# 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.

- 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/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation/blob/2296303c1ff3db68b395ee36c1532fedd96f124a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/regta-chinatown-wars-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/regta-chinatown-wars-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/regta-chinatown-wars-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation/blob/2296303c1ff3db68b395ee36c1532fedd96f124a/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/benji-paname/regta-chinatown-wars-psp-recompilation/blob/2296303c1ff3db68b395ee36c1532fedd96f124a/docs/REVERSE_ENGINEERING.md>

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