Case study

OpenRedFaction: reconstructing Red Faction for PC and Original Xbox

OpenRedFaction reconstructs Red Faction game behavior in a shared C and C++ runtime targeting PC and a stock 64 MiB Original Xbox. It examines the installed PC executable and game archives, implements campaign systems, and compares focused PC and XEMU diagnostics.

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: 4
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An original Red Faction installation is required for local analysis and asset extraction.
Prerequisites: The documented PC build uses Visual Studio 2022 C++; the Xbox build uses NXDK and MSYS2.
Limits: The author reports limited XEMU startup and diagnostic tests; full campaign play, hardware behavior and fidelity remain unfinished.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{open-red-faction-case,
  title = {{OpenRedFaction: reconstructing Red Faction for PC and Original Xbox}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenRedFaction}},
  url = {https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenRedFaction},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-red-faction-case/}}
}

Plain text

OpenRedFaction: reconstructing Red Faction for PC and Original Xbox. https://github.com/GTTeancum/OpenRedFaction (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-red-faction-case/

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README.md GitHub · GTTeancum/OpenRedFaction · Revision 4924544
docs/REVERSE-MOVER-FIRST-PASS.md GitHub · GTTeancum/OpenRedFaction · Revision 4924544