Case study

GTA IV Recompiled: an Xbox 360 static recompilation

GTA IV Recompiled translates the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV from PowerPC code to C++ ahead of time with rexglue and builds a native Windows program. Its configurations add constructor, callback and thunk entry points, while its notes trace a failure in streamed static world collision. The author reports that the game reaches interactive play, although the player falls through the ground.

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: 45
Last commit: 2026-08-08
Language: Python

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: Provide files from a legally acquired Xbox 360 copy of GTA IV and matching Title Update 8.
Prerequisites: Build on Windows with the patched rexglue SDK, LLVM/Clang, MSVC Build Tools, CMake, Ninja and Python 3.
Limits: The author reports that static world collision does not load; save games are rejected by the in-game menu.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{gta-iv-recompiled-case,
  title = {{GTA IV Recompiled: an Xbox 360 static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/luisxl15/GTA-IV-RECOMP-XBOX-360}},
  url = {https://github.com/luisxl15/GTA-IV-RECOMP-XBOX-360},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gta-iv-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

GTA IV Recompiled: an Xbox 360 static recompilation. https://github.com/luisxl15/GTA-IV-RECOMP-XBOX-360 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gta-iv-recompiled-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · luisxl15/GTA-IV-RECOMP-XBOX-360 · Revision 6c9ca0b
docs/COLLISION_BUG.md GitHub · luisxl15/GTA-IV-RECOMP-XBOX-360 · Revision 6c9ca0b