# Mind over Recomp: rebuilding Crash: Mind over Mutant for PC

> Mind over Recomp translates Crash: Mind over Mutant's Xbox 360 program to C++ with ReXGlue for native Windows and Linux builds. It adds a Vulkan renderer and game-specific service replacements, with investigation notes documenting the disc, recompilation, boot and rendering work.

- 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/Maxilure/MindOver-Recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Maxilure/MindOver-Recomp/blob/3d46f618cda7b0f8bc4b41bf07a0f75301b41d8e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mind-over-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mind-over-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mind-over-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply a Crash: Mind over Mutant USA Xbox 360 disc dumped as an .iso.
- **Testing evidence:** A Vulkan graphics card is required; the author reports testing only NVIDIA graphics so far.
- **Testing evidence:** The alpha release has not been played through to the end.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Maxilure/MindOver-Recomp/blob/3d46f618cda7b0f8bc4b41bf07a0f75301b41d8e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Maxilure/MindOver-Recomp/blob/3d46f618cda7b0f8bc4b41bf07a0f75301b41d8e/docs/findings/README.md>

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