Case study

BackstabRecomp: rehosting the Android BackStab HD game on Windows

BackstabRecomp runs the user-supplied Android ARMv7 library from BackStab HD 1.2.8d in a Windows x64 host through AndroidRecomp. It implements the game's needed Android, JNI, graphics, audio, filesystem, input, and lifecycle behavior, with widescreen rendering changes.

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: 14
Last commit: 2026-07-31
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

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: Provide a legally obtained BackStab HD Android 1.2.8d APK and external data folder.
Prerequisites: Build on Windows 10 or 11 x64 with Visual Studio 2022, Python 3.10+, and AndroidRecomp.
Limits: Gamepad input is untested, and some text in other languages is partially broken.
License: MIT for repository code.

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BibTeX

@misc{backstabrecomp-case,
  title = {{BackstabRecomp: rehosting the Android BackStab HD game on Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jessicanataliagta/BackStabRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/jessicanataliagta/BackStabRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/backstabrecomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

BackstabRecomp: rehosting the Android BackStab HD game on Windows. https://github.com/jessicanataliagta/BackStabRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/backstabrecomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · jessicanataliagta/BackStabRecomp · Revision d45d036
docs/TECHNICAL_NOTES.md GitHub · jessicanataliagta/BackStabRecomp · Revision d45d036