# TsumuLightRecomp: static recompilation of Tsumu Light

> TsumuLightRecomp configures PSXRecomp to translate the Japanese PlayStation game's MIPS code into native C and compile a PC executable. It supplies title-specific function seeds, build settings and a runtime English text layer; the author reports puzzle-stage play and memory-card save/load.

- 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/mstan/TsumuLightRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mstan/TsumuLightRecomp/blob/641918e65ef3275ba40eb090c5e2da52e81681d4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tsumu-light-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tsumu-light-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tsumu-light-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained Tsumu Light Japan SLPS-02253 disc image and PlayStation BIOS.
- **Prerequisites:** PSXRecomp, CMake 3.20+ and a C/C++ toolchain for source builds.
- **Limits:** The project labels its ports as in-development previews.
- **License:** PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mstan/TsumuLightRecomp/blob/641918e65ef3275ba40eb090c5e2da52e81681d4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/mstan/TsumuLightRecomp/blob/641918e65ef3275ba40eb090c5e2da52e81681d4/DISC.md>

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