# 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.

- 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/AsobiCodes/rac-rs>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AsobiCodes/rac-rs/blob/074c30f5702c2e3189b577288d346d2f1cf01b43/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rac-rs-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rac-rs-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rac-rs-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AsobiCodes/rac-rs/blob/074c30f5702c2e3189b577288d346d2f1cf01b43/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/AsobiCodes/rac-rs/blob/074c30f5702c2e3189b577288d346d2f1cf01b43/Cargo.toml>

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