Case study

Snowboard Kids 2: Recompiled — a native N64 static recompilation

Snowboard Kids 2: Recompiled ports the Nintendo 64 game to native systems through N64: Recompiled, using RT64 for rendering. It loads assets from the user's North American ROM and includes game-specific patches, display options, and mod support. Build instructions describe ROM decompression, code generation, and compilation.

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: 115
Last commit: 2026-10-25
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-supplied North American Snowboard Kids 2 N64 ROM is required; building calls for the decompressed US version 1.1 ROM.
Prerequisites: Running requires a GPU supporting Direct3D 12.0 with Shader Model 6, Vulkan 1.2, or Metal Argument Buffers Tier 2; x86-64 PCs also need SSE4.1.
Limits: Split-screen multiplayer and ray tracing are listed as planned features.
License: GPL-3.0 licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{snowboard-kids-2-recompiled-case,
  title = {{Snowboard Kids 2: Recompiled — a native N64 static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/snowboard-kids-2-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Snowboard Kids 2: Recompiled — a native N64 static recompilation. https://github.com/cdlewis/snowboardkids2-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/snowboard-kids-2-recompiled-case/

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README.md GitHub · cdlewis/snowboardkids2-recomp · Revision 59d1621
BUILDING.md GitHub · cdlewis/snowboardkids2-recomp · Revision 59d1621