Super Mario 64 Decompilation (opens in new tab)

All sorts of N64 games are being decompiled ever since the compiler for SM64 was made usable on a modern system 2 years ago! Off the top of my head there's:

-The Zelda titles (led by Ocarina of Time at 64% completion)

-The HAL titles (led by Kirby 64 at 5% completion)

-Conker's Bad Fur Day (and other Rare games)

-Dinosaur Planet, which quite literally came out yesterday (which goes to show how easy it is to get an N64 decomp going, as long as the game doesn't use GCC)

That game was ahead of its time, but tripped over its own frame rate. Besides that, a huge weapon sandbox, dual wielding, co-op, secondary weapon functions, the ability to peek around corners, better AI than in Goldeneye, multiplayer AI "simulants", bonus missions, an alien sniper rifle that shoots through walls, the laptop gun, a surprising amount of dialogue for AIs(considering it's N64), and I'm sure other things I'm forgetting. Rare probably should have held off and instead released it for Xbox.

And actually, you can play a remastered version of it on Xbox through Rare Replay.

Decompilation will be pretty cool, I think, because the newer Rare Replay assets could be imported and then I'm sure that many other improvements could be made as well.

Fun fact: an ex workmate who once worked at rare told me why perfect dark required the extra memory cart: The maps were apparently compiled into the game as part of the code by the lead dev.

Still have nightmares about that challenge level with the little aliens...

The lag in Dire Dire Docks is because the collision for the submarine (which is either 200 or 700 triangles, i can't remember) is recalculated every single frame. O2 is like a bandage to the overarching issue.

The only real cause for lag in SM64 is that the RDP graphics chip has a fixed rate for how many pixels it can draw per frame, and that's quickly filled up by large triangles, transparency, any 2-cycle effects like fog, overdraw, etc. (and that's not even taking texture loading latency into account)

That Nintendo forgot it is debunked by Modern Vintage Gamer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKlbE2eROC0

Nintendo's source code got leaked last year and the makefile has -O2

    CC_FLAGS  = -fno-pic -mcpu=4300 -nostdinc -I$(ROOT)/usr/include -I$(ROOT)/usr/include/PR -c -O2 -G 0

I recently installed custom firmware on my 3DS and was amazed that I could scan a QR code on Twitter using the camera, and a few minutes later have a fully working port of SM64 running.

Even more amazing is that Nintendo haven't taken it down, as it's the full game including all art and music.

You mean this? https://github.com/sm64-port/sm64-port

How about https://github.com/sm64pc/sm64ex ?

Actually I don't think so. They have been very careful not to include any copyrighted material in the repository. For example, all game assets are not included. I believe the decompiled code itself can not be copyright protected by nintendo since the decompilation is written from "scratch"... Although I am not fully sure how the law are in regards to that.

DOS, yep: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogamedev/comments/ioy5vp/super_...

You should check out the work done by Kaze Emanuar. He's made a number of demakes, new maps, new games, and much more in Mario 64

https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Kaze_Emanuar https://www.youtube.com/user/KazeBG0

Decomp modding is the next unexplored frontier in SM64 modding. Kaze (the figurehead of the community) uses decomp ever since SM64 Splitscreen, and with brand new features being added by more technical users, there's a ton of cool mods being developed, such as:

-Golden Sun 64, complete with a random encounter battle system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHEwTVCoo0

-SM64DS minigame Wanted in SM64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqjISz_wW7E

-Princess Peach Sex Hack (All I can say here is, don't be fooled by the name): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dMn3LgYF4c

There is a somewhat active community, including a model exporter for Blender (which exports Blender models to the format that Super Mario 64 uses). New maps, too.

I haven't seen any total conversions.