# StarCraft: Ghost — an Xbox executable statically recompiled for Windows

> The StarCraft: Ghost Xbox recompilation translates the game's x86 executable into C with XboxRecomp and links it to a Windows runtime. Game-specific patches adjust generated code; the author reports tested mission loading, gameplay and transitions, with further coverage still pending.

- 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/aknavj/scghost-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/aknavj/scghost-recomp/blob/f67e6eb6440af617daea95fa340be8601720080f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/starcraft-ghost-xbox-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/starcraft-ghost-xbox-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/starcraft-ghost-xbox-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows x64, Visual Studio 2022, CMake 3.20+, Git Bash and Python 3.10+ with Capstone are required.
- **Prerequisites:** XboxRecomp's modded-software-aknavj-rebased branch and a legally obtained Ghost.xbe with extracted game data are required.
- **Limits:** Full mission coverage, additional save/load paths and audio fidelity still need validation.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/aknavj/scghost-recomp/blob/f67e6eb6440af617daea95fa340be8601720080f/README.md>

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