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"iso", "legally obtained", "original game" ], "smoke_outcome": "no_executable_found", "bucket": "no_native_program", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": null, "candidates": 0, "exit_code": null, "timed_out": null, "seconds_alive": null, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": false, "mentioned_files": [], "stderr_tail": [], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:55+00:00" }, { "id": "p043", "repo": "https://github.com/abhinavt0681/hitman-contracts_clone", "title": "Hitman: Contracts (PC, 2004) reverse engineered with AI", "platform": "Windows (x86)", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cargo", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 785, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "dump", "game data", "retail" ], "smoke_outcome": "missing_runtime_library", "bucket": "missing_runtime_library", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": "/target/release/hitman_clone", "candidates": 2, "exit_code": 101, "timed_out": false, "seconds_alive": 20, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": true, "mentioned_files": [ "libxkbcommon-x11.so" ], "stderr_tail": [ "\u001b[2m2026-10-29T10:23:16.807753Z\u001b[0m \u001b[32m INFO\u001b[0m \u001b[2mxkbcommon_dl\u001b[0m\u001b[2m:\u001b[0m Failed loading `libxkbcommon-x11.so.0`. 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Error: CantOpen(DlOpen { desc: \"libxkbcommon-x11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory\" })", "", "thread 'main' (13672) panicked at /home/runner/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/xkbcommon-dl-0.4.2/src/x11.rs:59:28:", "Library libxkbcommon-x11.so could not be loaded.", "note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace" ], "run_id": "40855295076", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:36+00:00" }, { "id": "p046", "repo": "https://github.com/mrOt4/babel-recomp", "title": "Illusion of Gaia (SNES, USA) port with Claude Opus 5.5", "platform": "SNES to Linux / Windows / Android / consoles", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cmake", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 117, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "game data", "legally obtained", "rom" ], "smoke_outcome": "window_opened_kept_running", "bucket": "window_opened_kept_running", "runs_without_player_files": true, "executable": "/babel-recomp", "candidates": 1, "exit_code": null, "timed_out": true, "seconds_alive": 45, "windows": [ "\"Illusion Of Gaia Usa \u2014 Launcher\": (\"babel-recomp\" \"babel-recomp\") 1100x688+90+16 +90+16" ], "asked_for_files": true, "mentioned_files": [ "config.ini", "keybinds.ini" ], "stderr_tail": [ "[host +0.002s] launcher: opening GUI", "[launcher] SDL runtime 3.4.10 (SDL-release-3.4.10-0-g8e37db5e7)", "[Keybinds] Wrote keybinds.ini", "[rui] color emoji backend: freetype+harfbuzz; flags: bundled sheet", "XIO: fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server \":99\"", " after 5407 requests (5407 known processed) with 0 events remaining." ], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T09:50:24+00:00" }, { "id": "p051", "repo": "https://github.com/Yokimitsuro/khdays-port", "title": "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days matching decompilation", "platform": "Windows x64", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cmake", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 36, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "dump", "game data", "iso", "legally obtained", "original game", "rom" ], "smoke_outcome": "no_executable_found", "bucket": "tests_or_libraries_only", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": null, "candidates": 0, "exit_code": null, "timed_out": null, "seconds_alive": null, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": false, "mentioned_files": [], "stderr_tail": [], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:36+00:00" }, { "id": "p052", "repo": "https://github.com/sonofskywalker3/khdays-358-android", "title": "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days: reverse engineered with AI", "platform": "Android", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cmake", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 37, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "dump", "game data", "iso", "legally obtained", "original game", "rom" ], "smoke_outcome": "no_executable_found", "bucket": "tests_or_libraries_only", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": null, "candidates": 0, "exit_code": null, "timed_out": null, "seconds_alive": null, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": false, "mentioned_files": [], "stderr_tail": [], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:39+00:00" }, { "id": "p053", "repo": "https://github.com/Cor3Duo/kirikae", "title": "Kirikae recompiled \u00b7 Reversed with AI", "platform": "Windows x64, Linux x64", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cargo", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 314, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "dump", "game files" ], "smoke_outcome": "exited_clean", "bucket": "exited_clean", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": "/target/release/kirikae", "candidates": 2, "exit_code": 0, "timed_out": false, "seconds_alive": 21, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": false, "mentioned_files": [], "stderr_tail": [], "run_id": "40855295076", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:50+00:00" }, { "id": "p057", "repo": "https://github.com/AndrewAltimit/legend-of-legaia-re", "title": "Legend of Legaia: Legend of Legaia Reverse Engineering", "platform": "PlayStation", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cargo", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 535, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "dump", "game data", "iso", "original game", "retail", "rom" ], "smoke_outcome": "exited_asking_for_files", "bucket": "exited_asking_for_files", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": "/target/release/asset-viewer", "candidates": 10, "exit_code": 1, "timed_out": false, "seconds_alive": 24, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": true, "mentioned_files": [ "disc.bin", "extracted/PROT.DAT" ], "stderr_tail": [ "", " - To browse your disc with buttons, start legaia-studio instead.", " - To use this viewer, unpack the disc first:", " legaia-extract \"\" --out extracted", " then start asset-viewer from the folder holding \"extracted\" (it opens", " extracted/PROT.DAT), or run `asset-viewer --help` for every view." ], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T09:57:18+00:00" }, { "id": "p060", "repo": "https://github.com/AlmazProud/metal-slug-3-recomp", "title": "Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo MVS, 2000) recompiled", "platform": "Neo Geo to Windows", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cmake", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 10, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "dump", "game data", "game files", "rom" ], "smoke_outcome": "printed_usage", "bucket": "printed_usage", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": "/src/dump_cycles", "candidates": 3, "exit_code": 2, "timed_out": false, "seconds_alive": 20, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": true, "mentioned_files": [ "output.bin" ], "stderr_tail": [ "usage: dump_cycles " ], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:42+00:00" }, { "id": "p066", "repo": "https://github.com/ptitty12/mvp2005-decomp", "title": "MVP Baseball 2005 (GameCube, USA rev 0) decompilation", "platform": "GameCube to web browser", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cmake", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 63, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "dump", "game data", "game files", "iso", "retail", "rom" ], "smoke_outcome": "printed_usage", "bucket": "printed_usage", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": "/mods/mvp-pack", "candidates": 8, "exit_code": 2, "timed_out": false, "seconds_alive": 22, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": true, "mentioned_files": [], "stderr_tail": [ "usage: mvp-pack validate [--disc DISC] [--json] PACK... | apply --disc DISC --out DIR [--json] PACK... | hash PACK... | mount-check --disc IMAGE PACK... 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"Precursor: reverse engineered with Claude", "platform": "Android (arm64-v8a)", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "cmake", "build_result": "timeout", "build_seconds": 1180, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "iso" ], "smoke_outcome": "not_built", "bucket": "not_built", "runs_without_player_files": false, "executable": null, "candidates": 0, "exit_code": null, "timed_out": null, "seconds_alive": null, "windows": [], "asked_for_files": false, "mentioned_files": [], "stderr_tail": [], "run_id": "40852003963", "checked_at": "2026-10-29T10:07:19+00:00" }, { "id": "p092", "repo": "https://github.com/TheRealestNwah/sotc-decomp", "title": "Shadow of the Colossus (PS2, NTSC-U) matching decompilation", "platform": "PlayStation 2", "outcome_reported": "Partial", "build_system": "python", "build_result": "built", "build_seconds": 8, "readme_needs_assets": true, "asset_signals": [ "copy of the game", "dump", "iso", "original game" ], "smoke_outcome": 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