Case study

Soulcalibur II HD: statically recompiling the PS3 game for Mac and PC

This project runs the PlayStation 3 game Soulcalibur II HD Online natively on a Mac or PC. ps3recomp translates the PowerPC and Cell SPU code ahead of time. Graphics use Metal on macOS and Vulkan on Linux and Windows.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 53
Last commit: 2026-10-26
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

The player supplies the USA PSN release NPUB31366, including the package and its license. Update 01.01 is optional. Python 3.10 or newer is required. The README says it works on Apple Silicon Macs and on Windows Vulkan.
Repository code is GPL-2.0-or-later. The prebuilt program is distributed under GPL-3.0-or-later because it contains Apache-2.0 parts.

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BibTeX

@misc{soulcalibur2hd-recomp-case,
  title = {{Soulcalibur II HD: statically recompiling the PS3 game for Mac and PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/soulcalibur2hd-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Soulcalibur II HD: statically recompiling the PS3 game for Mac and PC. https://github.com/n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/soulcalibur2hd-recomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp · Revision 3e96e66