Game · Case study:
flOw lifts PowerPC functions from the PS3 game's EBOOT.elf to C and links them against ps3recomp host libraries for a Windows executable.
Reviewed sp00nznet/flow@3163de5
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Rosebed ports decompiled Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 source to Zig as a client and dedicated server.
Reviewed mdmrk/rosebed@cabd0a7
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OpenPREY adapts a Quake4Doom-derived engine to run PREY (2006) from the player's original installation on Windows, Linux and macOS.
Reviewed themuffinator/openPREY@c9601e0
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Rails rebuilds the 1990 Railroad Tycoon game in OCaml, implementing railroad construction, train management, AI rivals and economy systems.
Reviewed bluddy/rails@3699efe
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Illbleed decomp reconstructs the Japanese Dreamcast game's executable from a user-supplied disc.
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World of Goo Vita runs the Android version of World of Goo on PS Vita by loading its ARMv7 library into memory, replacing Android imports with native functions and applying runtime patches.
Reviewed Rinnegatamante/goo_vita@ee89267
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OpenJPB rebuilds the Windows release of Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles as a replacement engine.
Reviewed GTTeancum/OpenJPB@232a7bb
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mc2 reimplements the closed Mech Commander 2 engine using available interface headers and ports the game to 64-bit Linux and Windows.
Reviewed alariq/mc2@73edc36
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mortar-eng reconstructs parts of an LSW game runtime in C++.
Reviewed leftmostcat/mortar-eng@9b53260
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DriftDroid adapts WiiCompiled's static recompilation of Mario Kart Wii into a native Android app.
Reviewed dorPXP/driftdroid@9684e3a
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Super Punch-Out!! is a disassembly of the USA SNES game, organized as assembly source with ROM maps and extraction scripts.
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PROTOTYPE — native PC port runs the PS4 bundle's x86-64 game code directly on Windows, replacing PS4 system libraries and translating GPU commands to Vulkan through a shadPS4 video core.
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Ar tonelico II decomp reconstructs C source for the Japanese PS2 release SLPS_258.19 and checks compiled functions against the retail binary byte by byte.
Reviewed USED255/artonelico2-decomp@1625620
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Virtua Fighter 3 Recomp runs the arcade game's PowerPC program as native ARM64 or x86-64 code translated from the user's ROM at startup.
Reviewed mr-finster/vf3-recomp@e5d7993
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Reconstructs Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for GameCube as C/C++ source targeting a byte-identical retail build.
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Juiced 2 Recompiled builds a native Windows port of the Xbox 360 Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights by statically translating the user's executable with ReXGlue.
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wipeout_pc runs WipEout Omega Collection's original PS4 x86-64 code on PC with a replacement system runtime and shadPS4-derived Vulkan graphics core.
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lsddecomp is an early decompilation of selected code from the PlayStation game LSD: Dream Emulator, with research on its dream timer.
Reviewed FirecatFG/lsddecomp@c677d8f
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Super Mario RPG reconstructs the SNES game's code as assembly with ROM maps and supporting scripts.
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SpartanPort ports the PS4 release of God of War III Remastered to Windows and Linux using the player's own game dump.
Reviewed FelipePrado0/SpartanPort@7289f72
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LEGOLAND, portable turns a matching decompilation of the 1999 game into builds for Windows, Linux, Android and browsers.
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Shadow of the Colossus runs the PS4 game's x86-64 code directly on Windows 10/11 while translating its graphics to Vulkan.
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Burnout 2 reconstructs the PlayStation 2 game from an August 2002 debug build into C and C++ for a byte-matching CodeWarrior build.
Reviewed b3dllc/burnout2@61e466e
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The Simpsons Game — Android Evolved ports statically recompiled Xbox 360 game code to Android ARM64 using ReXGlue, SDL3 and Vulkan 1.1.
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GD's Melee builds a native Windows and Linux port of Super Smash Bros. Melee NTSC 1.02 from the game's matching decompilation.
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UA_source reimplements the Urban Assault engine in C++ and plays using files from the user's original game copy.
