# Baroque: a PlayStation 2 code translation for native Windows

> Baroque translates the USA PlayStation 2 game's routines into a native Windows C++ port. It reads models, game data, audio and movies from the user's disc image through its own loaders, and adds widescreen presentation, higher display frame rates and keyboard and mouse controls.

- 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/Arch61s/Baroque-Decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Arch61s/Baroque-Decomp/blob/9c4f695e1995bae7c8c9435f505722311cc66ac8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/baroque-native-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/baroque-native-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/baroque-native-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Baroque (USA) disc image is required to obtain game data.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires Windows 10 or 11, Visual Studio 2022 C++, CMake 3.20 or newer, and an FFmpeg 7.x shared LGPL build.
- **Scope:** The game logic retains its original 30-tick-per-second rate.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Arch61s/Baroque-Decomp/blob/9c4f695e1995bae7c8c9435f505722311cc66ac8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Arch61s/Baroque-Decomp/blob/9c4f695e1995bae7c8c9435f505722311cc66ac8/native/DESIGN.md>

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