Case study

Burnout Revenge: statically recompiling the Xbox 360 game

The Burnout Revenge port recompiles the USA Xbox 360 game for native macOS and Linux execution with XenonRecomp and a project runtime. It installs game content from the player's disc image and adds PC display, control and save options.

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

Stars: 16
Last commit: 2026-10-29
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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: Requires the user's USA Xbox 360 Burnout Revenge disc image.
Prerequisites: macOS requires Apple silicon and macOS 15 or later; Linux x86-64 requires AVX2/FMA, glibc 2.38 or later and Vulkan 1.2 or later.
Limits: European and Japanese executables, title updates and GOD packages are unsupported.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{burnout-revenge-recomp-case,
  title = {{Burnout Revenge: statically recompiling the Xbox 360 game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/secretpray/burnout-revenge}},
  url = {https://github.com/secretpray/burnout-revenge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/burnout-revenge-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Burnout Revenge: statically recompiling the Xbox 360 game. https://github.com/secretpray/burnout-revenge (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/burnout-revenge-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · secretpray/burnout-revenge · Revision 0a6751f
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · secretpray/burnout-revenge · Revision 0a6751f
COPYING GitHub · secretpray/burnout-revenge · Revision 0a6751f