Case study
Armored Core: a European-disc recompilation setup host
Armored Core Recompiled packages a psxrecomp setup host for the European PlayStation release of Armored Core. It accepts the user's disc image and generates and builds the translated game locally with recomp-ui. The author reports private-package gameplay while exact-package acceptance checks remain open.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 9
- Last commit
- 2026-09-30
- Language
- Python
- License (GitHub)
- GPL-3.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: The user's supported European Armored Core disc image.
- Prerequisites: Windows x64 is the documented release platform; local builds use psxrecomp, CMake and Ninja.
- Testing evidence: Exact-package setup and startup checks remain open.
- License: GPL-3.0 license for project-owned files.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{armored-core-pal-psxrecomp-case,
title = {{Armored Core: a European-disc recompilation setup host}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/armored-core-recomp}},
url = {https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/armored-core-recomp},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/armored-core-pal-psxrecomp-case/}}
}Plain text
Armored Core: a European-disc recompilation setup host. https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/armored-core-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/armored-core-pal-psxrecomp-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · alexbeavs-ps1-ports/armored-core-recomp · Revision 5cd9879
- docs/PSX_PORT_KNOWLEDGE_REPORT.md GitHub · alexbeavs-ps1-ports/armored-core-recomp · Revision 5cd9879
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