# Vigilante8-xport: a PlayStation decompilation port

> Vigilante8-xport reconstructs routines from the PlayStation game Vigilante 8 in C for a native port. Its startup code loads the original SLUS_005.10 boot image and BIOS, mounts a disc image, and connects game routines to PlayStation runtime services.

- 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/psxports/Vigilante8-xport>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/psxports/Vigilante8-xport/blob/267be0c158fa26303bd6881e220f22e80fadbe9e/src/game_main.c>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/vigilante-8-xport-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/vigilante-8-xport-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/vigilante-8-xport-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide the original Vigilante 8 disc image, SLUS_005.10 boot image and PlayStation BIOS.
- **Prerequisites:** The Windows project uses the sibling xport runtime and Visual Studio v143 toolset.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/psxports/Vigilante8-xport/blob/267be0c158fa26303bd6881e220f22e80fadbe9e/src/game_main.c>
2. <https://github.com/psxports/Vigilante8-xport/blob/267be0c158fa26303bd6881e220f22e80fadbe9e/src/game_native_boot_image.c>
3. <https://github.com/psxports/Vigilante8-xport/blob/267be0c158fa26303bd6881e220f22e80fadbe9e/README.md>
4. <https://github.com/psxports/Vigilante8-xport/blob/267be0c158fa26303bd6881e220f22e80fadbe9e/src/platform/win/V8.vcxproj>

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