Case study

Project Vekta: a static recompilation of Killzone HD

Project Vekta builds a native Linux or Windows port of the PS3 game Killzone HD by translating its PPU and SPU code to C++ with a patched ps3recomp. Its runtime replaces PS3 services and replays graphics commands through Vulkan; players generate the game code locally from their own files.

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

Stars: 11
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
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

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the player's Killzone HD package, decrypted EBOOT and data archive, and decrypted libsre from their own PS3 firmware.
Prerequisites: Building on Linux x64 requires clang, CMake, Ninja, Python 3, SDL2, zlib, glslang and Vulkan headers; Windows builds additionally require a MinGW-w64 sysroot.
Prerequisites: Requires an AVX2 CPU and Vulkan GPU.
Testing evidence: The author reports one campaign level completed by hand; levels 2 through 11 have not each been played to completion.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{project-vekta-case,
  title = {{Project Vekta: a static recompilation of Killzone HD}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/gustavomorinaga/project-vekta}},
  url = {https://github.com/gustavomorinaga/project-vekta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-vekta-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project Vekta: a static recompilation of Killzone HD. https://github.com/gustavomorinaga/project-vekta (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-vekta-case/

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README.md GitHub · gustavomorinaga/project-vekta · Revision 03d5501