Case study

mkgp2-decomp: matching Mario Kart Arcade GP2 main.dol

mkgp2-decomp reconstructs the PowerPC main.dol of the Japanese Mario Kart Arcade GP2 release as C/C++ intended to rebuild byte identically with CodeWarrior. It uses decomp-toolkit for analysis and builds, with the original executable supplied locally by the user.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally obtained GNLJ82 main.dol with SHA-1 ea30f3b1cd90b133ce9affa3ffe3bb26408e7e65 is required.
Prerequisites: Python, Ninja, decomp-toolkit and the configured CodeWarrior toolchain are required.
Limits: Early matching is in progress.
License: CC0-1.0 covers the project scaffolding and contributed decompiled source.

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BibTeX

@misc{mkgp2-decomp-case,
  title = {{mkgp2-decomp: matching Mario Kart Arcade GP2 main.dol}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/naari3/mkgp2-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/naari3/mkgp2-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mkgp2-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

mkgp2-decomp: matching Mario Kart Arcade GP2 main.dol. https://github.com/naari3/mkgp2-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mkgp2-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · naari3/mkgp2-decomp · Revision 465f5ba