Original Skate 3 publisher screenshot, used as a source-game reference for the Rust browser recreation.
Image credits ↗Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
The Xbox 360 game’s executables translated for native PC play.
SetupYour game files requiredOriginal-game image
Credits
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) gameplay reference; not a capture of the linked project.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) game imagery remains copyright its respective rights holders. Publisher-supplied screenshot from the linked official Steam store gallery.
Source & attribution ↗View image ↗About this version
This project provides Steam/LAN package choices and imports the player’s disc. Its maintainer warns that the original 2009 networking code retains known vulnerabilities.
- Project
- MW2 Recompiled
- Original game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
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Call of Duty
Browser Zombies, COD4’s Steam-file campaign and native console ports serve different sessions.
Read Call of Duty guide- Choose BO1 Zombies rules
Select Classic or Counter-Strike guns before a solo or lobby session.
- Invite a small co-op group
A separate desktop fan remake with a two-to-four-player invitation flow.
- Play the original COD4 campaign
Import your own Steam files for the story and Mile High Club.
The Xbox campaign and private matches
MW2 Recompiled targets the 2009 Xbox 360 game, with campaign and multiplayer. Choose its Steam package for friend invitations or the LAN package for a shared network. Public matchmaking and ranked playlists are unavailable; Special Ops remains untested. This is a way to revisit the console release with people you know, rather than enter a replacement public matchmaking service.
The original networking code retains known vulnerabilities. The maintainer recommends trusted peers only: Steam lobbies filter non-members, while the LAN build is reachable by other devices on that network.
Prepare a controller and the supported disc
Use a USA/Europe Xbox 360 disc image for version 1.0.557, a 64-bit Windows or Linux machine, a Vulkan 1.2 GPU and 8 GB of disk space. A controller is needed for gameplay; keyboard support covers menus.
The launcher’s Install Game action imports the disc and applies title update 6. Saves remain in saves/ beside the executables. For multiplayer, every participant should run the same build.
Tune the image before raising the frame limit
The launcher stores resolution, frame-limit and field-of-view choices in .env beside the program. The underlying settings reference explains that higher resolution multiplies both dimensions of the image: moving from 720p to 1440p or 4K therefore increases the rendering workload substantially. Begin with the lower setting if frame pacing is uneven.
The field-of-view value uses the game’s 4:3 convention, so its numeric value is not the horizontal angle of a widescreen picture. It also affects aiming views. The frame limiter rounds timing to whole milliseconds, meaning selected high refresh values can produce a slightly different cap. These are useful reasons to change one setting at a time instead of assuming the highest numbers give the best result.
Before you play
Do I need the original game files?
Your own Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 disc.
Creator-reported · Project guideHow do I get started?
Choose the appropriate release and follow disc extraction and title-update setup in the README.
Creator-reported · Project guideWhat should I know before playing?
The maintainer warns of known vulnerabilities in the original networking code and recommends playing only with trusted peers.
Creator-reported · Project guide
2010 Rust Rewrite creator screenshot of its shooter portion; does not show the skating or Minecraft components.
Image credits ↗Skating, MW2 combat and a Minecraft world in one IW4L-based project.
Original files requiredSetup
Modern Warfare 2 (2009) publisher screenshot. Reference for the shared list’s label; this does not depict OVZ: Global Flashpoint.
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A native Xbox 360 recompilation with an early playable release.
Original files requiredSetup
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare gameplay reference; not a capture of the linked project.
Image credits ↗The 2007 campaign in a browser, importing your Steam installation.
Original files requiredPlay
Black Ops Zombies: Rezurrection publisher screenshot. Original-game DLC reference; not the browser project or a promise that this map is playable there.
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Creator’s gameplay preview still of the Nacht der Untoten browser project.
Image credits ↗Survive Nacht der Untoten solo or with up to three friends in a browser remake.