Case study

PaperShip: a PC port of Paper Mario 64

PaperShip ports Paper Mario 64 decompilation source to PC with a custom platform layer on libultraship. It maps Nintendo 64 graphics, audio, input, and ROM access to desktop backends while reading game assets from the user's US ROM. The author reports playtesting through Chapter 2.

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: 10
Last commit: 2026-03-30
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

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Requirements & limits

A personal US Paper Mario .z64 ROM matching the stated SHA-1 is required.
Build instructions cover macOS, Linux, and Windows; Apple Silicon macOS is the primary tested platform.
The author reports playtesting through Chapter 2; later chapters remain untested and visual effects have known gaps.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{papership-paper-mario-port-case,
  title = {{PaperShip: a PC port of Paper Mario 64}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/versacepapermario/papermario-pc-upload}},
  url = {https://github.com/versacepapermario/papermario-pc-upload},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/papership-paper-mario-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

PaperShip: a PC port of Paper Mario 64. https://github.com/versacepapermario/papermario-pc-upload (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/papership-paper-mario-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · versacepapermario/papermario-pc-upload · Revision 2f10454
ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · versacepapermario/papermario-pc-upload · Revision 2f10454