# 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.

- 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/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp/blob/b7c677a4a9a9c73e4be3ab2c7e29f3fbbf14aaab/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wave-race-64-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wave-race-64-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wave-race-64-recompiled-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp/blob/b7c677a4a9a9c73e4be3ab2c7e29f3fbbf14aaab/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/wave-race-64-recomp/blob/b7c677a4a9a9c73e4be3ab2c7e29f3fbbf14aaab/docs/README.md>

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