Case study

Wave Race 64: Recompiled: a native N64 static-recompilation port

Wave Race 64: Recompiled builds a native Windows, Linux and macOS port from the player's USA Rev A ROM using N64Recomp. Its code adds widescreen, draw-distance options and an optional water renderer, while technical documents record game internals and rendering investigations.

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: 98
Last commit: 2026-10-15
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The player's own Wave Race 64 USA Rev A, also called v1.1, ROM dump.
Prerequisites: For Windows builds: Git, CMake, Ninja, LLVM, Python, Visual Studio Build Tools and WSL Ubuntu with the listed packages.
License: The project's own code is MIT; its built executable links GPL-3.0 N64ModernRuntime.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{wave-race-64-recompiled-case,
  title = {{Wave Race 64: Recompiled: a native N64 static-recompilation port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/wave-race-64-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Wave Race 64: Recompiled: a native N64 static-recompilation port. https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/wave-race-64-recompiled-case/

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README.md GitHub · danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp · Revision b7c677a
docs/README.md GitHub · danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp · Revision b7c677a