Case study

God of War — Native Port: a PS2 static recompilation with native hardware services

God of War — Native Port translates the NTSC-U PlayStation 2 game's executable into C++ with PS2Recomp and supplies native replacements for graphics, sound, input, memory cards, and other PS2 services. The repository provides configurations, overrides, code generators, build instructions, and zone tests for its Windows port.

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: 60
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

A legally owned God of War USA disc and its SCUS_973.99 executable.
Windows 10 or 11 x64, OpenGL 4.3 GPU, MSVC build tools, Python 3.11, and the repository's runtime branch.
The build pipeline remains manual; the Nintendo Switch build is planned.

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BibTeX

@misc{god-of-war-native-port-case,
  title = {{God of War — Native Port: a PS2 static recompilation with native hardware services}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Waffle565/God-Of-War-Native-Port}},
  url = {https://github.com/Waffle565/God-Of-War-Native-Port},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/god-of-war-native-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

God of War — Native Port: a PS2 static recompilation with native hardware services. https://github.com/Waffle565/God-Of-War-Native-Port (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/god-of-war-native-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · Waffle565/God-Of-War-Native-Port · Revision 514f891