# Super Monkey Ball: a GameCube disassembly and decompilation

> Super Monkey Ball Decompilation reconstructs code from the NTSC-U GameCube release of Super Monkey Ball as C and assembly. The project builds supermonkeyball.dol and specifies the target file's SHA-1 hash; the reconstruction remains in progress.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/camthesaxman/smb-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/camthesaxman/smb-decomp/blob/5cd6ffccf3f8508231c7cd9cce5b722be4465a2b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-monkey-ball-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-monkey-ball-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/super-monkey-ball-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** devkitPro, CodeWarrior for GameCube 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2.5, gcc, and make; Wine on non-Windows systems.
- **Limits:** The disassembly and decompilation are works in progress.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/camthesaxman/smb-decomp/blob/5cd6ffccf3f8508231c7cd9cce5b722be4465a2b/README.md>

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