Case study
Rush 2 Recompiled: native PC build of Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
Rush 2 Recompiled is a native PC build of Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA. The player supplies a USA ROM. Optional USA ROMs add San Francisco Rush 2049, San Francisco Rush, and California Speed. Windows and Linux builds are on the Releases page.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 78
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Language
- C++
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- The required ROM is Rush 2 - Extreme Racing USA (USA), 12 MB, SHA-1 01b0a31b1accc18061e8c85f6c5edf0dbd79f097. .z64, .n64, and .v64 files of that ROM are accepted. Other regions are rejected.
- On Windows, run Rush2Recompiled.exe. On Linux, run the AppImage.
- The README names no license or reconstruction method.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{rush2-recompiled-case,
title = {{Rush 2 Recompiled: native PC build of Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/bryantmh/rush2recompiled}},
url = {https://github.com/bryantmh/rush2recompiled},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rush2-recompiled-case/}}
}Plain text
Rush 2 Recompiled: native PC build of Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA. https://github.com/bryantmh/rush2recompiled (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rush2-recompiled-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · bryantmh/rush2recompiled · Revision 3a205c8
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