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 Feel free to report bugs and contribute, but remember, there must be **no upload of any copyrighted asset**. 
 Run `./extract_assets.py --clean && make clean` or `make distclean` to remove ROM-originated content. This port has been made possible mostly thanks to [Emill](https://github.com/Emill) and his [n64-fast32-engine](https://github.com/Emill/n64-fast3d-engine/) renderer.
 
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+Please contribute **first** to the [nightly branch](https://github.com/sm64pc/sm64pc/tree/nightly/). New functionality will be merged to master once they're considered to be well-tested.
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 *Read this in other languages: [Español](README_es_ES.md) [简体中文](README_zh_CN.md).*
 
 ## Features