Case study

Rayman Origins Recompiled: translating the Xbox 360 game for desktop and Android

Rayman Origins Recompiled translates the Xbox 360 game's PowerPC executable to native C++ for desktop and Android. A game-specific detector recovers jump tables missed by XenonAnalyse, while host code supplies Xbox 360 services and a Vulkan renderer draws frames with translated shaders. The author reports gameplay with audio and controls on Apple Silicon macOS and Android.

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: 15
Last commit: 2026-09-27
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally obtained retail Xbox 360 Rayman Origins dump matching the documented executable hash.
Prerequisites: For the macOS build: CMake 3.25 or later, Ninja, Python 3, LLVM 23, MoltenVK and ReXGlue SDK.
License: GPL-3.0 License.

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BibTeX

@misc{rayman-origins-recompiled-case,
  title = {{Rayman Origins Recompiled: translating the Xbox 360 game for desktop and Android}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/XDanfr/RaymanOriginsRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/XDanfr/RaymanOriginsRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rayman-origins-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

Rayman Origins Recompiled: translating the Xbox 360 game for desktop and Android. https://github.com/XDanfr/RaymanOriginsRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rayman-origins-recompiled-case/

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README.md GitHub · XDanfr/RaymanOriginsRecomp · Revision c1bf7b9
docs/PROGRESS.md GitHub · XDanfr/RaymanOriginsRecomp · Revision c1bf7b9