# mcdub3-nx: recompiling Midnight Club 3 for modern platforms

> mcdub3-nx lifts the original Xbox code of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition and Remix into C with xboxrecomp. It provides native versions for Nintendo Switch, Linux, macOS, Windows and Android, with game-specific runtime and graphics fixes. Players supply their own disc files; the Android APK loads extracted game files.

- 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/laureladastra/mcdub3-nx>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/laureladastra/mcdub3-nx/blob/60d033ebbd34db0eea195285a88d86f7c18f83b0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mcdub3-nx-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mcdub3-nx-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mcdub3-nx-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The player's own original-Xbox disc files for the chosen DUB Edition or Remix release.
- **Prerequisites:** Nintendo Switch, Linux, macOS, Windows or Android build environment as documented for each platform.
- **Limits:** Windows support is experimental; the author reports Switch play at 20–25 FPS with maximum overclock.
- **License:** MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/laureladastra/mcdub3-nx/blob/60d033ebbd34db0eea195285a88d86f7c18f83b0/README.md>

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