# Snowboard Kids Recompiled: a native N64 recompilation for PC

> Snowboard Kids Recompiled runs the USA Nintendo 64 game as a native Linux or Windows application using N64Recomp, RT64 and a separate game module. It validates a player-supplied ROM and adds desktop input, Controller Pak persistence, savestates and rendering settings around the recompiled game logic.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/HikariLucy/SnowboardKids-Recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/HikariLucy/SnowboardKids-Recomp/blob/4a7f9613114d308a31ad629584a9638c21a29a3b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snowboard-kids-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snowboard-kids-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/snowboard-kids-recompiled-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied Snowboard Kids (USA) ROM matching the documented normalized hash; .z64, .v64 and .n64 inputs are accepted.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux or Windows x86_64 for the public beta.
- **Limits:** Broader full-game quality assurance remains in progress.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license for project-authored source; the README notes unresolved licensing for a pinned frontend dependency.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/HikariLucy/SnowboardKids-Recomp/blob/4a7f9613114d308a31ad629584a9638c21a29a3b/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/HikariLucy/SnowboardKids-Recomp/blob/4a7f9613114d308a31ad629584a9638c21a29a3b/docs/STATUS.md>

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