Case study

NHL24 PC: running NHL 24 on Windows through a game-specific PS4 runtime

NHL24 PC runs the PS4 version of NHL 24 on Windows through a game-specific shadPS4 fork. It executes the game's x86-64 code directly, replaces PS4 system-library calls with native implementations, translates GCN shaders to SPIR-V for Vulkan, and extracts the user's own base and update PKGs through its launcher.

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

Stars: 101
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo video thumbnail 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 and a Vulkan 1.3 GPU.
Prerequisites: A user-provided NHL 24 PS4 base PKG, version 1.00, for CUSA37933 or CUSA37934; the 1.60 update is optional.
Testing evidence: The author reports that European update 1.60 testing remains pending and that rare device-lost crashes occur.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later license.

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BibTeX

@misc{nhl24-pc-case,
  title = {{NHL24 PC: running NHL 24 on Windows through a game-specific PS4 runtime}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/HajDEO/nhl24pc}},
  url = {https://github.com/HajDEO/nhl24pc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/nhl24-pc-case/}}
}

Plain text

NHL24 PC: running NHL 24 on Windows through a game-specific PS4 runtime. https://github.com/HajDEO/nhl24pc (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/nhl24-pc-case/

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README.md GitHub · HajDEO/nhl24pc · Revision 0499251