# PC-ROA: statically recompiling Ragnarok Odyssey ACE for PC

> PC-ROA investigates the PS3 disc and executable of Ragnarok Odyssey ACE and statically recompiles the game's code to C++ for a PC runtime. Its repository includes disc readers, format documentation, extraction tools, and a separate reimplementation used for comparison. The author reports that the current build reaches the first quests and fights.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-ragnarokodysseyace>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-ragnarokodysseyace/blob/c187fdacdb9b2c430420e2ad9677cc7e8614e456/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-roa-ragnarok-odyssey-ace-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pc-roa-ragnarok-odyssey-ace-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pc-roa-ragnarok-odyssey-ace-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal copy of the Ragnarok Odyssey ACE disc; the project generates translated code locally from that input.
- **Prerequisites:** The ps3kit submodule is required for the recompilation runtime.
- **Limits:** The author reports play only through the first quests at the current stage.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-ragnarokodysseyace/blob/c187fdacdb9b2c430420e2ad9677cc7e8614e456/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-ragnarokodysseyace/blob/c187fdacdb9b2c430420e2ad9677cc7e8614e456/docs/RECON.md>
3. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/pc-ragnarokodysseyace/blob/c187fdacdb9b2c430420e2ad9677cc7e8614e456/LICENSE>

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