# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled/blob/95135736b2e20ecf19e67457bbabc2926c3b355f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/yakuza-dead-souls-recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/yakuza-dead-souls-recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/yakuza-dead-souls-recomp/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/canersaka/Yakuza-Dead-Souls-Recompiled/blob/95135736b2e20ecf19e67457bbabc2926c3b355f/README.md>

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