Case study

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Recompiled: an Xbox 360 PC port

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Recompiled translates the Xbox 360 game's PowerPC default.xex to native Windows code with ReXGlue. The port adds a DirectX 12 graphics path and launcher; its Ghidra research identifies the projection matrix function and instruction relevant to ultrawide rendering.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 24
Last commit: 2026-10-29
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11 x64, DirectX 12 graphics and a personal Xbox 360 game ISO are required.
Prerequisites: Building requires Clang 18 or newer, CMake 3.25 or newer, Ninja and Visual Studio 2022.
License: MIT.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{midnight-club-los-angeles-recompiled-case,
  title = {{Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Recompiled: an Xbox 360 PC port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/BeemerCodes/MidnightclubLA-Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/BeemerCodes/MidnightclubLA-Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/midnight-club-los-angeles-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Recompiled: an Xbox 360 PC port. https://github.com/BeemerCodes/MidnightclubLA-Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/midnight-club-los-angeles-recompiled-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · BeemerCodes/MidnightclubLA-Recomp · Revision c88556c
docs/ultrawide_research.md GitHub · BeemerCodes/MidnightclubLA-Recomp · Revision c88556c