Case study

SpaceRanger: a Toy Story 2 Nintendo 64 static recompilation

SpaceRanger statically recompiles the USA Nintendo 64 release of Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue into a Windows port rendered by RT64. Its configuration and runtime adapters handle the game's overlays and generate translated code from the user's ROM during the build.

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: 23
Last commit: 2026-10-12
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: Windows 10 or 11 x64, a Direct3D 12 or Vulkan GPU, and a personal USA game ROM are required.
Prerequisites: Building requires Visual Studio 2022, CMake 3.20 or newer, Git and Python 3.11 or newer.
Limits: The release is an early prerelease with listed graphics and sound issues.
License: GPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{spaceranger-toy-story-2-case,
  title = {{SpaceRanger: a Toy Story 2 Nintendo 64 static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/woodys-workshop/SpaceRanger}},
  url = {https://github.com/woodys-workshop/SpaceRanger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/spaceranger-toy-story-2-case/}}
}

Plain text

SpaceRanger: a Toy Story 2 Nintendo 64 static recompilation. https://github.com/woodys-workshop/SpaceRanger (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/spaceranger-toy-story-2-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · woodys-workshop/SpaceRanger · Revision 40461c5
docs/BUILDING.md GitHub · woodys-workshop/SpaceRanger · Revision 40461c5