Case study

OpenShao: statically recompiling Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

OpenShao statically recompiles the original Xbox game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks with XboxXBERecomp. The launcher accepts an ISO, XISO, ZIP, extracted folder, or default.xbe and reads it in place. Windows 10 version 1903 or Linux with glibc 2.38 is required, plus an x64 CPU with SSE4.2 and POPCNT, and Direct3D 12 or Vulkan 1.2. A source build checks out XboxXBERecomp at 40e9c35451305f09ca9d86f677e4b9c2c37ff26b and runs python tools/build_recomp.py --xbe with that XBE and --test.

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: 346
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

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 original default.xbe or a disc image. Python 3.11, Git, and Visual Studio 2022 with LLVM 21 on Windows, or Clang 18 on Linux.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{openshao,
  title = {{OpenShao: statically recompiling Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/OAleex/OpenShao}},
  url = {https://github.com/OAleex/OpenShao},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openshao/}}
}

Plain text

OpenShao: statically recompiling Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. https://github.com/OAleex/OpenShao (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openshao/

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README.md GitHub · OAleex/OpenShao · Revision 0bd55e4