# DishSoap: an Android port of The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

> DishSoap ports the Xbox 360 game The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai to Android using managed code decompiled locally from the owner's game copy. Repository code provides MonoGame platform shims, an on-device content importer, audio decoding, controls and save support; building from source also requires manual XNA-to-MonoGame edits.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Hdmaniak/DishSoap>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Hdmaniak/DishSoap/blob/927d49580133bdac9f8f07ea924b29cf26d7013f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishsoap-dishwasher-android-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dishsoap-dishwasher-android-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dishsoap-dishwasher-android-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An arm64-v8a Android device running Android 5.0 or newer and the user's game data are required to play.
- **Prerequisites:** Source builds require a local decompilation of game.exe with ilspycmd 9.1.0.7988 and manual porting edits.
- **License:** The repository's MIT license applies to its original code, scripts, documentation and artwork.
- **Limits:** The port is arm64-v8a only.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Hdmaniak/DishSoap/blob/927d49580133bdac9f8f07ea924b29cf26d7013f/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Hdmaniak/DishSoap/blob/927d49580133bdac9f8f07ea924b29cf26d7013f/BUILDING.md>

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