# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp/blob/fdc768f03fee95ce03def9cc44a787022589686e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ornata-hey-you-pikachu-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ornata-hey-you-pikachu-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ornata-hey-you-pikachu-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp/blob/fdc768f03fee95ce03def9cc44a787022589686e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ornata/hey-you-pikachu-decomp/blob/fdc768f03fee95ce03def9cc44a787022589686e/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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