# 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.

- 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/n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp/blob/3e96e66aebdf33671e9f6a44fd0c77f0d7b95f07/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/soulcalibur2hd-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/soulcalibur2hd-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/soulcalibur2hd-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/n0madic/Soulcalibur2HD-recomp/blob/3e96e66aebdf33671e9f6a44fd0c77f0d7b95f07/README.md>

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