# 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.

- 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/infriker/fear-nx>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/infriker/fear-nx/blob/e2f52cd8591d69169f678d5d8a54e23e9ee060d1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fear-nx-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fear-nx-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fear-nx-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/infriker/fear-nx/blob/e2f52cd8591d69169f678d5d8a54e23e9ee060d1/README.md>

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