Case study
rb2: Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD recompiled with ReXGlue
DBZ1 is a ReXGlue-based recompilation project for Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD. It provides a function-map configuration and a native host that loads the game's XEX image, initializes the runtime and opens a game window.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 134
- Last commit
- 2026-02-20
- Language
- C++
- License (GitHub)
- BSD-3-Clause
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: ReXGlue SDK discoverable by CMake, plus CMake; REXSDK can point CMake to the SDK.
- Prerequisites: Game assets in the assets directory.
- License: BSD 3-Clause license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{dbz1-budokai-hd-case,
title = {{rb2: Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD recompiled with ReXGlue}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1}},
url = {https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dbz1-budokai-hd-case/}}
}Plain text
rb2: Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD recompiled with ReXGlue. https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dbz1-budokai-hd-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · WistfulHopes/DBZ1 · Revision 1c88aaf
- src/main.cpp GitHub · WistfulHopes/DBZ1 · Revision 1c88aaf
- dbz1_config.toml GitHub · WistfulHopes/DBZ1 · Revision 1c88aaf
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