# Burnout 3: Takedown — Xbox static recompilation

> This repository is a static recompilation of the Xbox version of Burnout 3: Takedown into a native Windows executable. The README says xboxrecomp lifts the game's x86 code to C, and the game boots through its own entry point on that toolkit's Xbox runtime.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/burnout3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/burnout3/blob/3c85ed7777886f4a8f805cb243b123b1b82cf375/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/burnout3-xbox-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/burnout3-xbox-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/burnout3-xbox-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- You supply your own disc image. Generated source is not distributed; the recompiler writes C into a gitignored folder on your machine.
- The repository holds build glue, per-title data, and docs.
- License: MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/burnout3/blob/3c85ed7777886f4a8f805cb243b123b1b82cf375/README.md>

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