Case study

Thunderclap: decompiling the Xbox Hulk game for a native port

Thunderclap reconstructs the Xbox release of The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction in C++ for a planned native port. It byte-compares smaller functions with the original compiler and checks larger functions through differential execution against the original. The author reports source for all game functions and a Wine build that reaches the first mission.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the user's own copy of the Xbox game; the repository does not include its executables or assets.
Prerequisites: The reconstruction uses the original MSVC 7.1 compiler for byte matching and xemu for hybrid execution checks.
Limits: The author reports a playable 32-bit Wine build; native 64-bit builds remain a goal.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{thunderclap-case,
  title = {{Thunderclap: decompiling the Xbox Hulk game for a native port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/matthewfcarlson/thunderclap}},
  url = {https://github.com/matthewfcarlson/thunderclap},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/thunderclap-case/}}
}

Plain text

Thunderclap: decompiling the Xbox Hulk game for a native port. https://github.com/matthewfcarlson/thunderclap (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/thunderclap-case/

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README.md GitHub · matthewfcarlson/thunderclap · Revision a42c96d
CLAUDE.md GitHub · matthewfcarlson/thunderclap · Revision a42c96d