Case study

Yakuza: Dead Souls Recompiled — statically recompiling the PS3 game for Windows

Yakuza: Dead Souls Recompiled translates the PlayStation 3 game's PowerPC PPU code and Cell SPU programs into a native Windows executable. It boots without PS3 firmware, plays the intro movies, reaches the title screen, and enters gameplay. Indoor scenes such as the gun tutorial were reported at the game's 30 frame cap. The crowded outdoor opening was reported at about 20 frames per second.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 45
Last commit: 2026-10-16
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Windows 10 or 11, x64, and a Direct3D 12 GPU. Build with Visual Studio 2022 or newer, CMake 3.21 or newer, Ninja, and Python 3.10 or newer. The tested disc is the North American BLUS30826 version 1.00.
License: MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{yakuza-dead-souls-recomp,
  title = {{Yakuza: Dead Souls Recompiled — statically recompiling the PS3 game for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled}},
  url = {https://github.com/canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/yakuza-dead-souls-recomp/}}
}

Plain text

Yakuza: Dead Souls Recompiled — statically recompiling the PS3 game for Windows. https://github.com/canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/yakuza-dead-souls-recomp/

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README.md GitHub · canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled · Revision 9513573