Case study

Super Smash Bros. 64: matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

Super Smash Bros. 64 Decompilation rebuilds the US Super Smash Bros. ROM for the Nintendo 64. The README gives the baserom hashes, extracts assembly and assets with splat, and includes diff and m2c helpers for matching work.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 273
Last commit: 2026-10-20
Language: C

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

The US ROM SHA-1 is e2929e10fccc0aa84e5776227e798abc07cedabf. Place it at baserom.us.z64.
Run bash ./installDependencies.sh, then make init, which extracts and builds. Later builds use make.
macOS builds use MIPS binutils and GNU make from MacPorts.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{ssb64-decomp-case,
  title = {{Super Smash Bros. 64: matching Nintendo 64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/VetriTheRetri/ssb-decomp-re}},
  url = {https://github.com/VetriTheRetri/ssb-decomp-re},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssb64-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Super Smash Bros. 64: matching Nintendo 64 decompilation. https://github.com/VetriTheRetri/ssb-decomp-re (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ssb64-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · VetriTheRetri/ssb-decomp-re · Revision 572a747