Case study

BT3-Recomp: a PlayStation 2 static recompilation of Budokai Tenkaichi 3

BT3-Recomp translates the USA PlayStation 2 release of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 from MIPS code to C++ at build time. It combines game-specific function maps and patches with a recompiler, PS2 runtime, OpenGL renderer and launcher for native desktop builds.

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: 128
Last commit: 2026-10-01
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user's USA PlayStation 2 disc dump, SLUS-21678.
Prerequisites: Windows and Linux builds require an x86-64 CPU with SSE4.1; the documented renderer requires OpenGL 3.3.
Limits: The macOS port is experimental; other game regions are unsupported.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{bt3-recomp-case,
  title = {{BT3-Recomp: a PlayStation 2 static recompilation of Budokai Tenkaichi 3}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/z3xox/BT3-Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/z3xox/BT3-Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bt3-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

BT3-Recomp: a PlayStation 2 static recompilation of Budokai Tenkaichi 3. https://github.com/z3xox/BT3-Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bt3-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · z3xox/BT3-Recomp · Revision e22a34b