Case study

Ridge Racer 64: a ROM-splitting decompilation attempt

The Ridge Racer 64 decompilation project records ROM splits, symbols and linker settings for the USA Nintendo 64 release. Its Makefile runs splat and builds a new ROM from a user-supplied original; the author describes the effort as an attempt.

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: 4
Last commit: 2025-07-26
Language: Linker Script

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

Prerequisites: A copy of the USA Ridge Racer 64 ROM with MD5 990f97d56456fc23e52bd263e709e21e, named baserom.z64.
Prerequisites: Python 3, mips-linux-gnu-binutils 2.44, CMake, gcc, wget, make and recursive submodules.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{ridge-racer-64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Ridge Racer 64: a ROM-splitting decompilation attempt}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Ridge Racer 64: a ROM-splitting decompilation attempt. https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-64-decomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · jvicu2001/rr64-decomp · Revision 9596f54
Makefile GitHub · jvicu2001/rr64-decomp · Revision 9596f54