# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp/blob/94807c835e4c16df255c4c11978cbcb51020734f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mgs-recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mgs-recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mgs-recomp/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/alexbeavs-ps1-ports/metal-gear-solid-recomp/blob/94807c835e4c16df255c4c11978cbcb51020734f/README.md>

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