Def Jam Vendetta
PlayStation 22003Windows23 stars on GitHubPlayable
def-jam-vendetta-recomp
Cover art and game details from IGDB.
- Original console
- PlayStation 2 · Sony, 2000
- Runs on
- Native PC
- Platforms
- Windows
- Method
- RecompThe original machine code translated automatically into C or C++, with tools like N64Recomp or ReXGlue.
- Status
- Playable
- Latest release
- v0.4.1 ↗
- GitHub stars
- 23
- Last code change
- 17 Oct 2026
- Last update
- Oct 2026
Listing updated .
About Def Jam Vendetta
The unlikely combination of Def Jam recording artists and underground wrestling is the subject of this Electronic Arts release, which features the 3D likenesses of such musicians as Ludacris, Redman, DMX, Scarface, Ghostface Killa, Method Man, and more as playable characters. Developed by AKI Corporation, whose previous experience in the genre includes titles WWF No Mercy and WCW/NWO Revenge, Def Jam Vendetta offers an estimated 1,500 animations for each of the 45 included characters. A total of ten different venues are available, and one of the featured modes offers a storyline complete with soap opera-style drama to go along with the suplexes and body slams. Up to four players can compete in Single, Tag-Team, Handicap, or Battle Royale matches.
- Released
- 1 Apr 2003
- Genre
- Fighting, Sport
- Developer
- AKI Corporation, EA Canada
About the original game, from IGDB ↗.
Def Jam Vendetta PC port: quick answers
- Do I need to own Def Jam Vendetta?
- Yes. def-jam-vendetta-recomp needs game files from a copy you own. PlayPorted links only to the project page and never to game files.
- Is the Def Jam Vendetta PC port finished?
- Yes, the project calls it playable. Its last update was Oct 2026, and the latest release is v0.4.1.
- Which systems does it run on?
- Windows.
- Is it an emulator?
- No. def-jam-vendetta-recomp translates the original game code into native code, so it runs without an emulator.
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