OpenSA2

Sonic Adventure 2, recompiled for native platforms.

OpenSA2 is an experimental native port of the 2012 PC release of Sonic Adventure 2. It translates the game's x86 machine code into native code at build time, then supplies a new runtime for graphics, audio, input, and operating-system services.

The aim is to preserve the game's original logic while making that logic run on new platforms. Linux and Windows builds have reached live gameplay. Android builds have run on real devices with touch input, and external-controller support is implemented. Work continues on game coverage and platform behavior.

Download and play · Architecture · Current status · Contribute

Download the experimental builds

Windows ZIP, Android APK, and Linux DEB packages are available from GitHub Releases. You need your own supported copy of the 2012 PC game. The packages include recompiled logic and the port's runtime; you supply the original executable and assets through the installer.

This is an experimental prerelease with incomplete stage coverage. On Android, the app's Report on GitHub button copies a crash report for a bug report. Read the setup instructions and current limitations before playing.

Tweaks

OpenSA2 has 68 optional tweaks: fixes, assists, and changes to how the game looks, sounds, and plays, many based on popular community mods and Mod Loader codes. Every tweak is off until you turn it on, and replays never use them. On Android, turn them on in the Tweaks screen, opened from Game settings. The setup screen's Chao World button starts one game with Skip intro and Start in Chao World on, without changing your settings. On Windows and Linux, list them in the release's share/game.env, for example SA2_TWEAKS=skip-intro,no-loading-tips.

• Gameplay and assists: Infinite lives, Show all stages in Stage Select*, Pick the character in Stage Select, All upgrades, Practice a stage, Faster spin dash*, Somersaults keep speed, Level glide, Metal Sonic physics, Livelier walkers, No Omochao hints, Start with assists, Never fall off rails, Forgiving restarts, Radar tracks all pieces, Lose at most 20 rings, Hard Mode layouts, Two-player stage layouts, Rank Mission 4 by time, Rival upgrades, Gold Beetles stay, Keep powerups on the victory screen*, No extra life at 100 rings, No Restart or Exit question, Hide the emerald radar, No special attacks in 2P, Slow mode.
• Story and presentation: Skip intro, Skip any cutscene, Remove cutscene black bars, Story recap before every stage, Faster stage loading, Faster loading, Skip loading tips, Wider field of view, Double draw distance, Sharper textures, Reduce camera shake, Hide the HUD, Frame-time overlay, Hide upgrade models, No White Jungle rain, Vsync, Black bars on every cutscene.
• Controls: Analog stick fix, Light dash on Y and spin dash on X, Round stick deadzone, Invert camera, Tap to hold B.
• Audio: Turn off music*, Mute character voices*, Volume levels (the Music, Voices, and Sound effects sliders in the Sound page), No power-up music, Mono audio, Swap left/right audio.
• Chao: Start in Chao World, Chao stats x5, Chao Key always held, Rings over time in Chao World, Chaos Drives become animals.
• Fixes: Fix grey model tint, Shadow light dash trail, Fix Metal Sonic bounce crash, Fix the Chao Walker cannon crash, Mod Loader default fixes.
• Desktop and window: Pause when unfocused, plus two for Windows and Linux only: a speedrun timer feed for LiveSplit and a vanilla profile that turns every other tweak off.

Tweaks marked * patch the game's code and are available on Linux and Android only for now. The Tweaks section of the setup guide describes each one, gives the name to use in game.env, and says which ones change your save.

Screenshots

City Escape running in development builds. The Windows capture runs under Wine; the Android capture runs in an emulator with touch controls.

Windows	Android

Build and contribute

This source repository includes no game executable, assets, or translated game code. The source cannot build a playable game on its own. A complete build needs your own game files and generated inputs that this checkout does not include. The public bootstrap is still in development. Start with the developer guide to run checks with synthetic files and find the build entry points.

What runs today

Platform	Current state
Linux, x86-64	Tested native gameplay and sound. Keyboard and controller input are implemented.
Windows, x86-64	Tested development builds on native Windows, including installation and live gameplay.
Android, arm64	Experimental builds tested on a Galaxy S25 Edge and a Pixel 9 Pro. Touch and external controllers are implemented.
Linux, arm64	Cross-build and replay work under QEMU. General native-device support is unverified.
macOS	Future work. No supported build or compatibility promise.

These are development results, not a claim of full-game parity. Broad stage, boss, and event coverage remains unfinished. See the status page before testing.

How the port works

The build analyzes a supported executable, translates its instructions through Remill and LLVM, and compiles the result for the target CPU. The runtime keeps the game's guest addresses and provides the services that the original Windows program expects.

The game sends graphics and audio to a separate SDL3 player. The default renderer uses SDL3's GPU API. Linux also has a DXVK Native renderer used as a reference during development. Keyboard, controller, and touch input return through the game's own input interfaces.

This split lets the runtime and renderer be checked independently. Function tests compare machine state, replays compare game state over time, and renderer tests compare recorded calls and output. Passing a tested path does not prove that every path in the game works.

Read the architecture guide for the code layout and current design.

Help finish it

Useful contributions include reproducible bug reports, synthetic tests, build setup improvements, and fixes for untested game paths. Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request. Share source changes and text diagnostics. Keep game files and captures that contain game data out of issues and pull requests.

Credits and license

The project builds on Remill, LLVM, Ghidra, SDL, DXVK Native, and dxbc-spirv. Community research from the SA2 Mod Loader helps identify the original game's routines. Unleashed Recompiled is a reference for the static-recompilation approach.

Original project code is licensed under GPL-3.0-only. Third-party dependencies retain their own licenses and notices. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

OpenSA2 is an independent project by kittycache. It is not affiliated with SEGA or Sonic Team. Sonic Adventure 2 and its game assets belong to their respective rights holders.