Case study

Ninja Gaiden II Recompiled: a native Xbox 360 game port

Ninja Gaiden II Recompiled is a native Linux and Windows build of Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox 360 (2008). ReXGlue statically recompiles the PowerPC code, and a Vulkan renderer takes the game's Direct3D calls. The target is the World release, title ID 544307D5, with Title Update 3.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 199
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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

The player supplies their own disc image, Games on Demand package, or extracted game, plus Title Update 3. Mission Mode and costume packs are optional.
Linux ships as an AppImage and Windows as an x64 build. The README says it holds 60 frames per second on a Steam Deck, with render scale up to 8x.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{ng2recomp-case,
  title = {{Ninja Gaiden II Recompiled: a native Xbox 360 game port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/gamboozino/ng2recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/gamboozino/ng2recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ng2recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Ninja Gaiden II Recompiled: a native Xbox 360 game port. https://github.com/gamboozino/ng2recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ng2recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · gamboozino/ng2recomp · Revision f034e29