# 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.

- 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/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus/blob/d312a834c9e27f6561ed73f009a470a11034840b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/shadow-of-the-colossus-ps3-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/shadow-of-the-colossus-ps3-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/shadow-of-the-colossus-ps3-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus/blob/d312a834c9e27f6561ed73f009a470a11034840b/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus/blob/d312a834c9e27f6561ed73f009a470a11034840b/PROGRESS.md>
3. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/shadowofthecolossus/blob/d312a834c9e27f6561ed73f009a470a11034840b/LICENSE>

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