# Folklore: a PS3 static recompilation for Windows

> Folklore statically recompiles the PS3 game's PowerPC and SPU code from a player-supplied disc into C++ and a native Windows executable. The port uses ps3recomp with project patches, reimplements the SPURS job system and renders through Direct3D 12. The author reports that it boots and plays on the author's PC, with rough edges.

- 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/Mava-b/folklore-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Mava-b/folklore-decomp/blob/7e709c033db8c1cfaa8cbb669859858ad1c96146/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/folklore-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/folklore-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/folklore-recompiled-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A player-owned North American BCUS98147 or European BCES00050 Folklore disc dump is required; the Japanese release is unsupported.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10/11 x64, a Direct3D 12 GPU, an AVX2 CPU and about 30 GB of free space are required.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports playability on one Windows 11 PC and expects rough edges.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Mava-b/folklore-decomp/blob/7e709c033db8c1cfaa8cbb669859858ad1c96146/README.md>

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