Case study

rac-rs: a static recompilation of Ratchet & Clank for PC

rac-rs ports the 2002 PlayStation 2 Ratchet & Clank to PC by statically recompiling code from the user's disc into Rust. A Rust PS2 CPU core runs the translated game logic, while native code handles graphics, audio, input and saving; selected rewritten functions are compared with original game memory.

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: 262
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An owned PAL/Europe v1.00 (SCES-50916) or USA v1.00 (SCUS-97199) Ratchet & Clank disc image in ISO format.
Prerequisites: Windows 10/11 64-bit or Linux x86-64; first setup needs an internet connection and the documented free disk space.
Limits: Japan, Platinum and Greatest Hits discs are not supported; Linux support has limited testing.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{rac-rs-case,
  title = {{rac-rs: a static recompilation of Ratchet \& Clank for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AsobiCodes/rac-rs}},
  url = {https://github.com/AsobiCodes/rac-rs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rac-rs-case/}}
}

Plain text

rac-rs: a static recompilation of Ratchet & Clank for PC. https://github.com/AsobiCodes/rac-rs (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rac-rs-case/

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README.md GitHub · AsobiCodes/rac-rs · Revision 074c30f
Cargo.toml GitHub · AsobiCodes/rac-rs · Revision 074c30f