Case study

crazytaxi-ps3: statically recompiling Crazy Taxi for Windows

crazytaxi-ps3 statically recompiles the PS3/PSN release of Crazy Taxi for native Windows using ps3recomp. Its scripts prepare a user-supplied EBOOT, lift PPU and SPU code, and build against the shared runtime; the author reports the title screen and in-engine attract demo rendering while gameplay remains unreached.

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: 3
Last commit: 2026-09-27
Language: CMake
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned copy of the Crazy Taxi PSN release NPUB30242 and the required decryption key material.
Prerequisites: Windows 11, Visual Studio 2022 with the C++ workload and clang-cl, CMake 3.20+, Ninja, Python 3.11+ with pycryptodome, Git Bash, and a ps3recomp checkout with its runtime library built and the two documented fixes.
Limits: Menus and gameplay have not been reached; audio output has not been checked.
License: MIT license for this repository’s scripts and documentation.

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BibTeX

@misc{crazytaxi-ps3-case,
  title = {{crazytaxi-ps3: statically recompiling Crazy Taxi for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/crazytaxi-ps3-case/}}
}

Plain text

crazytaxi-ps3: statically recompiling Crazy Taxi for Windows. https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/crazytaxi-ps3-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3 · Revision 94c5a3d
docs/progress.md GitHub · sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3 · Revision 94c5a3d