# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3/blob/94c5a3d6351f1d355cf24a9b08283856a67f0b22/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/crazytaxi-ps3-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/crazytaxi-ps3-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/crazytaxi-ps3-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3/blob/94c5a3d6351f1d355cf24a9b08283856a67f0b22/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/crazytaxi-ps3/blob/94c5a3d6351f1d355cf24a9b08283856a67f0b22/docs/progress.md>

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