Case study

Blood Wake Recomp: a native Windows static recompilation of the Xbox game

Blood Wake Recomp translates the original Xbox game's code into C from a user-owned disc and compiles it into a native Windows build with xboxrecomp. Its runtime provides graphics, audio, controls, and Original and Remastered editions; the author reports that every game function translates and all story missions are playable.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 22
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned Blood Wake disc or disc image.
Prerequisites: 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and DirectX 11 graphics.
Prerequisites: The build uses Python 3.13, Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools, CMake 3.20+, and a pinned xboxrecomp checkout.
License: The repository's own code uses MIT; vendored DSP components use GPL-2.0-or-later and LGPL-2.0-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{blood-wake-recomp-case,
  title = {{Blood Wake Recomp: a native Windows static recompilation of the Xbox game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/minimalice92/bloodwake-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/minimalice92/bloodwake-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/blood-wake-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Blood Wake Recomp: a native Windows static recompilation of the Xbox game. https://github.com/minimalice92/bloodwake-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/blood-wake-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · minimalice92/bloodwake-recomp · Revision d039612
CREDITS.md GitHub · minimalice92/bloodwake-recomp · Revision d039612
CONTRIBUTING.md GitHub · minimalice92/bloodwake-recomp · Revision d039612