Case study

Powerslave EX: rebuilding the PlayStation game on Kex Engine

Powerslave EX reconstructs the PlayStation Powerslave game on Kex Engine 3.0, combining recovered game logic with new collision and AI systems. Its research files document MIPS disassembly, extraction code and partial findings about the ZED format; the engine uses converted game data rather than the CD data directly.

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: 184
Last commit: 2017-01-02
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 project files are provided for Win32 builds.
Prerequisites: Levels, textures, audio and sprites are stripped from the repository. The research files contain partial extraction code and notes for preparing data from the original PlayStation CD.
License: GNU General Public License version 3.

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BibTeX

@misc{powerslave-ex-case,
  title = {{Powerslave EX: rebuilding the PlayStation game on Kex Engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/svkaiser/PowerslaveEX}},
  url = {https://github.com/svkaiser/PowerslaveEX},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/powerslave-ex-case/}}
}

Plain text

Powerslave EX: rebuilding the PlayStation game on Kex Engine. https://github.com/svkaiser/PowerslaveEX (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/powerslave-ex-case/

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README.md GitHub · svkaiser/PowerslaveEX · Revision 4887b1c
scratchcode/README.md GitHub · svkaiser/PowerslaveEX · Revision 4887b1c
LICENSE.txt GitHub · svkaiser/PowerslaveEX · Revision 4887b1c