Case study

Project 8 Plus: a native recompilation of Tony Hawk's Project 8

Project 8 Plus builds a native PC port of the PS3 Tony Hawk's Project 8 from a user's game copy. Its launcher uses RPCS3 for setup decryption and ps3recomp for static recompilation, then adds display options, texture upscaling, and Lua mod support.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 24
Last commit: 2026-10-27
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Own PS3 US disc dump BLUS30011 version 01.02 and RPCS3 for setup.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with a DirectX 12 graphics card, about 4 GB free space, and an internet connection during setup.
Limits: Linux support is experimental.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{project-8-plus-case,
  title = {{Project 8 Plus: a native recompilation of Tony Hawk's Project 8}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus}},
  url = {https://github.com/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-8-plus-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project 8 Plus: a native recompilation of Tony Hawk's Project 8. https://github.com/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-8-plus-case/

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README.md GitHub · MaxLeiter/project-8-plus · Revision 1130644
builder/README.md GitHub · MaxLeiter/project-8-plus · Revision 1130644