Case study

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - XBE Recomp: a native PC port of the Xbox game

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - XBE Recomp ports the original Xbox game to Windows by statically recompiling its XBE with Xbox XBE Recomp and building the game code from the user's copy on first launch. The port adds widescreen display, graphics settings, and PC controls, alongside an emulated Xbox audio DSP.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 12
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Provide files from a legally acquired US (NTSC) Xbox copy; the supported default.xbe has SHA-1 64a4e6978026185a537e1860b755652b976f6559.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 64-bit and a Direct3D 12-capable GPU are the minimum system requirements.
Prerequisites: Building from source requires Visual Studio 2022 with Desktop development with C++, C++ Clang tools for Windows, and C++ CMake tools for Windows.
Limits: The mouse swing has a short delay when dragging begins.
License: The port is licensed under GPL-3.0; the bundled SDK has its own MIT licence.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{tiger-woods-pga-tour-2004-xbe-recomp-case,
  title = {{Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - XBE Recomp: a native PC port of the Xbox game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/projectedan/TigerWoods2004-XBE-Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/projectedan/TigerWoods2004-XBE-Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tiger-woods-pga-tour-2004-xbe-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - XBE Recomp: a native PC port of the Xbox game. https://github.com/projectedan/TigerWoods2004-XBE-Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tiger-woods-pga-tour-2004-xbe-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · projectedan/TigerWoods2004-XBE-Recomp · Revision 8426693
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · projectedan/TigerWoods2004-XBE-Recomp · Revision 8426693
sdk/README.md GitHub · projectedan/TigerWoods2004-XBE-Recomp · Revision 8426693