# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/gamboozino/ng2recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/gamboozino/ng2recomp/blob/f034e29d17369aa624666b0a6cc4bd55549005f6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ng2recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ng2recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ng2recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/gamboozino/ng2recomp/blob/f034e29d17369aa624666b0a6cc4bd55549005f6/README.md>

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