Case study

MWCC: reconstructing the GameCube CodeWarrior compiler

MWCC reconstructs six Windows x86 versions of the GameCube CodeWarrior compiler mwcceppc.exe. It maintains C and C++ source for the driver, frontend, optimizer and backend, then compares rebuilt objects, functions or executable hashes with the original version according to each build configuration.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 8
Last commit: 2026-10-08
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Python 3.11 or newer, ninja and unshield are required; wibo runs the original compilers.
Prerequisites: The build obtains original compiler executables and historical CodeWarrior components from the documented archives.
License: CC0-1.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{mwcc-decomp-case,
  title = {{MWCC: reconstructing the GameCube CodeWarrior compiler}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/rayanht/mwcc}},
  url = {https://github.com/rayanht/mwcc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mwcc-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

MWCC: reconstructing the GameCube CodeWarrior compiler. https://github.com/rayanht/mwcc (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mwcc-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · rayanht/mwcc · Revision 92f893f