Case study

MKSM Recomp: a PS2 static recompilation of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

MKSM Recomp statically recompiles the NTSC-U PS2 release of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks toward native PC execution. It combines ELF analysis, MIPS and VU to C++ generation, an EE and IOP runtime, Ghidra scripts, tests and game-specific investigation notes. The author reports progress through menus and the opening movie to distorted scene drawing.

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: 9
Last commit: 2026-10-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Users supply their own NTSC-U retail game files and generate C++ locally.
Limits: Windows is the tested host; the project is not yet a playable release, and controllable gameplay remains unverified.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{mksm-recomp-case,
  title = {{MKSM Recomp: a PS2 static recompilation of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OGmidway/mksm-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/OGmidway/mksm-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mksm-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

MKSM Recomp: a PS2 static recompilation of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. https://github.com/OGmidway/mksm-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mksm-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · OGmidway/mksm-recomp · Revision 9c01418
docs/STATUS.md GitHub · OGmidway/mksm-recomp · Revision 9c01418