Virtual Pro Wrestling 64: Recompiled v0.1.0

First public beta

Virtual Pro Wrestling 64: Recompiled is a native PC port of the N64 original,
produced by statically recompiling the game's MIPS code into C — not an emulator,
not a decompilation. It is the sister project of
WCW vs. nWo World Tour: Recompiled
(the two games shipped seventeen days apart in December 1997 on the same engine)
and WCW/nWo Revenge: Recompiled.
This is the first public release.

• Fully playable: boots, renders, and runs complete matches with sound across
  the game's modes — Champion Road (all six promotions), Exhibition, Elimination,
  Battle Royal, League, Tournament, and Wrestler Edit.
• Plug and play: launch, pick your ROM (Japanese release) once, play. The
  launcher validates and remembers it.
• The game is in Japanese (it was only released in Japan); the port's own
  menus are in English, and the game menus are easy to navigate regardless.
• Local multiplayer: controllers auto-assign to players as you plug them in;
  keyboard drives player 1 by default.
• High-resolution rendering through RT64 with the game's original visual
  effects intact; widescreen via the Expand aspect-ratio option (default).
• Controller Pak saves and rumble together: on hardware this game forces you
  to swap paks — the port's virtual pak is both at once, so records save
  automatically and your pad rumbles.
• Controls tailored to the game: d-pad movement and analog taunt mapped
  sensibly to modern pads (move on stick or d-pad, taunt on right stick, mirrored
  trigger defense); everything is rebindable in the in-game menu (Esc / Back).

Known issues

• Framerate is locked to the original pacing (frame interpolation warps geometry
  in this engine; high-framerate support is planned). In-match framerate is lower
  than the menus, following the game's own frame pacing.
• The title screen's pak status says "a Rumble Pak is inserted" — that's the
  virtual pak answering the rumble probe exactly as real hardware would; saves
  work and persist regardless.
• Multiplayer beyond one gamepad has had light testing so far.
• Closing the game can occasionally log a benign shutdown error.
• Overlays (MSI Afterburner) and software like Wallpaper Engine can interfere
  with rendering.

Notes

• No game assets are included. You must supply your own Virtual Pro
  Wrestling 64 (Japan) ROM — SHA1 F9E9FA2ED819C3A39DB5CB6AFECA186F021DB5ED.
  On first launch, click Load ROM and select it; the launcher validates and
  remembers it.
• Windows SmartScreen: the exe is unsigned, so Windows may warn on first run.
  Click "More info" → "Run anyway".
• Saves and settings live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vpw64Recompiled\ (saves in the
  saves subfolder). For a portable install, create an empty portable.txt
  next to the exe.
• GPU: D3D12 by default. If you hit rendering issues, update your GPU
  drivers first, and please attach
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vpw64Recompiled\Vpw64Recompiled.log to any bug report.