Case study

Dimensions Recompiled: native Windows build of LEGO Dimensions

Dimensions Recompiled is a native Windows build of the Xbox 360 game LEGO Dimensions. ReXGlue translates the PowerPC executable to C++ ahead of time, and the GPU command stream is translated to Direct3D 12 at runtime. DimensionsRecompiled-Setup.exe takes an extracted original-release folder that contains Default.xex, GAME.DAT, and GAME.HDR, plus Title Update 23. The installer refuses a different build or another title update. A companion app can stand in for the Toy Pad, and the Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One pads are also supported. Releases are built from the toypad-ui branch of NeverCookFirst/rexglue-sdk.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 259
Last commit: 2026-10-19
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, a CPU with SSE4.2, and a Direct3D 12 GPU at feature level 11_0. The extracted original Xbox 360 disc folder and Title Update 23.
License: MIT for the code in this repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{dimensions-recomp,
  title = {{Dimensions Recompiled: native Windows build of LEGO Dimensions}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/NeverCookFirst/DimensionsRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/NeverCookFirst/DimensionsRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dimensions-recomp/}}
}

Plain text

Dimensions Recompiled: native Windows build of LEGO Dimensions. https://github.com/NeverCookFirst/DimensionsRecomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dimensions-recomp/

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README.md GitHub · NeverCookFirst/DimensionsRecomp · Revision a56de42