Case study

Shiren the Wanderer 2: matching N64 decompilation

Shiren the Wanderer 2 reconstructs most mapped CPU functions of the Japanese Nintendo 64 game as matching C and C++ source; the accounted CPU catalogue also includes classified handwritten assembly and libgcc helpers. The author reports byte-identical full-ROM acceptance builds.

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: 3
Last commit: 2026-10-20
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

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Use x86_64 Linux, Python 3.12, uv and the documented pinned toolchain dependencies.
Supply your own ROM and the N64 SDK RSP audio object n_aspMain.o.
A full build currently also requires private evidence omitted from the public repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{shiren-2-n64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Shiren the Wanderer 2: matching N64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mschienbein/shiren2-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/mschienbein/shiren2-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shiren-2-n64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Shiren the Wanderer 2: matching N64 decompilation. https://github.com/mschienbein/shiren2-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shiren-2-n64-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · mschienbein/shiren2-decomp · Revision 2a2afbb
KNOWN_ISSUES.md GitHub · mschienbein/shiren2-decomp · Revision 2a2afbb