Case study

Project Tandem: statically recompiling Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for online PC play

Project Tandem statically recompiles the USA GameCube release of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! from the player's disc image into a native Windows program. It builds on gcn-recomp and adds online multiplayer, widescreen display, controller support, and mouse and keyboard controls.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: ? Source unavailable or unreadable at review time
Source status: Unavailable · HTTP 404 on 2026-11-09

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Evidence

Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A compatible USA GM4E01 ISO or CISO image is required; setup checks the main.dol hash.
Prerequisites: The beta targets 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and graphics supporting OpenGL 3.3 or Direct3D feature level 11_0.
Limits: Online players must use matching build IDs; Windows and Linux online compatibility is unconfirmed.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{project-tandem-mkdd-case,
  title = {{Project Tandem: statically recompiling Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for online PC play}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem}},
  url = {https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-tandem-mkdd-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project Tandem: statically recompiling Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for online PC play. https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-tandem-mkdd-case/

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README.md GitHub · badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem · Revision 4373416
UPSTREAM-README.md GitHub · badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem · Revision 4373416