gta-vcs-recomp
A native Windows and Linux port of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PS2, USA, SLUS-21590), made by recompiling the game's PS2 executable into C++
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GITHUB · launched Oct 30, 2026 · 440 upvotes (top 2%)
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- Hobby / open-source project
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No Static recompilation of a PS2 executable into native C++ requires deep reverse engineering of the MIPS-based Emotion Engine and emulation of PS2 hardware, and it depends on copyrighted game data.
What it would actually take: This would take experienced reverse engineers building a static recompiler for the PS2's MIPS R5900 and VU microcode, plus a hardware-accurate reimplementation of the GS graphics and IOP subsystems. It also requires a lot of manual analysis of the game's code and data. Years of expert work are typical, and the project needs the original game files to run.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #12 of 639 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 333 days after the earliest competitor.
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