64 game's code as C while generating assembly for unmatched functions from the user's ROM. Its build uses Splat for ROM splitting, compiles the source, and includes comparison and SHA-1 checking workflows.

- 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/marioparty3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty3/blob/00e1059e2e14403dc5815887250e6deace7fd975/AGENTS.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-3-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-party-3-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mario-party-3-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A US Mario Party 3 ROM named baserom.us.z64; Ubuntu 22.04 under WSL 2, native Debian, or Arch Linux are listed platforms.
- **Limits:** Unmatched functions remain as generated assembly.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty3/blob/00e1059e2e14403dc5815887250e6deace7fd975/AGENTS.md>
2. <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty3/blob/00e1059e2e14403dc5815887250e6deace7fd975/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/mariopartyrd/marioparty3/blob/00e1059e2e14403dc5815887250e6deace7fd975/Makefile>

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