Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Recompilation

About

NocturneRecomp is a static recompilation of the Xbox Live Arcade version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for Windows and Linux, built on the ReXGlue SDK. It converts the Xbox 360 PowerPC default.xex into native x86_64 code at build time and wraps it in a small host runtime with logging, overlays and hooks so the game can be modded like a PC port.

Getting started

The README says you must own the game and that the project ships no copyrighted code, data or assets. Extract a prebuilt release and run the executable, which prompts you to extract the game; building from source needs your own legally dumped XBLA package placed in the game folder.

What you need to run it

Features

• The game can be modded like a PC port.

How to install

1. Get the latest stable build from the Releases page.
2. Alternatively, nightly builds are available from CI artifacts.
3. Extract the archive and run the executable; it will prompt you to extract the game.

Licensing & legal

• The host-side source, build scripts and CI config are stated to be under the MIT License.

Additional notes

Title update

The build script has an option to build with a Title Update.

FAQ

What is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Recompilation?

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Recompilation is an open-source recompilation of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The original game's compiled code translated into a native program for a new platform, usually a PC port. The original game ran on Xbox 360.

Do I need the original game files to run Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Recompilation?

Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy.

How is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Recompilation licensed?

project: MIT (host-side source in src/, build scripts, and CI config). The repository itself is the authoritative source.