# Cristalis: statically recompiling Crystal Defenders for Windows

> Cristalis ports the Xbox 360 game Crystal Defenders to native Windows by translating its PowerPC code to C++ ahead of time with XenonRecomp and running it on a game-specific runtime. It reads images, audio, music, and text from the user's own game copy; the author reports finishing the game on a small number of machines. A Linux version is experimental.

- 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/Claudio5702/Cristalis>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Claudio5702/Cristalis/blob/48b91cbfca58e222dda743c7d56cd433b3d5fa42/README.de.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cristalis-crystal-defenders-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cristalis-crystal-defenders-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/cristalis-crystal-defenders-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal Xbox 360 copy of Crystal Defenders containing the supported default.xex and Media files.
- **Prerequisites:** For Windows play, 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and a Direct3D 11 graphics card.
- **Limits:** The Linux version is experimental; the author reports end-to-end play on only a few machines.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Claudio5702/Cristalis/blob/48b91cbfca58e222dda743c7d56cd433b3d5fa42/README.de.md>
2. <https://github.com/Claudio5702/Cristalis/blob/48b91cbfca58e222dda743c7d56cd433b3d5fa42/LICENSE>

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