Case study

Midnight Club: Los Angeles — RECOMP: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for PC

Midnight Club: Los Angeles — RECOMP translates the Xbox 360 game's PowerPC executable into native x64 C++ for Windows using ReXGlue. The repository supplies game hooks, executable patches and a documented map of Xenos register state; its native graphics path currently reads and logs that state in shadow mode.

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: 16
Last commit: 2026-08-30
Language: C

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's own Xbox 360 disc image matching the documented default.xex size and first-megabyte SHA-1.
Prerequisites: Windows x64 and ReXGlue 0.9.0 with the repository's SDK patch.
Limits: The native graphics path remains in shadow mode; scissor and fetch constants are not fully mapped.
License: The source states no project-level license; the bundled ReXGlue SDK is BSD 3-Clause.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{midnight-club-los-angeles-recomp-case,
  title = {{Midnight Club: Los Angeles — RECOMP: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/luisxl15/Midnight-Club-L.A-RECOMP}},
  url = {https://github.com/luisxl15/Midnight-Club-L.A-RECOMP},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/midnight-club-los-angeles-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Midnight Club: Los Angeles — RECOMP: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for PC. https://github.com/luisxl15/Midnight-Club-L.A-RECOMP (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/midnight-club-los-angeles-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · luisxl15/Midnight-Club-L.A-RECOMP · Revision e60746a