Case study

Ice Rage: an Android native-library port for Linux ARM handhelds

Ice Rage runs on Linux ARM handhelds through a bionic ELF loader that maps the game's Android armeabi-v7a library and supplies required Android interfaces. The author reports successful loading, audio, rendering and menus on an R36S; a full match remains unplayed.

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: 8
Last commit: 2026-08-07
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

Prerequisites: Provide an owned OUYA Ice Rage 1.8 APK; the Google Play build is unsupported.
Prerequisites: Use an armhf userland with 32-bit GPU libraries and glibc 2.29 or later.
Testing evidence: The author reports testing on an R36S; a complete match has not been played.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{ice-rage-arm-port-case,
  title = {{Ice Rage: an Android native-library port for Linux ARM handhelds}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/EapRules/icerage-native-arm}},
  url = {https://github.com/EapRules/icerage-native-arm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ice-rage-arm-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Ice Rage: an Android native-library port for Linux ARM handhelds. https://github.com/EapRules/icerage-native-arm (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ice-rage-arm-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · EapRules/icerage-native-arm · Revision a6b6abc
ports/icerage/README.md GitHub · EapRules/icerage-native-arm · Revision a6b6abc