# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Vnnc1/gow-native-pc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Vnnc1/gow-native-pc/blob/d28a63d3fd0f2a412ff9018b52d2a9a3cbdb18fd/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow-native-pc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow-native-pc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gow-native-pc-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Vnnc1/gow-native-pc/blob/d28a63d3fd0f2a412ff9018b52d2a9a3cbdb18fd/README.md>

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