Case study

Paperboy: an in-progress matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

Paperboy reconstructs C and C++ for the Nintendo 64 game, replacing assembly inclusions function by function. Its build uses a user-supplied ROM and the original SN compiler, compares functions with asm-differ and checks the NTSC output against a SHA-1 checksum.

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: 5
Last commit: 2026-09-27
Language: C

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

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Supply the original ROM as baserom.z64.
wibo, a mips-linux-gnu cross toolchain and uv are required.
The decompilation is a work in progress; unmatched functions remain as assembly inclusions.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{paperboy-n64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Paperboy: an in-progress matching Nintendo 64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/marijnvdwerf/paperboy-n64}},
  url = {https://github.com/marijnvdwerf/paperboy-n64},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/paperboy-n64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Paperboy: an in-progress matching Nintendo 64 decompilation. https://github.com/marijnvdwerf/paperboy-n64 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/paperboy-n64-decomp-case/

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DECOMPILING.md GitHub · marijnvdwerf/paperboy-n64 · Revision 439f988
README.md GitHub · marijnvdwerf/paperboy-n64 · Revision 439f988