Case study

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil reconstructs the US 1.0 Nintendo 64 ROM from matched C and assembly. The project uses the SN64 GCC toolchain, per-function comparisons and a SHA-1 rebuild check; the author reports all original C code matched while readability work continues.

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: 13
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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: A dump of the US 1.0 ROM from the user's own cartridge.
Prerequisites: SN64 toolchain and referenced projects; the documented macOS workflow uses an amd64 Docker container.
Limits: The author reports all C-origin code matched; native ports remain planned work.
License: CC0-1.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{turok-2-seeds-of-evil-decomp-case,
  title = {{Turok 2: Seeds of Evil: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mgrz18/turok2-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/mgrz18/turok2-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/turok-2-seeds-of-evil-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil: a matching Nintendo 64 decompilation. https://github.com/mgrz18/turok2-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/turok-2-seeds-of-evil-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · mgrz18/turok2-decomp · Revision f4688ac