Case study

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Recompiled: a PS3 boot investigation

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Recompiled lifts the PS3 game's PowerPC code with ps3recomp and builds a native Windows x86-64 executable. Game-specific scripts cover SELF decryption, function discovery, SPU workloads and a longjmp patch. The author reports repeatable loading of 116 assets during boot, before any frame is drawn.

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: 7
Last commit: 2026-09-28
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user's NPUA80075 PSN package and its .rap file are required.
Prerequisites: Windows 10/11 x64, Visual Studio 2022, LLVM 18+, CMake 3.20+, Ninja, Python 3.10+ and ps3recomp are required.
Limits: Pre-alpha: the boot loads content but has not drawn a frame.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{gran-turismo-5-prologue-recompiled-case,
  title = {{Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Recompiled: a PS3 boot investigation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/GT5P}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/GT5P},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gran-turismo-5-prologue-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Recompiled: a PS3 boot investigation. https://github.com/sp00nznet/GT5P (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gran-turismo-5-prologue-recompiled-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/GT5P · Revision 65c75d6
docs/progress.md GitHub · sp00nznet/GT5P · Revision 65c75d6