Case study

Jade Empire: a native port by x86-to-Odin static recompilation

A native Jade Empire: Special Edition port statically translates the user's x86 game executable into Odin. It replaces Windows, Direct3D 9, DirectSound and Bink services with SDL3, OpenGL and FFmpeg and adds controller support and two-player co-op.

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: 1
Last commit: 2026-10-25
Language: Odin
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An installed Steam or GOG copy of Jade Empire: Special Edition and an AVX2-capable 64-bit PC.
Prerequisites: On Linux, Odin dev-2026-10, a C compiler, curl, SDL3 and FFmpeg development files; the Steam version also needs Python 3.
Testing evidence: Origin, EA app and retail-disc versions are untried; Windows support was tested under Wine, not on a physical Windows PC.
License: GPL-3.0 license; port/src/win32/smaa/ has its own license.

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BibTeX

@misc{jade-empire-recomp-case,
  title = {{Jade Empire: a native port by x86-to-Odin static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/plaught-armor/jade-empire-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/plaught-armor/jade-empire-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/jade-empire-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Jade Empire: a native port by x86-to-Odin static recompilation. https://github.com/plaught-armor/jade-empire-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/jade-empire-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · plaught-armor/jade-empire-recomp · Revision 4d8459e
docs/exe_inventory.md GitHub · plaught-armor/jade-empire-recomp · Revision 4d8459e