Case study

ReCompiled Steel: a Real Steel static recompilation with Vulkan rendering

ReCompiled Steel builds native Windows, Linux and Android versions of Xbox 360 Real Steel through ReXGlue static recompilation. Its game-specific Vulkan renderer consumes the Xbox command stream and shaders translated ahead of time; game code and shader caches are generated from the user's copy.

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

Stars: 26
Last commit: 2026-10-20
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A personal Xbox 360 Real Steel game package and its title update are required.
Prerequisites: A Vulkan-capable Windows, Linux or arm64 Android device is required.
Prerequisites: Building uses ReXGlue SDK 0.10.0 and platform toolchains.
License: GPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{recompiled-steel-case,
  title = {{ReCompiled Steel: a Real Steel static recompilation with Vulkan rendering}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tokeneffortports/ReCompiledSteel}},
  url = {https://github.com/tokeneffortports/ReCompiledSteel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/recompiled-steel-case/}}
}

Plain text

ReCompiled Steel: a Real Steel static recompilation with Vulkan rendering. https://github.com/tokeneffortports/ReCompiledSteel (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/recompiled-steel-case/

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README.md GitHub · tokeneffortports/ReCompiledSteel · Revision d16444f
docs/building.md GitHub · tokeneffortports/ReCompiledSteel · Revision d16444f