Case study

ddg-recomp: a static recompilation of Densha de GO! FINAL

ddg-recomp builds native ports of the PC game Densha de GO! FINAL by translating x86 functions from the user's perfect.exe into C. Replacement SDL3 code supplies Windows and Direct3D 8 services across desktop and ARM handheld targets. The author reports playable driving but lists missing movies and untranslated library paths.

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: 8
Last commit: 2026-10-23
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user's installed PC game, including cddata and an unprotected perfect.exe.
Prerequisites: The builder, Docker, or Python 3 with Capstone 5.0, clang, make and SDL 3.4 or later for source builds.
Limits: Movies and original joystick or mascon support are absent; 118 library functions remain untranslated.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{ddg-recomp-case,
  title = {{ddg-recomp: a static recompilation of Densha de GO! FINAL}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/resterle/ddg-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/resterle/ddg-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ddg-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

ddg-recomp: a static recompilation of Densha de GO! FINAL. https://github.com/resterle/ddg-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ddg-recomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · resterle/ddg-recomp · Revision 331b6cd
docs/DEVELOPMENT.md GitHub · resterle/ddg-recomp · Revision 331b6cd