# sm64-gba: Super Mario 64 movement and collision on GBA

> sm64-gba ports Super Mario 64 movement and collision code to Game Boy Advance and adds a software-rendered playable demo. Its harness compares Mario's state frame by frame with an unmodified decompilation; the author reports bit-for-bit matches in emulator tests.

- 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/Kodoque1/sm64-gba>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Kodoque1/sm64-gba/blob/e45fdfadfc1582a5cdb46d3ef7223bfd0385fa8f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sm64-gba-physics-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sm64-gba-physics-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sm64-gba-physics-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A GBA build toolchain; the documented quick start supplies one through Docker.
- **Prerequisites:** The optional original Mario model and level meshes require the user's own Super Mario 64 ROM.
- **Testing evidence:** Real GBA hardware has not yet been tested; reported parity and performance results come from emulators.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Kodoque1/sm64-gba/blob/e45fdfadfc1582a5cdb46d3ef7223bfd0385fa8f/README.md>

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