Case study

ReGTA Chinatown Wars PSP Recompilation: a native Windows port

ReGTA Chinatown Wars PSP Recompilation targets the Europe v1.01 PSP release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for a Windows x64 port. Its C++20 mainline compiles original MIPS control flow ahead of time and supplies PSP services, graphics and audio; the repository also documents analysis of the original executable.

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: 7
Last commit: 2026-11-03
Language: Rust
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: Targets the PSP Europe ULES-01347 v1.01 release and requires the user's own supported PSP copy and privately generated data.
Prerequisites: Requires a prepared local Clang/MSVC environment and private generated sources for the current build recipe.
Limits: A fresh public clone has no packaged ISO-to-build setup or public playtest download.
Testing evidence: The author reports completing five story missions and a taxi activity in a private playtest; wider campaign validation and performance work remain.
License: Project contributions are GPL-3.0-only; inherited components retain their own terms.

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BibTeX

@misc{regta-chinatown-wars-case,
  title = {{ReGTA Chinatown Wars PSP Recompilation: a native Windows port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation}},
  url = {https://github.com/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/regta-chinatown-wars-case/}}
}

Plain text

ReGTA Chinatown Wars PSP Recompilation: a native Windows port. https://github.com/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/regta-chinatown-wars-case/

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README.md GitHub · benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation · Revision 2296303
docs/REVERSE_ENGINEERING.md GitHub · benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation · Revision 2296303