# 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.

- 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/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus/blob/1130644256846b38117bec6588ea0c883a0f4d10/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-8-plus-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-8-plus-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/project-8-plus-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus/blob/1130644256846b38117bec6588ea0c883a0f4d10/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/MaxLeiter/project-8-plus/blob/1130644256846b38117bec6588ea0c883a0f4d10/builder/README.md>

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