# 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.

- 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/WistfulHopes/DBZ1>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1/blob/1c88aaf9f1360400ec93384dc0b1f5ec5951dc88/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dbz1-budokai-hd-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dbz1-budokai-hd-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dbz1-budokai-hd-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1/blob/1c88aaf9f1360400ec93384dc0b1f5ec5951dc88/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1/blob/1c88aaf9f1360400ec93384dc0b1f5ec5951dc88/src/main.cpp>
3. <https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1/blob/1c88aaf9f1360400ec93384dc0b1f5ec5951dc88/dbz1_config.toml>

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