Case study
Daytona USA: Xbox Live Arcade static recompilation
This statically recompiles the 2011 Xbox 360 Arcade release of Daytona USA with ReXGlue. The package is an STFS arcade title, XA-2845, media ID 3CA562D4, 240058368 bytes, SHA-256 db2381451a15a4e537154712213a0309e9ddc33d20bdc03421d80c9939893cef. python3 scripts/extract_game.py extracts it and copies default.xex. The SDK submodule is the daytonaxbla branch. Linux uses cmake --preset linux-amd64 and Clang 20 or newer. Windows uses cmake --preset win-amd64 and Visual Studio 2022 with Clang 20 or newer. The Linux binary is daytona and takes --game_data_root pointing at the extracted folder.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 222
- Last commit
- 2026-07-08
- Language
- C++
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- The Xbox 360 Arcade package identified above. CMake 3.25 or newer and Ninja. Linux needs Clang 20 or newer. Windows needs Visual Studio 2022 with the C++ Clang tools.
- The README names no license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{daytona-xbla-recomp,
title = {{Daytona USA: Xbox Live Arcade static recompilation}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Subarasheese/daytona-xbla-recomp}},
url = {https://github.com/Subarasheese/daytona-xbla-recomp},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/daytona-xbla-recomp/}}
}Plain text
Daytona USA: Xbox Live Arcade static recompilation. https://github.com/Subarasheese/daytona-xbla-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/daytona-xbla-recomp/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · Subarasheese/daytona-xbla-recomp · Revision a3a975e
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