Reviewed Marisa-Chan/UA_source@c7c6806
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nsmbu-recomp builds a native New Super Mario Bros. U program from a user's Wii U game copy through its installer and runtime.
Reviewed nsmbu-recomp/nsmbu-recomp@e11d228
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OpenNFS is an early C++ engine project that aims to recreate Need for Speed 1–5 using original game data.
Reviewed OpenNFS/OpenNFS@dcd9197
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Sonic CD 2011 for SEGA Dreamcast ports the reconstructed RSDKv3 engine to Dreamcast with platform-specific graphics, audio, input, saving and video code.
Reviewed DCRSDK/SonicCD-DC@9d8318a
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Wind Waker HD Recompiled for Android — Plus runs The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD on ARM64 Android through static recompilation of Wii U PowerPC code and Vulkan rendering.
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OpenRedFaction reconstructs Red Faction game behavior in a shared C and C++ runtime targeting PC and a stock 64 MiB Original Xbox.
Reviewed GTTeancum/OpenRedFaction@4924544
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KeeperFX rewrites Dungeon Keeper as a standalone game after an initial effort to reverse its original executables into usable code.
Reviewed dkfans/keeperfx@4c0bc0a
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Swordigo Vita runs the Android ARMv7 build of Swordigo on PS Vita by loading its executable, resolving imports with native functions and applying patches.
Reviewed Rinnegatamante/swordigo-vita@eeb3c99
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Dr. Mario reconstructs the NES game's original NTSC and revision A releases as ca65 6502 assembly.
Reviewed brianhuffman/drmario@7e23e96
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sundog ports the Atari ST game SunDog: Frozen Legacy to modern platforms by implementing its UCSD Pascal p-system interpreter in C.
Reviewed laanwj/sundog@e56d8e2
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Calico ports Atari Jaguar DOOM to PC while retaining the original game's behavior where possible.
Reviewed team-eternity/calico-doom@6cccd65
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MSM-decomp begins a source reconstruction of Mario Sports Mix for the European RMKP01 Wii release.
Reviewed EltyDev/MSM-decomp@ec7a247
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Mario Superstar Baseball reconstructs source for the US GameCube release GYQE01.
Reviewed roeming/mssbDecomp@edea571
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OpenMC2 incrementally rewrites Midnight Club 2 while calling the installed game's original binary for functions it has yet to replace.
Reviewed OpenMC2/OpenMC2@794b6e7
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ddg-recomp builds native ports of the PC game Densha de GO!
Reviewed resterle/ddg-recomp@331b6cd
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Bomberman Hero: Recompiled uses N64Recomp to translate the North American Nintendo 64 game into a native port rendered through RT64.
Reviewed RevoSucks/BMHeroRecomp@400f4c0
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ReMoM reconstructs Master of Magic from its original executables by disassembling and translating game code to C.
Reviewed jbalcomb/ReMoM@de5652c
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Wave Race 64: Recompiled applies N64Recomp and RT64 to a native PC port of Wave Race 64.
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Piglet's Big Game reconstructs source for the USA and PAL English GameCube releases of the game.
Reviewed tgsm/pbg@291bd7c
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Forza Motorsport 4 is brought to Windows by translating the Xbox 360 USA Rev 1 game's PowerPC code into C++ with ReXGlue.
Reviewed 0herculabs/hl360-forza4@d6597d7
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The Tekken Tag Tournament 2 port translates the European Wii U v16 PowerPC executable to C++ ahead of time and builds it for Linux x86-64.
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World of Goo is an unfinished decompilation of the European WiiWare release WGOP.
Reviewed Fancy2209/wog-wiiware@aad03e6
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The Donkey Kong arcade remake recreates the 1981 game's four stages in C++ with Allegro5, using published descriptions of original mechanics and observations from play videos.
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Spyro the Dragon reconstructs selected PlayStation game functions as readable C for behavioral comparison.
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The Sega Rally Championship project compiles lifted i960 code from the Model 2A arcade game into a host executable.
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Blackmoor reconstruction project recovers the x86 GAME.EXE of Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor and develops a native ARM64 macOS port.
