# DOA2U Native PC Port: an Xbox game static recompilation

> DOA2U Native PC Port lifts the DOA2 Xbox executable from the user's Disc 2 copy to C and links it with a native runtime. That runtime replaces Xbox kernel, Direct3D 8, DirectSound, and input services for Windows, macOS, and Linux builds.

- 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/NoRain211/doa2u-re>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/NoRain211/doa2u-re/blob/9638b1eb0198d4e40e41736aeacceb7221523029/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/doa2u-native-pc-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/doa2u-native-pc-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/doa2u-native-pc-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-owned USA Xbox Disc 2 ISO is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10/11 x64 requires internet access for the first build and about 6 GB of free space.
- **Limits:** Version 0.2.2 is alpha; many modes and characters remain untried, and handwritten game logic has not started.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/NoRain211/doa2u-re/blob/9638b1eb0198d4e40e41736aeacceb7221523029/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/NoRain211/doa2u-re/blob/9638b1eb0198d4e40e41736aeacceb7221523029/CONTEXT.md>

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