# 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.

- 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/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp/blob/5f26860c46ab1a88e2c7d65ec1134bad7eca7cea/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mechassault-2-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mechassault-2-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mechassault-2-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp/blob/5f26860c46ab1a88e2c7d65ec1134bad7eca7cea/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/LegendaryXP/Mechassault2-recomp/blob/5f26860c46ab1a88e2c7d65ec1134bad7eca7cea/BUGS.md>

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