Case study

God of War — Native PC: static recompilation of the PS2 game

God of War — Native PC is a native Windows port of God of War for the PlayStation 2, NTSC-U SCUS-97399, built by statically recompiling MIPS R5900 code to C++. The README also describes an experimental Linux and Steam Deck launcher and build pipeline.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 231
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Running it requires your own copy of God of War. The repository contains no game files.
The PS2Recomp runtime is required. The launcher downloads it, and it is not stored in this repository.
The README says the game is playable, a locked 60 fps is not reached in every scene, and only the opening areas have been measured in depth.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{gow-native-pc-case,
  title = {{God of War — Native PC: static recompilation of the PS2 game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Vnnc1/gow-native-pc}},
  url = {https://github.com/Vnnc1/gow-native-pc},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow-native-pc-case/}}
}

Plain text

God of War — Native PC: static recompilation of the PS2 game. https://github.com/Vnnc1/gow-native-pc (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow-native-pc-case/

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README.md GitHub · Vnnc1/gow-native-pc · Revision d28a63d