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PIF-SM5-ROM disassembly
Disassembly of the SM5 microcontroller program inside the Nintendo 64 PIF chip, with a Python disassembler and a C model of the PIF and CIC behaviour.
Decompilation Human-led stalledFacts
- Original
- Nintendo 64 PIF (SM5 microcontroller ROM) (1996)
- Platform
- Nintendo 64
- Method
- Decompilation
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2022, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- stalled
- Licence
- Unlicense
- Team
- GenericHeroGuy
- Started
- 2022-09
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Nintendo 64 PIF (SM5 microcontroller ROM) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was decompiled by GenericHeroGuy. Facts last checked 2026-10-17. Suggest a correction
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