Case study

crazytaxi: statically recompiling the Dreamcast game

crazytaxi statically translates the Dreamcast game Crazy Taxi from SH-4 machine code to native x86-64 C using dcrecomp and the user's disc image. Its repository adds game-specific entry points, bring-up code and a smoke test; the author reports that initialization reaches a persistent wait loop before any frame is drawn.

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: 9
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Provide your own Crazy Taxi (US) disc image in cue/bin or GDI format.
Prerequisites: Windows 10/11 x64, Python 3.8+, Git, CMake 3.16+, Visual Studio 2022 C++ tools and vcpkg with SDL2 and GLEW are needed.
Limits: The alpha build does not draw a frame; the author reports boot-path smoke checks passing with a disc.
License: GPL-2.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{crazy-taxi-static-recomp-case,
  title = {{crazytaxi: statically recompiling the Dreamcast game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/crazy-taxi-static-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

crazytaxi: statically recompiling the Dreamcast game. https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/crazy-taxi-static-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/crazytaxi · Revision d26261c