# Max Payne 3 RePrescribed: an Xbox 360 to PS5 recompilation

> Max Payne 3 RePrescribed recompiles the Xbox 360 Max Payne 3 Title Update 9 executable for a native PS5 port. Its build applies game-specific patches to a PS5 framework, runs ReXGlue code generation and packages the runtime and installer, with original discs and update files supplied by the owner.

- 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/ChaosTheory1075/mp3-ps5>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ChaosTheory1075/mp3-ps5/blob/02605845e0afee32b7046f5368f918dd723c1a3b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/max-payne-3-represcribed-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/max-payne-3-represcribed-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/max-payne-3-represcribed-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A PS5 capable of running homebrew, both Xbox 360 game discs and Title Update 9 are required.
- **Prerequisites:** The source build documents Ubuntu 24.04, a PS5 toolchain and the owner's game executable and update files.
- **Limits:** Only Title Update 9 is supported.
- **License:** GPL-3.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ChaosTheory1075/mp3-ps5/blob/02605845e0afee32b7046f5368f918dd723c1a3b/README.md>

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