Case study

MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf: an Xbox static recompilation for Windows

MechAssault2-recomp builds a native Windows port of the original Xbox game MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf. It uses xboxrecomp to translate the user's ma2.xbe into C, then links that code with an Xbox runtime and game-specific input, display and behavior hooks.

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: 10
Last commit: 2026-10-25
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The user must supply a MechAssault 2 disc image or extracted folder containing ma2.xbe.
Prerequisites: Building requires Windows 10 or 11 x64, Visual Studio 2022, CMake 3.20+, Python 3.10+ with Capstone, and xboxrecomp.
Limits: The open-bugs document lists unresolved rendering and audio issues.
License: MIT license for the project's own code.

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BibTeX

@misc{mechassault-2-recomp-case,
  title = {{MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf: an Xbox static recompilation for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mechassault-2-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf: an Xbox static recompilation for Windows. https://github.com/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mechassault-2-recomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp · Revision 5f26860
BUGS.md GitHub · LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp · Revision 5f26860