Case study

Shadow of the Colossus: a PS3 static recompilation reaching the flip loop

Shadow of the Colossus uses ps3recomp to lift the PS3 HD remaster's EBOOT and eight SPU images into a native Windows build. The author reports that the build reaches cellGcmInit and the display flip loop, then stalls before opening nico.psarc because SPURS 2.0 support is missing.

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: 21
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: CMake
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned PSN package for Shadow of the Colossus NPUA-80677.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11, Python 3.9+, CMake 3.20+, Ninja, clang-cl, RPCS3 for decryption, and a built ps3recomp runtime.
Limits: Pre-alpha; graphics, SPURS dispatch, input, and audio remain incomplete.
License: MIT for this repository's tooling, scripts, and notes.

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BibTeX

@misc{shadow-of-the-colossus-ps3-recomp-case,
  title = {{Shadow of the Colossus: a PS3 static recompilation reaching the flip loop}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shadow-of-the-colossus-ps3-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Shadow of the Colossus: a PS3 static recompilation reaching the flip loop. https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shadow-of-the-colossus-ps3-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus · Revision d312a83
PROGRESS.md GitHub · sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus · Revision d312a83
LICENSE GitHub · sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus · Revision d312a83