Case study

ReShadowTower: recompiling Shadow Tower for PC

ReShadowTower recompiles Shadow Tower for the PlayStation, USA SLUS-00863, for Linux and Windows x64. The first launch compiles the game from the player's BIN/CUE. OpenBIOS is included. Unsupported paths fall back to an interpreter. The README says not every gameplay path is verified as native code.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 36
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

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

OpenGL 3.3. A source build needs Git, Python 3.11 or newer, CMake 3.20 or newer, Ninja, and a C++20 compiler. Place the dump in disc/ as Shadow Tower (USA).bin and Shadow Tower (USA).cue, then run ./scripts/build.sh.
The README does not name a license for this repository. It says the PSXRecomp framework and the combined runtime stay under PolyForm Noncommercial, and OpenBIOS is MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{reshadowtower,
  title = {{ReShadowTower: recompiling Shadow Tower for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/JFryy/reshadowtower}},
  url = {https://github.com/JFryy/reshadowtower},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/reshadowtower/}}
}

Plain text

ReShadowTower: recompiling Shadow Tower for PC. https://github.com/JFryy/reshadowtower (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/reshadowtower/

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README.md GitHub · JFryy/reshadowtower · Revision 9012093