Case study

AfroSamuraiRecomp: an Xbox 360 static recompilation of Afro Samurai

AfroSamuraiRecomp statically translates the Europe Xbox 360 release of Afro Samurai into a native Windows x64 program using ReXGlue. The repository supplies game-specific function boundaries, hooks, a launcher and GPU and audio patches; the author reports playable 30 FPS operation on one PC.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 10
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11 x64, a Direct3D 12 graphics card and an ISO dumped from the user's own Europe Afro Samurai disc.
Limits: The author tested the preview on one PC; the optional 60 FPS mode is incomplete and can accelerate cutscenes.
License: GPL-3.0 license for the repository; the ReXGlue/Xenia patches carry their stated BSD-3-Clause terms.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{afrosamurairecomp-case,
  title = {{AfroSamuraiRecomp: an Xbox 360 static recompilation of Afro Samurai}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LomoXSoft/AfroSamuraiRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/LomoXSoft/AfroSamuraiRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/afrosamurairecomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

AfroSamuraiRecomp: an Xbox 360 static recompilation of Afro Samurai. https://github.com/LomoXSoft/AfroSamuraiRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/afrosamurairecomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · LomoXSoft/AfroSamuraiRecomp · Revision 3bde90d
patches/rexglue/README.md GitHub · LomoXSoft/AfroSamuraiRecomp · Revision 3bde90d