Case study

Red Dead Revolver - XBE Recomp: an original Xbox static recompilation port

Red Dead Revolver - XBE Recomp ports the original Xbox game to Windows through static recompilation with Xbox XBE Recomp. It uses game files supplied by the user and adds display and graphics settings, texture dumping and replacement, and keyboard, mouse and controller input.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 112
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C++

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: Provide files from a legally acquired copy of Red Dead Revolver; building requires extracted files including default.xbe, the .dat files and the listed game folders.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 64-bit or later, a CPU with SSE4.2 and POPCNT, a Direct3D 12 GPU, 4 GB of memory and 4 GB of storage.
Prerequisites: Building requires Visual Studio 2022 with Desktop development with C++, Clang tools for Windows and CMake tools for Windows.
Limits: ISO files work for playing, but building requires extracted game files.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{red-dead-revolver-xbe-recomp-case,
  title = {{Red Dead Revolver - XBE Recomp: an original Xbox static recompilation port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TGP482/RDR-XBERecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/TGP482/RDR-XBERecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/red-dead-revolver-xbe-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Red Dead Revolver - XBE Recomp: an original Xbox static recompilation port. https://github.com/TGP482/RDR-XBERecomp (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/red-dead-revolver-xbe-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · TGP482/RDR-XBERecomp · Revision 25ab102
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · TGP482/RDR-XBERecomp · Revision 25ab102