# Shadow the Hedgehog: a PS2 static recompilation checkpoint

> Shadow the Hedgehog Recomp translates the PS2 game's MIPS and VU code into native C++ with PS2Recomp and links it to ps2xRuntime. The author reports static compilation, linking and bootloader initialization; video bypass, menus, input and 3D gameplay remain unfinished.

- 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/nicolasserpa/shadow-the-hedgehog-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nicolasserpa/shadow-the-hedgehog-recomp/blob/0642b8146c8519d0b9081ad38eaeff78ad228512/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/shadow-the-hedgehog-ps2-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/shadow-the-hedgehog-ps2-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/shadow-the-hedgehog-ps2-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A local PS2 game dump and PS2Recomp checkout.
- **Prerequisites:** CMake 3.21+, Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools or clang-cl with C++20 support.
- **Limits:** Menus and in-game 3D remain unfinished.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nicolasserpa/shadow-the-hedgehog-recomp/blob/0642b8146c8519d0b9081ad38eaeff78ad228512/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/nicolasserpa/shadow-the-hedgehog-recomp/blob/0642b8146c8519d0b9081ad38eaeff78ad228512/BUILDING.md>

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