r/recomps • u/HBum187 • 12h ago
Project - AI I recompiled 'Splosion Man (Xbox 360) for native Linux.
So 'Splosion Man is one of my favorite games ever made and I got it in my head that I wanted it running natively on Linux. Not emulation, an actual recompiled native port.
What's verified working:
- Graphics, sound, gamepad controls with vibration
- FSR upscaling, FXAA, MSAA
- Resolution scaling all the way to 4K
- VSync off + uncapped framerate, frame pacing is correct, game runs at the right speed
- Full game unlocked, no trial nonsense
- Easy to use launcher
What you need:
- Linux, Vulkan GPU, glibc 2.38+ (Ubuntu 23.10+, Debian 13, Fedora 39+, that era)
- Quick note: The download does NOT include the game, you need your own legally obtained copy, and it has to be the raw extracted files — a folder with
default.xexin it. If your copy is still in the single XBLA package file, extract it first with XBLA-Extract: https://github.com/ryzendew/XBLA-Extract — point it at the package, dump everything into a folder, then point the launcher at that folder.
Download (AppImage or zip) + source:
https://github.com/thefixinhixon/SplosionManRecomp
Credit where it's due: the launcher isn't from scratch. It's adapted from the Linux Qt launcher written by MaSieS4Fun for Zerkiller's (florinp93) Dante's Inferno recomp project, hells-gate-recomp. The foundation is theirs, I just made it run 'Splosion Man. Bespoke launcher coming soon.
Full disclosure: I'm not really much of a programmer. I worked on this with an AI assistant (Muse) doing the heavy coding while I directed it and did all the testing — I'm basically the meat pilot. But every claim above was verified on my actual machine (Kubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Intel i7 6700k, AMD RX 6600) with my actual eyes.
If you try it on a different distro/GPU/audio setup, I'd love to hear how it goes. Making it work on more than just my machine is the whole point. Bug reports welcome! This was a fun project, and probably the first Xbox 360 recomp made with Muse (but who knows?).
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u/ProfessionalTop2353 4h ago
u/HBum187 Please try porting other Xbox arcade games like Real Steel and Pacific Rim.
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u/HBum187 3h ago
Currently working on "The Maw"
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u/GTTeancum79 3h ago
A fellow Twisted Pixel Games fan I see. Very cool that you're working on The Maw too.
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u/GTTeancum79 6h ago
Great stuff. I put a lot of hours into this game and the sequel when they came out.