# Heavy Metal: FAKK2: an x86-to-C static recompilation

> Heavy Metal: FAKK2 lifts the original Windows game executable from x86 instructions to compilable C and builds a native 32-bit Windows program. Its pipeline discovers functions, maps the original image addresses, and bridges Win32 imports and callbacks; the author reports that engine initialization reaches a runtime fault before rendering.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal/blob/fe5c1ab3c5609c362ed03e625c4c51bbb4f1bbfb/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/heavy-metal-fakk2-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own fakk2.exe, gamex86.dll, cgamex86.dll, and game asset folder.
- **Prerequisites:** Build a 32-bit x86 Windows host.
- **Limits:** Rendering and gameplay are still pending.
- **License:** MIT for repository code.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal/blob/fe5c1ab3c5609c362ed03e625c4c51bbb4f1bbfb/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/heavymetal/blob/fe5c1ab3c5609c362ed03e625c4c51bbb4f1bbfb/docs/ANALYSIS.md>

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