# Skate 3: an early XenonRecomp boot experiment

> This Skate 3 experiment uses XenonRecomp to analyze an Xbox 360 default.xex and generate PowerPC-derived C++ for a Windows build. Its launcher imports and validates a user-supplied ISO or extracted dump, while the runtime stages XEX loading and a guarded generated-code entry bridge.

- 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/HelmXGaming/Skate-3-Recompiled--Work-in-Progress->
- Primary source: <https://github.com/HelmXGaming/Skate-3-Recompiled--Work-in-Progress-/blob/8ee61b4865a52d1273ae5b39be9c2d41cbfd1f20/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skate-3-xenonrecomp-experiment-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skate-3-xenonrecomp-experiment-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/skate-3-xenonrecomp-experiment-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own Skate 3 ISO or extracted default.xex.
- **Prerequisites:** Visual Studio 2022 with Desktop development with C++.
- **Limits:** Native game boot is not wired yet.
- **License:** The repository's LICENSE file states MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/HelmXGaming/Skate-3-Recompiled--Work-in-Progress-/blob/8ee61b4865a52d1273ae5b39be9c2d41cbfd1f20/README.md>

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