Case study

007: Nightfire - XBE Recomp: an Xbox game recompiled for PC

007: Nightfire - XBE Recomp ports the original Xbox game to native Windows through Xbox XBE Recomp. It builds from the user's USA or Europe game files and adds configurable graphics, keyboard and mouse input, controller support, and texture dumping.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 143
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a legally acquired USA or Europe copy of the Xbox game; building requires extracted files including default.xbe and Driving.xbe.
Prerequisites: Requires Windows 10 64-bit or later with a Direct3D 12 GPU; building uses Visual Studio 2022 with C++, Clang, and CMake components.
License: Licensed under MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{007-nightfire-xbe-recomp-case,
  title = {{007: Nightfire - XBE Recomp: an Xbox game recompiled for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TGP482/007Nightfire-XBERecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/TGP482/007Nightfire-XBERecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/007-nightfire-xbe-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

007: Nightfire - XBE Recomp: an Xbox game recompiled for PC. https://github.com/TGP482/007Nightfire-XBERecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/007-nightfire-xbe-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · TGP482/007Nightfire-XBERecomp · Revision c652b19
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · TGP482/007Nightfire-XBERecomp · Revision c652b19