# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp/blob/9596f54b06b0b2958f5a634010169b8eb0e800f1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-64-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ridge-racer-64-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ridge-racer-64-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp/blob/9596f54b06b0b2958f5a634010169b8eb0e800f1/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/jvicu2001/rr64-decomp/blob/9596f54b06b0b2958f5a634010169b8eb0e800f1/Makefile>

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