# The Sims 2: statically recompiling the original Xbox game

> This recompiles the original Xbox release of The Sims 2, USA, with Xbox XBE Recomp. The supported default.xbe is 3,399,680 bytes, SHA-1 16f9e41ce26c315a758f25d43ba1fa9d3809d1ad. The README says Windows reaches live gameplay on a lot, and the native Linux build reaches the title screen and a 3D neighbourhood. Windows uses Direct3D 12. Linux uses Vulkan.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/abilliontokens/sims2-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/abilliontokens/sims2-recomp/blob/8ce155df78ba5f5a2078acfeb2a5bbc8c2fc3689/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sims2-xbox-recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sims2-xbox-recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sims2-xbox-recomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, with a Direct3D 12 GPU, or Linux x64 with Vulkan and glibc 2.43 or newer. Put the disc image or extracted default.xbe in assets/ beside the binary.
- The README names no license. It says the vendored SDK is MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/abilliontokens/sims2-recomp/blob/8ce155df78ba5f5a2078acfeb2a5bbc8c2fc3689/README.md>

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