Case study

WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain: static recompilation for Windows

HCTP Recompiled is a static recompilation of WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain for PlayStation 2, NTSC-U SLUS-20787, into a native Windows program. PS2Recomp translates the MIPS code to C++. A Direct3D 11 renderer draws the graphics, and the IOP runs the game's IRX modules.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 54
Last commit: 2026-11-04
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

The player supplies their own USA disc. The release launcher builds the game on the PC. The October 2026 status says exhibition and season run, and matches were tested at 60 frames per second on a Direct3D 11 path with an RTX 3060.
A developer build needs Visual Studio 2022 or newer, MSVC x64, CMake, Ninja, Python, and a Direct3D 11 GPU.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{hctp-recomp-case,
  title = {{WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain: static recompilation for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/BigDaddyJRich/hctp-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/BigDaddyJRich/hctp-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hctp-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain: static recompilation for Windows. https://github.com/BigDaddyJRich/hctp-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hctp-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · BigDaddyJRich/hctp-recomp · Revision 7b243fc