# 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.

- 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/simpsonsarcade-ps3>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3/blob/5371f2575b9dc9d2a7d2c3c615e4072bb85a9800/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/simpsons-arcade-ps3-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/simpsons-arcade-ps3-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/simpsons-arcade-ps3-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3/blob/5371f2575b9dc9d2a7d2c3c615e4072bb85a9800/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/simpsonsarcade-ps3/blob/5371f2575b9dc9d2a7d2c3c615e4072bb85a9800/docs/emulator-architecture.md>

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