Case study

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

thps64 reconstructs the C source of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for Nintendo 64 (US V1.1) from a user-supplied ROM. It splits compressed game code into functions and compares compiled instructions with the original. The author reports a byte-identical default build, 2,449 matching functions and 62 more represented by nonmatching C.

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: 11
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Own legally obtained US V1.1 Nintendo 64 ROM.
Prerequisites: Python 3.12+, git, splat64, rabbitizer, pyelftools, m2c, and the documented GCC 2.8.1 and gas 2.6 toolchain.
Limits: The author reports 62 functions remain nonmatching and one library routine remains in assembly.
License: CC0-1.0 for project code and documentation; port components retain their stated MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{thps64-case,
  title = {{Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/andrewnakas/thps64}},
  url = {https://github.com/andrewnakas/thps64},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/thps64-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation. https://github.com/andrewnakas/thps64 (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/thps64-case/

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README.md GitHub · andrewnakas/thps64 · Revision 82558fd
STATUS.md GitHub · andrewnakas/thps64 · Revision 82558fd