YesterMester/TheSimpsonsGameRecomp

A work in progress recomp of the The Simpsons Game 2007 from the Xbox 360 using the RexXGlue recomping tool to get the game running

Games & graphicsC++

3.2 Early signal Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 1, 2026, 12:56 UTC.

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About the project

A native PC port of The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360, 2007) for Linux, Steam Deck and Windows, made by statically recompiling the game's PowerPC code to C++ for x86-64 on the ReXGlue runtime derived from Xenia. Requires your own Xbox 360 copy of the game.

Useful for

Install the game from your own ISO via the launcher and play it on Steam Deck in Game Mode
Enable 60 FPS, FXAA and 2x render scale for cleaner cel-shading outlines
Build the project from source with CMake and Clang 20 if the release binary is blocked by antivirus

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Why it’s trending

24 stars so far today, about 39 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 1 per day, so that's 30× as much.
Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 1 per day.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
GitHub Trending C++ today: #12, +34 stars.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 245
Today: 24 · ≈ 39 by evening
Forks: 13
Issues and pull requests: 36
Watchers: 13
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
Latest release: v0.0.6.1 · October 1, 2026
Created: July 4, 2026
Last push: October 1, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

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October 1, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #12, +34 stars

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