# Twisted Metal: lifting the PS3 game into a native Windows build

> Twisted Metal lifts the 2012 PS3 game's PowerPC EBOOT.BIN into C++ and links it with ps3recomp for a native Windows build. Its analysis notes cover imports, function boundaries, SPU images and boot behavior; the author reports reaching a match and drawing its HUD while the 3D world remains blocked.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · 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/sp00nznet/twistedmetal>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sp00nznet/twistedmetal/blob/23afb436f3a955cdab5fe342d36076b4be0ab2bf/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/twisted-metal-2012-static-recompilation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/twisted-metal-2012-static-recompilation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/twisted-metal-2012-static-recompilation-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal game disc and scetool-format key file are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.9 with pycryptodome, CMake 3.20 or newer, Ninja, clang-cl, 7-Zip and ps3recomp are required.
- **Limits:** The match HUD renders, but the 3D world and post effects do not yet draw.
- **License:** MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/twistedmetal/blob/23afb436f3a955cdab5fe342d36076b4be0ab2bf/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sp00nznet/twistedmetal/blob/23afb436f3a955cdab5fe342d36076b4be0ab2bf/docs/analysis.md>

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