# N64: Recompiled

> Statically recompiles N64 MIPS binaries into C functions from symbol metadata, emitting function lookups and relocation macros so a runtime can handle statically linked and relocatable overlays. The output needs a runtime such as N64ModernRuntime; the repository also includes RSP microcode and mod tooling.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Game analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-17
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-17
- Original resource: <https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp/blob/ffb39cdad1da5de07eaaa48bd1db4a89a7986771/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/n64recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/n64recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/n64recomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The README documents an ELF as the metadata source, most easily produced from an existing disassembly or decompilation; the reviewed source also accepts a symbols file plus ROM, which the README does not yet describe. A TOML file sets inputs, stubs, skips and instruction patches; full option documentation is not available.
- Build N64Recomp from a recursive clone with CMake 3.20+ and a C++20 compiler. The only GitHub release (2025-05-04) packages the separate Recomp Mod Tool, not the recompiler. Last commit at review: 2026-05-27.
- Testing has mostly covered old MIPS compilers (GCC 2.7.2, IDO) and modern clang; modern MIPS GCC output may need specific flags, and relocation support for TLB-mapped code is still planned.
- MIT-licensed tool; submodules keep their own licenses. It ships no game code or assets. Downstream recompilations such as Zelda 64: Recompiled are separate projects.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp/blob/ffb39cdad1da5de07eaaa48bd1db4a89a7986771/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp/blob/ffb39cdad1da5de07eaaa48bd1db4a89a7986771/LICENSE>
3. <https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp/blob/ffb39cdad1da5de07eaaa48bd1db4a89a7986771/src/main.cpp#L426-L443>
4. <https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp/releases/tag/mod-tool-release>

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## About this entry

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