# Sonic Riders: matching decompilation of the GameCube game

> This is a work-in-progress decompilation of Sonic Riders for the GameCube, USA. It builds sonicriders.dol, SHA-1 e90a13504974b917a675d59f07014e0e817c5e5d.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/doldecomp/sonicriders>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/doldecomp/sonicriders/blob/4f42e59cb5b6089a2aba413d344f804e5362f06f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-riders-decomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-riders-decomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sonic-riders-decomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- devkitPro, Python 3, and gcc. Name a clean USA DOL baserom.dol. The README says to extract a compiler archive into tools/mwcc_compiler, then run make.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/doldecomp/sonicriders/blob/4f42e59cb5b6089a2aba413d344f804e5362f06f/README.md>

## More in Games

- [Sonic Rush Adventure: an in-progress matching DS decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-rush-adventure-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Sonic the Fighters: an i960 program ROM disassembly](https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-the-fighters-disassembly-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): Xbox 360 source reconstruction](https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-2006-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Sonic the Hedgehog 2: byte-identical REV00 and REV01 source reconstruction](https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-source-reconstruction-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Soul Reaverse: reconstructing Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver](https://awesomerea.org/resources/soul-reaverse-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Space Cadet Pinball: matching reconstruction of the XP SP3 executable](https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-pinball-matching-case/index.md) · Case study

## About this entry

The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Original editorial content: MIT. Linked projects, papers and assets retain their own rights and licenses.
