# Super Mario 64: ROM reconstruction with explicit comparison gates

> Reconstructs Super Mario 64 source for Japanese, North American, European, Shindou and iQue releases. Its build files distinguish original-ROM hash comparison from nonmatching or modified configurations, while source naming and documentation remain ongoing.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-17
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-17
- Original resource: <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/9921382a68bb0c865e5e45eb594d9c64db59b1af/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sm64-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sm64-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sm64-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user’s matching original ROM for asset extraction. The five target releases are separate.
- **Prerequisites:** The documented build uses GNU make, Python 3.6+, MIPS binutils, pkgconf and host development tools. Windows instructions use WSL/Linux; macOS instructions require an appropriate MIPS toolchain and newer GNU make.
- **Testing evidence:** The Makefile normally checks the output ROM’s SHA-1 against the selected reference. NON_MATCHING, a non-N64 target or nonstandard configurations disable comparison.
- **Testing evidence:** The pinned Jenkins configuration explicitly sets COMPARE=0 for iQue and enhancement builds.
- **License:** The repository carries CC0-1.0; original Nintendo content and any separate third-party rights are not supplied by that declaration.
- **Scope:** As checked on 2026-10-20, the reviewed 2023-08-17 commit is still the master head and GitHub’s last recorded push was 2024-02-04; the only GitHub releases are 2019 qemu-irix helper binaries, not game builds, the repository is not archived and the README does not mark it as maintained, superseded or archived.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/9921382a68bb0c865e5e45eb594d9c64db59b1af/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/9921382a68bb0c865e5e45eb594d9c64db59b1af/Makefile>
3. <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/9921382a68bb0c865e5e45eb594d9c64db59b1af/Jenkinsfile>
4. <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/9921382a68bb0c865e5e45eb594d9c64db59b1af/LICENSE.md>
5. <https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/releases/tag/irix2>

## More in Games

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- [Super Smash Bros. Brawl: an early matching Wii decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/smash-bros-brawl-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Super Smash Bros. Melee: a matching GameCube decompilation with a shiftable build](https://awesomerea.org/resources/melee-matching-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study
- [Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain — matching PS2 executable decompilation](https://awesomerea.org/resources/syphon-filter-omega-strain-decomp-case/index.md) · Case study

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