Case study

The Simpsons Arcade Game: recompiling the PS3 arcade wrapper

The Simpsons Arcade Game PS3 project recompiles the PSN release's PowerPC EBOOT into a native PC program with ps3recomp. It lifts captured SPU jobs and documents how the EBOOT emulates the original arcade hardware while interpreting the 6809 game ROM. The author reports playable Stage 1 gameplay, saving and two-instance online co-op.

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: 16
Last commit: 2026-10-14
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally obtained PS3 copy of The Simpsons Arcade Game, including decrypted EBOOT and game data.
Prerequisites: Python 3.9 or later, CMake 3.20 or later, clang-cl, Ninja and a ps3recomp checkout.
Limits: Online play currently needs ps3recomp changes from pull requests 200 and 202; the author tested two instances on one machine.
License: MIT License.

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BibTeX

@misc{simpsons-arcade-ps3-case,
  title = {{The Simpsons Arcade Game: recompiling the PS3 arcade wrapper}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3}},
  url = {https://github.com/sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/simpsons-arcade-ps3-case/}}
}

Plain text

The Simpsons Arcade Game: recompiling the PS3 arcade wrapper. https://github.com/sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/simpsons-arcade-ps3-case/

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README.md GitHub · sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3 · Revision 5371f25
docs/emulator-architecture.md GitHub · sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3 · Revision 5371f25