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It's also worth pointing to Kaze's videos for what dedication can bring even without the original source code. You'll find among other things recreations of later Mario games, or even games like Portal (and mechanics!) implemented in SM64. https://youtube.com/user/KazeBG0/videos

His wiki: https://mario64hacks.fandom.com/wiki/Kaze_Emanuar

Kaze Emanuar is part of the team that produced this decompilation.

Update: He has a (long!) Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannenkoek2012

The really mind-blowing thing here is how the real name of a guy with the handle 'pannenkoek2012' can be 'Scott Buchanan'.

Why? Everyone loves pancakes

Oddly enough, "pannekoek" makes me think of the political philosopher (of whom I'm a fan), though this is likely on account of me not speaking Dutch.

It just means "pancake".

A pannenkoek is not a pancake. A pannenkoek more closely resembles a thicker crepe.

Why?

I went to college with him, and I genuinely had no idea that it was him until several years afterwards. I definitely wish I had realized back when I had the chance to pick his brain about this sort of thing!