Case study

SMW NES Disassembly: disassembling the Famicom Super Mario World port

SMW NES Disassembly is a work-in-progress assembly disassembly of the unlicensed Famicom port of Super Mario World. Its build extracts assets from the user's ROM and assembles the source; the contribution guide calls for checking the assembled ROM against the final version's code.

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: 20
Last commit: 2026-10-18
Language: Assembly
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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 copy of the game's ROM is needed to extract assets with smw_nes_extractor.py.
Prerequisites: Python and make are needed for the documented build.
Limits: The disassembly is a work in progress, and much of its code remains undocumented.
License: CC0-1.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{smw-nes-disassembly-case,
  title = {{SMW NES Disassembly: disassembling the Famicom Super Mario World port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/palaceswitcher/SMW-NES-Disassembly}},
  url = {https://github.com/palaceswitcher/SMW-NES-Disassembly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/smw-nes-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

SMW NES Disassembly: disassembling the Famicom Super Mario World port. https://github.com/palaceswitcher/SMW-NES-Disassembly (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/smw-nes-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · palaceswitcher/SMW-NES-Disassembly · Revision 62ac099
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · palaceswitcher/SMW-NES-Disassembly · Revision 62ac099