Case study

Metal Gear Solid Recompiled: static recompilation of Metal Gear Solid

This is a release candidate that recompiles Metal Gear Solid with PSXRecomp and the recomp-ui launcher. It expects the European disc SLES-01370 and a European BIOS, SCPH-5502 or SCPH-5552. The BIOS must be 524,288 bytes, SHA-256 1faaa18fa820a0225e488d9f086296b8e6c46df739666093987ff7d8fd352c09. The README says gameplay acceptance is still pending.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 36
Last commit: 2026-09-30
Language: Python

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

Extract the setup ZIP, start Metal_Gear_Solid_Recompiled, and select the CUE and BIOS. Linux and macOS need CMake, Ninja, Python 3, and a C/C++ compiler.
The README names no license for this project. It says PSXRecomp and recomp-ui keep the licenses in their source directories.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{mgs-recomp,
  title = {{Metal Gear Solid Recompiled: static recompilation of Metal Gear Solid}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mgs-recomp/}}
}

Plain text

Metal Gear Solid Recompiled: static recompilation of Metal Gear Solid. https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mgs-recomp/

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README.md GitHub · alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp · Revision 94807c8