Case study

Hey You, Pikachu!: an AI-assisted matching N64 decompilation

Reconstructs Hey You, Pikachu! for N64 as C with retained assembly for low-level routines, using AI assistance and a SHA-1 comparison against the retail ROM. Documentation traces its voice interaction, actor scripts and runtime architecture.

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

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-10-17
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-supplied Hey You, Pikachu! ROM and local SDK inputs.
Prerequisites: Nix; the documented build supports macOS and x86-64 Linux.
Limits: Scene data remains binary, and inventory research continues.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{ornata-hey-you-pikachu-case,
  title = {{Hey You, Pikachu!: an AI-assisted matching N64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ornata-hey-you-pikachu-case/}}
}

Plain text

Hey You, Pikachu!: an AI-assisted matching N64 decompilation. https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ornata-hey-you-pikachu-case/

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README.md GitHub · ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp · Revision fdc768f
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp · Revision fdc768f