Case study

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: an Android static-recompilation port

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks for Android translates the original Xbox game's x86 code to C++ ahead of time with XboxXBE-Recomp, then builds an arm64 app. Its Android host uses Vulkan for drawing and SDL3 for windowing, input and audio, with touch and controller support.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 127
Last commit: 2026-11-01
Language: C++
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

Prerequisites: A personally acquired Xbox game disc image or extracted default.xbe and game data are required.
Prerequisites: Android 10 or newer on arm64, a Vulkan 1.1 GPU, 4 GB memory and 4 GB storage are specified.
Limits: The port is a work in progress; a full device playthrough is pending, and the bonus Mortal Kombat II and demo executables cannot be launched.
License: MIT License.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{shaolin-monks-android-case,
  title = {{Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: an Android static-recompilation port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/RanggaCasper/ShaolinMonks-Android}},
  url = {https://github.com/RanggaCasper/ShaolinMonks-Android},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shaolin-monks-android-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks: an Android static-recompilation port. https://github.com/RanggaCasper/ShaolinMonks-Android (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shaolin-monks-android-case/

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README.md GitHub · RanggaCasper/ShaolinMonks-Android · Revision 2e346bc