Reviewed albovsky/nd-blackmoor-decomp@0a8118e
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Armored Core Recomp supplies a PSXRecomp project for the USA PlayStation release of Armored Core.
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Astral Chain PC translates the Switch game's ARM64 code to C for a native Windows x64 build.
Reviewed Puddz/AstralChain-PC@f8cbae5
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Fukami builds native Windows, Apple silicon macOS and Steam Deck versions of Ridge Racer V by translating its PS2 MIPS code to C++ ahead of time.
Reviewed danisandoval/fukami@2ecb281
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WWE 2K14 PC Recomp builds a Windows port of the Xbox 360 game through the ReXGlue static recompilation SDK.
Reviewed itsbybanshee/wwe2k14-pc@0fff26e
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Knack for PC ports the PlayStation 4 game Knack to Windows and Linux by running its original x86-64 code with replacement PS4 system libraries and a Vulkan graphics core.
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Wii Play reconstructs C and C++ source for the Wii game's USA Rev 1 release.
Reviewed akiramusic000/Rhae@182cf1a
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ygowct06 reconstructs the USA GBA release of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Reviewed testyourmine/ygowct06@5d6ef0c
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black-recomp ports the Xbox game Black to Apple Silicon macOS by statically lifting its x86 functions to C and compiling them for arm64.
Reviewed elpetese/black-macos-recomp@84ea2c7
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devilution-nx ports the DevilutionX reconstruction of Diablo to Nintendo Switch.
Reviewed lantus/devilution-nx@02c2151
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Super Mario Bros Remastered recreates four Super Mario Bros. games in Godot, with revised physics, new levels and characters, and a custom level editor.
Reviewed JHDev2006/Super-Mario-Bros.-Remastered-Public@46b1eb4
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opensims2 reimplements The Sims 2 engine in C++ for 64-bit macOS and Windows, reading content from the user's own game installation.
Reviewed opensims2/opensims2-public@ff4f71a
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raw(gl) reimplements the Another World engine while reading data from the original game.
Reviewed cyxx/rawgl@049e4ad
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inFAMOUS First Light is rehosted on Windows by running the PlayStation 4 game's x86-64 code directly on the PC processor.
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OpenLRR incrementally rebuilds the PC game LEGO Rock Raiders by implementing and replacing game and engine functions.
Reviewed trigger-segfault/OpenLRR@2f6743c
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PanzerMortyr reimplements the Mortyr 2093-1944 engine as a replacement executable that loads original game data.
Reviewed Panzerschrek/PanzerMortyr@a1878ff
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Boktai 3 reconstructs Shin Bokura no Taiyou: Gyakushuu no Sabata as C that the author reports rebuilds the GBA ROM byte for byte.
Reviewed moozilla/boktai3-decomp@9e63f80
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Mario Paint Recomp ports the SNES game Mario Paint to PC by translating 65816 routines into C while snesrecomp supplies SNES hardware behavior and interpreter fallback.
Reviewed sp00nznet/mariopaint@f4d490d
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Vagrant Story Native ports the PlayStation release of Vagrant Story to Windows x64 in C++.
Reviewed JEschete/VS-NativePort@f104d51
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pokegold-ko is an incomplete disassembly of the Korean Pokémon Gold and Silver releases for Game Boy Color.
Reviewed Greatpriceman/pokegold-ko@3cca49e
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Rayman Arena is an early C++ reconstruction of routines from the PC game, with a Frida patch that replaces game routines.
Reviewed zZeck/raymanarenadecomp@f0992db
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Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters decomp reconstructs source for US and European PS2 boot executables and level modules against retail bytes.
Reviewed OpenRAC/rac5-sm-decomp@c6bb063
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SUPERCOPTER is a decompiled source reconstruction of the MS-DOS game in Turbo Pascal.
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OpenTTD recreates Transport Tycoon Deluxe as an open-source transport simulation game, aiming to mimic the original while adding features.
Reviewed OpenTTD/OpenTTD@4821907
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Test Drive Enhanced ports the 1987 DOS game to SDL3 using the author's C reimplementation of its driving simulation and game flow.
