Case study

tnt-splat: reconstructing The New Tetris for N64

tnt-splat reconstructs The New Tetris for Nintendo 64 from C, assembly and a user-provided ROM. Its documented build uses splat to split the ROM, compiles with a MIPS cross toolchain and compares the resulting ROM against the base image.

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: 6
Last commit: 2026-10-03
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

Prerequisites: Provide baserom.z64 with the documented hash.
Prerequisites: Install splat, ido-static-recomp, asm-processor, ultralib headers and a MIPS cross toolchain.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{tnt-splat-new-tetris-case,
  title = {{tnt-splat: reconstructing The New Tetris for N64}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chris-gilmore/tnt-splat}},
  url = {https://github.com/chris-gilmore/tnt-splat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tnt-splat-new-tetris-case/}}
}

Plain text

tnt-splat: reconstructing The New Tetris for N64. https://github.com/chris-gilmore/tnt-splat (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tnt-splat-new-tetris-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · chris-gilmore/tnt-splat · Revision bbbded9
Makefile GitHub · chris-gilmore/tnt-splat · Revision bbbded9