# Disruptor Recompiled: rebuilding the PlayStation game for Windows

> Disruptor Recompiled translates the USA PlayStation release of Disruptor into C with PSXRecomp and builds a native Windows executable from the player's disc image. Its repository adds framework patches and game-specific code for widescreen display, input and presentation changes.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Phroster/DisruptorRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Phroster/DisruptorRecomp/blob/408f214d3109dbc6cbdded7edd128cbf8de6466a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/disruptor-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/disruptor-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/disruptor-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires Windows 10 or 11 64-bit, an OpenGL 3.3 graphics card and a user-supplied Disruptor USA .bin or .iso image.
- **Limits:** The release is a release candidate; frame interpolation and faster loading are experimental.
- **License:** PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Phroster/DisruptorRecomp/blob/408f214d3109dbc6cbdded7edd128cbf8de6466a/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Phroster/DisruptorRecomp/blob/408f214d3109dbc6cbdded7edd128cbf8de6466a/release/README.md>

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