Reviewed kylofon/testdrive-enhanced@fdb7972
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Recompiled supplies a PSXRecomp configuration and recomp-ui flow for generating a native build from the user's PlayStation disc.
Reviewed alexbeavs-ps1-ports/tony-hawk-s-pro-skater-recomp@77657d4
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khdays-vita compiles the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days decompilation into a native PS Vita program.
Reviewed ggdrn/KH-DAYS-VITA@913c38e
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guzzler-disasm documents a game through dissected, commented assembly and hardware, RAM and graphics definitions.
Reviewed vinheim3/guzzler-disasm@6118c32
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dw3-decomp-expanded reconstructs Digimon World 2003 PAL card-game overlay functions as C that compiles to the original MIPS bytes.
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Final Fantasy X decompiles the Japanese International release and supports a separate US alpha configuration.
Reviewed Rozelette/ffx@e3a4f2b
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sena-rs reimplements the SoftPAL engine in Rust for Koikake, with a PAL virtual machine, asset handling, script disassembly and decompiler components.
Reviewed xmoezzz/sena-rs@7f633db
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Proving Ground Recompiled builds a native PC port of Tony Hawk's Proving Ground from its Xbox 360 PowerPC executable.
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Ms. Pac-Man records an assembly disassembly of the 1990 Tengen NES release, with source files for game data, maze layouts, sounds, and routines.
Reviewed RussianManSMWC/Ms.-Pac-Man-NES-Tengen-Disassembly@159434c
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major-havoc-dasm publishes a disassembly of Major Havoc across assembly files for the game's alpha, gamma, and vector ROM components.
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The Castlevania III disassembly organizes the NES game's PRG code and data as assembly source, with scripts for data extraction and tilemap generation.
Reviewed vinheim3/castlevania3-disasm@3272648
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Motocross Madness 2 decomp reconstructs readable C++ for selected functions and classes in the retail x86 game.
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Rayman Origins Recompiled translates the Xbox 360 game's PowerPC executable to native C++ for desktop and Android.
Reviewed XDanfr/RaymanOriginsRecomp@c1bf7b9
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The Force Engine rebuilds the Jedi Engine to run Star Wars: Dark Forces on modern systems using the user's original game copy.
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IEStrikers reconstructs source for Inazuma Eleven Strikers and builds against a main.dol extracted from Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013.
Reviewed SwareJonge/IEStrikers@c73dae7
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Cosmo-Engine supplies a C engine for playing Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure using a copy of the original game.
Reviewed yuv422/cosmo-engine@6fff1a3
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Comix Zone XBLA analyzes the Xbox 360 release's XEX2 binary and reports translating its PowerPC code to C++ with XenonRecomp.
Reviewed sp00nznet/comixzone@c59735a
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ygofm-decomp reconstructs the North American PlayStation release of Yu-Gi-Oh!
Reviewed gonzaloberteri/ygofm-decomp@18bcb58
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Dishonored Recompilation rebuilds the retail 2013 Win32 game executable as a functional, nonmatching C++ implementation.
Reviewed ectrc/dishonoredrecompiled@1d1b188
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Verdite2 ports the North American PlayStation release of King's Field, SLUS-00158, to PC with RecompOne static recompilation.
Reviewed Voicedrew11/verdite2@15c54b2
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Twisted Metal: Black Re-Arc Project reconstructs source for the game's NTSC PlayStation 2 executable through matching decompilation.
Reviewed OpenTrac/tmb_Re-Arc@3341116
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BS Zelda no Densetsu disassembles two SNES broadcast ROM versions, Map 1 Week 2 and Week 3, with Week 2 as its base.
Reviewed Yoshifanatic1/BS-Zelda-no-Densetsu-Disassembly@bd438f0
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Tekken 6 Native Online builds a PC port from the user's Xbox 360 Tekken 6 disc by translating Default.xex to C++ with ReXGlue.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 reconstructs C++ source for the Nintendo Switch game's version 2.1.0 ARM64 executable.
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Jet Force Gemini Recomp provides a native Windows x64 recompilation of the Nintendo 64 game that loads game data from an imported North American ROM.
