# Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock — Recomp: Xbox 360 code on PC and Android

> Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock — Recomp translates the Xbox 360 game's PowerPC code to C++ for PC and Android builds using a ReXGlue-derived toolchain. It keeps generated code local to the user's disc, adds a launcher that checks the executable hash, and documents the QB script archive format used for translation work.

- 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/luisxl15/Guitar-Hero-3-Recomp->
- Primary source: <https://github.com/luisxl15/Guitar-Hero-3-Recomp-/blob/b9d129e068fb49790142251cda9d95634caddd64/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/guitar-hero-iii-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/guitar-hero-iii-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/guitar-hero-iii-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal Guitar Hero III Xbox 360 USA Rev 1 disc ISO with the documented default.xex hash is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires CMake, Clang/LLVM, Ninja and the ReXGlue SDK.
- **Limits:** The Android build has black Bink video playback; the project also lists unresolved note-target and mod-overlay behavior.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/luisxl15/Guitar-Hero-3-Recomp-/blob/b9d129e068fb49790142251cda9d95634caddd64/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/luisxl15/Guitar-Hero-3-Recomp-/blob/b9d129e068fb49790142251cda9d95634caddd64/docs/formato-qb.md>

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