Case study

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness — a native PC port by static recompilation

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is ported from PlayStation 2 to Windows by translating its MIPS code to C++ and rebuilding PS2 hardware functions as PC code. The project includes a recompiler, a VU1 microprogram compiler, graphics and I/O implementations, and game hooks for widescreen display, a minimap and sprinting. Game-derived code is generated locally from the user's European disc image.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 20
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

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: The user's own European Castlevania: Curse of Darkness disc image, serial SLES-53755, is required.
Prerequisites: Play requires 64-bit Windows 10 or 11. A Direct3D 11 graphics card supporting rasterizer ordered views and double precision shaders enables graphics card rendering; otherwise, the game draws on the processor much more slowly.
Prerequisites: Building requires Visual Studio 2022 or newer with the Desktop development with C++ workload.
Limits: Only the European game release is supported; recompile.bat stops when the version differs.
License: MIT License.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{castlevania-curse-of-darkness-pc-case,
  title = {{Castlevania: Curse of Darkness — a native PC port by static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/fasipe/Castlevania-COD-QOL}},
  url = {https://github.com/fasipe/Castlevania-COD-QOL},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-curse-of-darkness-pc-case/}}
}

Plain text

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness — a native PC port by static recompilation. https://github.com/fasipe/Castlevania-COD-QOL (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/castlevania-curse-of-darkness-pc-case/

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README.md GitHub · fasipe/Castlevania-COD-QOL · Revision db8643a
LICENSE GitHub · fasipe/Castlevania-COD-QOL · Revision db8643a