# Tekken 5 Recomp: statically recompiling the PS2 game to Rust

> Tekken 5 Recomp statically translates the PlayStation 2 game's Emotion Engine programs, IOP modules, and VU microcode into native Rust. Its pipeline extracts a user's disc image, analyzes programs with Ghidra, generates instruction sheets and Rust code, and runs the result in a Bevy app with a project-specific PS2 runtime.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/MrPrinceYL/tekken5-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/MrPrinceYL/tekken5-recomp/blob/308230a5d4cabaee121ec3fd1bc9aa149529c554/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tekken-5-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tekken-5-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tekken-5-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained Tekken 5 USA disc image, SLUS-21059.
- **Prerequisites:** Python 3, Rust, Ghidra 12.1.4 with ghidra-emotionengine-reloaded 2.1.38, and ghidra-cli.
- **Limits:** Arcade History mode remains unfinished.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/MrPrinceYL/tekken5-recomp/blob/308230a5d4cabaee121ec3fd1bc9aa149529c554/README.md>

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