{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/Leonardorobertomotalvao/demons-souls-pc/blob/5aa4151ee52d54c9aed67471550d70424b7ce85e/docs/06-m0-analysis-findings.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Demon's Souls PC ports the North American PS3 release of Demon's Souls to Windows x64 by lifting PowerPC and SPU code to C and linking it with replacements for PS3 system libraries. It uses Direct3D 12, WASAPI and a .NET launcher; the author reports booting through Boletarian Palace 1-1 on one reference machine.",
  "description_zh": "Demon's Souls PC 将北美版 PS3《Demon's Souls》的 PowerPC 和 SPU 代码预先转换为 C，编译并链接独立重新实现的 PS3 系统库，生成 Windows x64 原生程序。图形使用 Direct3D 12，音频使用 WASAPI，并配有 .NET 启动器；作者报告在一台参考机器上运行至 Boletarian Palace 1-1。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/demons-souls-pc-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/demons-souls-pc-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/Leonardorobertomotalvao/demons-souls-pc/blob/5aa4151ee52d54c9aed67471550d70424b7ce85e/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "demons-souls-pc-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/demons-souls-pc-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/demons-souls-pc-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/demons-souls-pc-case/index.md",
  "name": "Demon's Souls PC: a PS3 static recompilation for Windows",
  "name_zh": "Demon's Souls PC：PS3 游戏的 Windows 静态重编译移植",
  "preview_kind": "demo",
  "reconstruction_method": "static-recompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Windows 10/11 x64 and a GPU supporting D3D12 feature level 12.0 or higher.",
    "Supply the PS3 North America BLUS30443 game files and a decrypted EBOOT.ELF from your own copy.",
    "The alpha prototype was validated on one reference machine; later areas and online play remain unsupported or untested.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Windows 10/11 x64，以及支持 D3D12 功能级别 12.0 或更高版本的 GPU。",
    "需提供自己持有的 PS3 北美版 BLUS30443 游戏文件及解密后的 EBOOT.ELF。",
    "该 alpha 原型仅在一台参考机器上验证；后续区域尚未测试，在线功能尚未实现。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/Leonardorobertomotalvao/demons-souls-pc",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}