# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Source status: Unavailable · HTTP 404 on 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem/blob/43734161cc95d4faa7419bbe1d541a811b5446d7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-tandem-mkdd-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-tandem-mkdd-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/project-tandem-mkdd-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem/blob/43734161cc95d4faa7419bbe1d541a811b5446d7/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/badcompany94-rcmp/project-tandem/blob/43734161cc95d4faa7419bbe1d541a811b5446d7/UPSTREAM-README.md>

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