# Super Mario 64: a PlayStation port of reconstructed game source

> sm64-psx ports reconstructed Super Mario 64 source to the original PlayStation. It replaces floating-point-heavy paths with fixed-point math, translates RSP display lists into a PSX-oriented format and converts textures, while extracting required assets from a user-provided US ROM.

- 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/malucard/sm64-psx>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/malucard/sm64-psx/blob/b8d1c550a0d2dd925f5f14fc410bd9106e2e3ca1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sm64-psx-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sm64-psx-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sm64-psx-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires an original US Super Mario 64 ROM for asset extraction.
- **Prerequisites:** Requires a configured PSX build environment or Docker.
- **Limits:** The port has documented crashes, unfinished camera controls and a nonfunctional pause menu.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/malucard/sm64-psx/blob/b8d1c550a0d2dd925f5f14fc410bd9106e2e3ca1/README.md>

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