# Marvel Nemesis: an original Xbox static recompilation port

> Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is ported from original Xbox to Windows by recompiling the user's XBE locally with XboxXBERecomp. The repository includes a game-specific host and compatibility changes to the bundled SDK, with Direct3D 12 rendering, local Versus and added PC settings.

- 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/15Cyber/marvel-nemesis-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/15Cyber/marvel-nemesis-recomp/blob/db4ecbadc9ef5db48e41305c2f86e6e007c3f2cd/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/marvel-nemesis-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/marvel-nemesis-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/marvel-nemesis-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Files from the user's own supported original Xbox copy, with the documented default.xbe SHA-1, are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows x64 and Direct3D 12 are required for the alpha port.
- **Limits:** The author reports limited campaign and hardware testing; network multiplayer, native Linux and HDR are absent.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/15Cyber/marvel-nemesis-recomp/blob/db4ecbadc9ef5db48e41305c2f86e6e007c3f2cd/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/15Cyber/marvel-nemesis-recomp/blob/db4ecbadc9ef5db48e41305c2f86e6e007c3f2cd/CMakeLists.txt>
3. <https://github.com/15Cyber/marvel-nemesis-recomp/blob/db4ecbadc9ef5db48e41305c2f86e6e007c3f2cd/LICENSE>

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