Killzone 2
2 recomps
Killzone 2 (YYOzcan)
YYOzcan/tokisaki-port
Tokisaki Port: a static recompilation of Killzone 2 for PC with ps3recomp, with Linux and Vulkan as the main platform. It isn’t playable yet: it boots, reads its data, runs its SPU jobs, and walks its menus, with all their text, up to the start of a campaign; the level loads and its loading screen is drawn, but the first in-level frames stall, and the intro movie hangs. 67,196 PPU functions, 23 SPU programs, and 36 job modules are already translated, into a native executable of about 118 MB. Its author states it’s developed with an AI coding agent (Claude).
You needYour own copy of Killzone 2 for PS3, with EBOOT.BIN decrypted as EBOOT.ELF; the system fonts come from RPCS3’s dev_flash folder. To build it, Linux with clang, CMake, Ninja, Python 3.10 or later, SDL2, Vulkan, glslang, and zlib.
Killzone 2 (undecuple)
undecuple/project-pyrrhus
Project Pyrrhus: an unofficial Windows port of the PS3 version, made by static recompilation with ps3recomp: the game’s PowerPC code is translated ahead of time to native x64 code; it is neither an emulator nor a rewrite. It uses the method and much of the general work of Project Helghast (the same author’s Killzone 3 port), adapted to Killzone 2. It is early and partly playable: the intro movie plays, the menus run with sound, and the first level loads and draws, at about 23 frames per second in one scripted run (the PS3 runs it at 30); the sky draws green, and keyboard and mouse have only been checked in scripted runs. It supports Direct3D 12 only; the README points to Tokisaki Port, by a different author, for a Vulkan version. The installer builds the game on your PC; version 0.1.6 (October 30) is the latest of 5 releases. Its author states it is developed with AI coding agents.
You needYour own Killzone 2 disc (US version, BCUS98116) dumped as a folder or a decrypted .iso, the 1.29 update from your copy (the dev_hdd0/game/BCUS98116 folder, on a PS3 or in RPCS3), and the decrypted EBOOT.elf made from that update’s EBOOT.BIN. The installer can find all three in your RPCS3 install. Plus 64-bit Windows and a Direct3D 12 graphics card.
Questions
Can you play Killzone 2 natively on PC?
Not yet. The catalog has 2 recomps in progress, and none is playable yet.
What do I need to play it?
Your own copy of Killzone 2 (PS3). Recompendium only links projects that don’t distribute the game, and each entry says which version or region you need.
Which one is the most popular?
Killzone 2 (YYOzcan), with 91 stars on GitHub.