# 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.

- 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/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp/blob/ef89277812f31895b2902cf4e61780f2dd021644/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/trouble-makers-mischief-makers-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/trouble-makers-mischief-makers-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/trouble-makers-mischief-makers-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp/blob/ef89277812f31895b2902cf4e61780f2dd021644/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ThiagoLira/trouble-makers-pc-recomp/blob/ef89277812f31895b2902cf4e61780f2dd021644/docs/README.md>

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