Case study

GHVanHRecomp: a native Guitar Hero: Van Halen port

GHVanHRecomp statically recompiles the Xbox 360 release of Guitar Hero: Van Halen into a native Windows port. Its launcher installs game data from the user's ISO, while the project supplies the runtime, renderer integration, controls and display adaptations. The author describes the current release as beta.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 13
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An owned Xbox 360 copy of Guitar Hero: Van Halen and an ISO made from it are required; the USA disc was tested.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, a Vulkan-capable graphics card and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable are required.
Testing evidence: Drums, singing, AMD graphics cards and Wii or PS3 instruments have not been tested in this game.
License: Project-authored code is MIT-licensed; third-party components retain their own licences.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{ghvanhrecomp-case,
  title = {{GHVanHRecomp: a native Guitar Hero: Van Halen port}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ElGuslml/GHVanHRecomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/ElGuslml/GHVanHRecomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ghvanhrecomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

GHVanHRecomp: a native Guitar Hero: Van Halen port. https://github.com/ElGuslml/GHVanHRecomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ghvanhrecomp-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · ElGuslml/GHVanHRecomp · Revision 2a1bd0f
assets/README.md GitHub · ElGuslml/GHVanHRecomp · Revision 2a1bd0f
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · ElGuslml/GHVanHRecomp · Revision 2a1bd0f