# ApeEscapeRecomp: an Ape Escape PlayStation static recompilation

> ApeEscapeRecomp translates Ape Escape's PlayStation MIPS code into native C ahead of time with PSXRecomp. The repository provides game-specific configuration, Ghidra-derived function seeds, overlay preparation and optional enhancements for a native PC build.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/mstan/ApeEscapeRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mstan/ApeEscapeRecomp/blob/7ec483d4723459799c93f88b6f8e40149b029c2b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ape-escape-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ape-escape-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ape-escape-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The player's own legally obtained Ape Escape USA SCUS-94423 disc image; release builds include OpenBIOS, with a retail BIOS optional.
- **Prerequisites:** A dual-analog controller is recommended for the game's controls.
- **Limits:** The author has not completed an end-to-end playthrough; two archive members remain outside the precompiled overlay set.
- **License:** PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mstan/ApeEscapeRecomp/blob/7ec483d4723459799c93f88b6f8e40149b029c2b/README.md>

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