# Final Fantasy VIII Recompiled: a PlayStation setup and recompilation candidate

> Final Fantasy VIII Recompiled packages a title-specific PSXRecomp recipe and recomp-ui setup host for building from the user's SLUS-00892 PlayStation disc. The candidate includes game configuration and seed functions; first-run setup and gameplay checks remain pending.

- 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/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/final-fantasy-viii-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/final-fantasy-viii-recomp/blob/90a514ab28ac9b4ab4d4ab52eaa44ceb7aa4fb11/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/final-fantasy-viii-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/final-fantasy-viii-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/final-fantasy-viii-recompiled-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-owned SLUS-00892 game disc and SCPH-5502/5552 Europe BIOS are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Linux and macOS setup requires CMake, Ninja, Python 3 and a C/C++ compiler.
- **Testing evidence:** First-run setup and gameplay acceptance are pending.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/final-fantasy-viii-recomp/blob/90a514ab28ac9b4ab4d4ab52eaa44ceb7aa4fb11/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/final-fantasy-viii-recomp/blob/90a514ab28ac9b4ab4d4ab52eaa44ceb7aa4fb11/docs/FEASIBILITY.md>

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