Case study

Twisted Metal: Black — a static recompilation for PC

This statically recompiles Twisted Metal: Black for the PlayStation 2, USA SCUS-97101, to Linux and Windows with BozoEngine. The executable SCUS_971.01 has SHA-1 3ff17f4897552e355d0bb8c3abfa5125fe3ff2ef. Release v0.4.0 plays one-player, story, and four-player split-screen matches at the NTSC rate of 60 updates per second. The Windows launcher is TMB Launcher.exe, from TMB_Recomp-<version>-bozo.zip.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 37
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++

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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: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Windows 10 version 1903 or newer, or Windows 11, a CPU with AVX2 and FMA, and OpenGL 3.3. The launcher accepts a USA ISO or BIN/CUE and refuses the European disc.
License: MIT for this port. BozoEngine is MIT. The earlier port was built on PS2Recomp, which the README names as GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{tmb-recomp,
  title = {{Twisted Metal: Black — a static recompilation for PC}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TheBozos/TMB_Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/TheBozos/TMB_Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tmb-recomp/}}
}

Plain text

Twisted Metal: Black — a static recompilation for PC. https://github.com/TheBozos/TMB_Recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tmb-recomp/

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README.md GitHub · TheBozos/TMB_Recomp · Revision c0d2fc7