# 3 on 3 NHL Arcade: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for PC

> 3 on 3 NHL Arcade is ported to Windows by translating its Xbox 360 PowerPC executable to C++ with ReXGlue and compiling it for the PC. A launcher prepares files from the user's XBLA package, while an Android arm64 build is described as reaching the title screen and menus.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Wndwsqrrl/3on3NHL-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Wndwsqrrl/3on3NHL-recomp/blob/0abd1d0d4322b4cc282697380e2cbcf517f27001/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/3-on-3-nhl-arcade-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/3-on-3-nhl-arcade-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/3-on-3-nhl-arcade-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own 3 on 3 NHL Arcade XBLA package, title ID 58410975.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or 11 x64, an SSE4.2 CPU, and a Direct3D 12 GPU for the Windows build.
- **Limits:** The Android arm64 build has incomplete input support.
- **License:** MIT for this repository's code.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Wndwsqrrl/3on3NHL-recomp/blob/0abd1d0d4322b4cc282697380e2cbcf517f27001/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Wndwsqrrl/3on3NHL-recomp/blob/0abd1d0d4322b4cc282697380e2cbcf517f27001/android/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/Wndwsqrrl/3on3NHL-recomp/blob/0abd1d0d4322b4cc282697380e2cbcf517f27001/BUILDING.md>

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