Case study
Rocket-R: a native Rocket: Robot on Wheels port
Rocket-R brings Rocket: Robot on Wheels to Windows, Linux, and Android. Release 1.0.2 uses RocketRet's matching decompilation, N64Recomp, RSPRecomp, N64ModernRuntime, RT64, and SDL2. Packages cover Windows x64, Steam Deck, Linux x64, Linux ARM64, and Android ARM64.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 49
- Last commit
- 2026-10-06
- Language
- C++
- License (GitHub)
- GPL-3.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- The player supplies an unmodified US ROM, game code NSUE, 12 MiB, SHA-1 622D71A44DA0B81EA68092CAC9198C66154A4F4A. The desktop launcher accepts .z64, .n64, and .v64.
- The README points to a GPL licence text in LICENSE and a licence notice in LICENSE.md.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{rocket-r-case,
title = {{Rocket-R: a native Rocket: Robot on Wheels port}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ThatGuyMcd/Rocket-R}},
url = {https://github.com/ThatGuyMcd/Rocket-R},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rocket-r-case/}}
}Plain text
Rocket-R: a native Rocket: Robot on Wheels port. https://github.com/ThatGuyMcd/Rocket-R (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rocket-r-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · ThatGuyMcd/Rocket-R · Revision d94fa58
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