# Skate 3 Port: an Android ARM64 static recompilation port

> Skate 3 Port adapts an Xbox 360 Skate 3 static recompilation to Android ARM64, linking the translated PowerPC game code against a Vulkan runtime. Its Android launcher validates and extracts a player's ISO, while the fork adds touch controls, graphics settings and runtime changes. The project is experimental, with visual bugs, missing effects and device-specific performance issues listed as expected limitations.

- 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/darchap/Skate3-Port>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/darchap/Skate3-Port/blob/c71741831151102ecc1bfd49049012a7bec15292/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skate-3-port-android-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skate-3-port-android-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/skate-3-port-android-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal Skate 3 Xbox 360 ISO is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The device needs Android 13+, ARM64, Vulkan and an ARMv8.2 CPU with FP16 and dot-product support.
- **Limits:** Visual bugs, missing effects and device-specific performance issues are expected.
- **License:** BSD 3-Clause applies to this project's original code; inherited and vendored code retains its own terms.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/darchap/Skate3-Port/blob/c71741831151102ecc1bfd49049012a7bec15292/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/darchap/Skate3-Port/blob/c71741831151102ecc1bfd49049012a7bec15292/docs/vendored-patches.md>

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