Case study

F.E.A.R. NX: statically recompiling the Xbox 360 game for Switch

F.E.A.R. NX statically recompiles the Xbox 360 release of F.E.A.R. from PowerPC to AArch64 for Nintendo Switch. A native Vulkan renderer runs through Mesa/NVK on Horizon, and the browser installer packages the user's supported Xbox 360 files locally.

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: 21
Last commit: 2026-11-06
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: A supported Xbox 360 disc image or extracted folder with matching default.xex is required.
Prerequisites: Switch Homebrew Menu title takeover mode is required.
Limits: Only one executable revision is supported; first-time shader compilation may cause brief missing effects.
License: Project and adapted renderer sources are GPL-3.0-or-later.

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BibTeX

@misc{fear-nx-case,
  title = {{F.E.A.R. NX: statically recompiling the Xbox 360 game for Switch}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/infriker/fear-nx}},
  url = {https://github.com/infriker/fear-nx},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/fear-nx-case/}}
}

Plain text

F.E.A.R. NX: statically recompiling the Xbox 360 game for Switch. https://github.com/infriker/fear-nx (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/fear-nx-case/

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README.md GitHub · infriker/fear-nx · Revision e2f52cd