Case study

Konami Viper: statically recompiling Thrill Drive 2 and GTI Club 2

Konami Viper statically recompiles PowerPC code from Thrill Drive 2 and GTI Club 2 arcade dumps into C for native executables. Its shared runtime models the Viper board's Voodoo3 graphics, sound, I/O, CF card and timekeeper, with game profiles for several regional versions.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 28
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Personal dumps of the Viper BIOS and selected game sets are required.
Prerequisites: Source builds require a C/C++ compiler, make, Python 3 and SDL2.
Limits: Some regional versions are reported to boot and race but have not been played by hand.
License: BSD 3-Clause.

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BibTeX

@misc{konami-viper-recomp-case,
  title = {{Konami Viper: statically recompiling Thrill Drive 2 and GTI Club 2}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/spita90/konami-viper-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/spita90/konami-viper-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/konami-viper-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Konami Viper: statically recompiling Thrill Drive 2 and GTI Club 2. https://github.com/spita90/konami-viper-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/konami-viper-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · spita90/konami-viper-recomp · Revision 7ac62f8
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · spita90/konami-viper-recomp · Revision 7ac62f8