# Mario Kart 64 for Dreamcast: porting the Nintendo 64 game to Dreamcast

> Mario Kart 64 for Dreamcast is a Sega Dreamcast port of the n64decomp/mk64 decompilation. The README says the 2026 update adds hardware-mixed audio, a raw PowerVR Fast3D backend, and 30 fps four-player play with music, and that it was tested on physical hardware.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jnmartin84/mk64-dc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jnmartin84/mk64-dc/blob/1cbad2ef2d45c49f782ecadeddbbd49063a3507e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mk64-dc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mk64-dc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mk64-dc-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The build uses the KallistiOS environment and then make for the tools and the game. macOS builds use gmake. Windows builds use DreamSDK with Python, CMake, Git, and GLdc from kos-ports.
- The README says emulation of this release is already known to have problems, and asks for reports from physical hardware.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jnmartin84/mk64-dc/blob/1cbad2ef2d45c49f782ecadeddbbd49063a3507e/README.md>

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