Futurama: The Game Gets Native PC Port After 23 Years

Futurama: The Game, the 2003 action-adventure title released for the original Xbox and PlayStation 2, has received an unofficial native Windows port built from reconstructed Xbox game code.

Developer hiburn8 announced the project on October 25, 2026, describing an effort to preserve the original gameplay rather than introduce graphical upgrades or redesigned mechanics.

In the developer's original announcement on Reddit, hiburn8 explained that the Xbox version was reconstructed in C++ to run as a native Windows application. The project replaces the console-specific rendering and audio systems while aiming to reproduce the original game's behavior.

The developer used debugging symbols found in the PlayStation 2 version to help identify functions in the Xbox executable. The reconstructed implementation was then compared against the original running in a CPU emulator.

Those comparisons covered player movement, scripted events, random-number generation, and other internal behavior. Recorded gameplay inputs were also replayed against the original game to identify differences between the two implementations.

The project was developed over approximately two weeks, with hiburn8 openly crediting Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 for much of the implementation work.

Unlike automatic static recompilation projects, this port relies on manually directed reconstruction of the game's original functionality. It is also distinct from running the Xbox release through an emulator such as xemu.

The current project focuses on recreating the original experience without additional visual enhancements. Compatibility and accuracy may still vary, and independent testing of the complete game remains limited.

Futurama: The Game's unofficial PC reconstruction requires legally obtained assets from the original NTSC-U Xbox release. It is not affiliated with the game's original publishers or rights holders.