# MCX360 Edition: recompiling Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition for iPhone

> MCX360 Edition recompiles Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Title Update 9 ahead of time with ReXGlue for an iPhone app. The port uses Vulkan over Metal through MoltenVK and includes an iOS app manifest, build scripts and SDK patch; players supply the matching disc and title-update files.

- 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/DevZer0D4Y/MCX360-EDITION>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/DevZer0D4Y/MCX360-EDITION/blob/607bc7f23d83b09561b0d58644e9bcaad2c104f2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mcx360-edition-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mcx360-edition-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mcx360-edition-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An iPhone running iOS 16 or later is required.
- **Prerequisites:** A personal Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition disc with Title Update 9 matching the documented title and media IDs is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The app is sideloaded as an unsigned IPA; a computer is needed to extract and copy game files.
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/DevZer0D4Y/MCX360-EDITION/blob/607bc7f23d83b09561b0d58644e9bcaad2c104f2/README.md>

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