Case study

Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt: matching reconstruction of the USA N64 release

Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt reconstructs the USA Nintendo 64 game with matching C, reviewed assembly, symbolic RSP code and descriptions of initialized data. Its tools rebuild CPU units with recorded compiler pipelines and compare code and non-code regions with a player-supplied ROM. The author reports complete executable-byte and ROM-inventory coverage.

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: 9
Last commit: 2026-10-26
Language: C

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 player-supplied USA ROM matching the listed SHA-1 and legally obtained historical N64 compiler files are required.
Prerequisites: Linux or WSL, Python 3.11 or newer, GNU Make, rabbitizer and armips are required for the stated checks.
Scope: The author reports complete byte coverage while retaining 29 functions as assembly.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{rugrats-scavenger-hunt-case,
  title = {{Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt: matching reconstruction of the USA N64 release}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/Rugrats-Scavenger-Hunt}},
  url = {https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/Rugrats-Scavenger-Hunt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rugrats-scavenger-hunt-case/}}
}

Plain text

Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt: matching reconstruction of the USA N64 release. https://github.com/TheGh0stShip/Rugrats-Scavenger-Hunt (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rugrats-scavenger-hunt-case/

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README.md GitHub · TheGh0stShip/Rugrats-Scavenger-Hunt · Revision 970beb7
Makefile GitHub · TheGh0stShip/Rugrats-Scavenger-Hunt · Revision 970beb7