Case study

New Super Mario Bros.: an early Nintendo DS matching decompilation

nsmb reconstructs source for the Nintendo DS game New Super Mario Bros., with active comparison work on the US A2DE release. Its workflow extracts a user-dumped ROM, delinks modules and generates an objdiff configuration to compare reconstructed code with game code; a complete ROM build remains unavailable.

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: 74
Last commit: 2026-11-01
Language: C++
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A dumped copy of a supported Nintendo DS game release is required.
Prerequisites: Development setup lists dsd 0.12.0, Zig 0.16.0, objdiff and mwccarm 1.2sp3.
Limits: A full ROM cannot yet be compiled.
License: CC0-1.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{nsmb-ds-decomp-case,
  title = {{New Super Mario Bros.: an early Nintendo DS matching decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/NSMB-Decomp/nsmb}},
  url = {https://github.com/NSMB-Decomp/nsmb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/nsmb-ds-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

New Super Mario Bros.: an early Nintendo DS matching decompilation. https://github.com/NSMB-Decomp/nsmb (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/nsmb-ds-decomp-case/

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contributing.md GitHub · NSMB-Decomp/nsmb · Revision 41aee21
readme.md GitHub · NSMB-Decomp/nsmb · Revision 41aee21