Case study

Trouble Makers: a Mischief Makers static-recompilation port

Trouble Makers turns Mischief Makers' N64 MIPS code into a native PC port with N64Recomp, N64ModernRuntime and RT64. The repository includes a US 1.1 symbol map, compatibility patches and a technical reference covering the ROM and engine; optional widescreen and frame interpolation are experimental.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 105
Last commit: 2026-10-05
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The player's own big-endian Mischief Makers US 1.1 .z64 ROM.
Prerequisites: Linux builds require GCC/G++ 12 or newer, CMake 3.24 or newer, SDL2 and Vulkan; Windows builds use Visual Studio 2022 with clang-cl.
Limits: Full-playthrough verification remains pending; widescreen and frame interpolation are experimental.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{trouble-makers-mischief-makers-case,
  title = {{Trouble Makers: a Mischief Makers static-recompilation port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/trouble-makers-mischief-makers-case/}}
}

Plain text

Trouble Makers: a Mischief Makers static-recompilation port. https://github.com/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/trouble-makers-mischief-makers-case/

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README.md GitHub · ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp · Revision ef89277
docs/README.md GitHub · ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp · Revision ef89277