# Free Riders Recompiled: a static recompilation of Sonic Free Riders

> Free Riders Recompiled ports the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Free Riders to Windows, Linux and Android by translating PowerPC code with XenonRecomp and Xenos shaders with XenosRecomp. Its native runtime replaces console kernel, graphics, audio, input and Kinect services, while a launcher installs game data from the user's disc image. The author reports working menus and playable races, with other content still incompletely explored.

- 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/YuutaTsubasa/Free-Riders-Recompiled>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/YuutaTsubasa/Free-Riders-Recompiled/blob/fe4ff08a0b7305eb7f3a8d34a53223a705a1c56e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/free-riders-recompiled-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/free-riders-recompiled-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/free-riders-recompiled-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide a legally acquired USA or Europe Sonic Free Riders disc image; the repository does not include game assets.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows, Linux or Android is required for the documented port.
- **Limits:** Only USA and Europe discs are supported; many stages and modes remain untested, and Kinect v2 support is experimental.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/YuutaTsubasa/Free-Riders-Recompiled/blob/fe4ff08a0b7305eb7f3a8d34a53223a705a1c56e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/YuutaTsubasa/Free-Riders-Recompiled/blob/fe4ff08a0b7305eb7f3a8d34a53223a705a1c56e/CMakeLists.txt>

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