Case study

Rewritten: a functional reconstruction of Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 2

Rewritten is a functional C++ decompilation project for Minecraft Legacy Console Edition Title Update 2 on Xbox 360. It aims to recreate the game's behavior without byte matching; the contribution notes describe using a patched TU2 XEX with Ghidra or IDA Pro.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 75
Last commit: 2025-09-27
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The game at Title Update 2 and its assets are required.
Prerequisites: Building requires Windows, XDK v2.0.21119 and CMake.
Limits: Build instructions are incomplete.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{minecraft-xbox-360-rewritten-case,
  title = {{Rewritten: a functional reconstruction of Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 2}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LCERD/Minecraft-Xbox-360-Decompilation}},
  url = {https://github.com/LCERD/Minecraft-Xbox-360-Decompilation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/minecraft-xbox-360-rewritten-case/}}
}

Plain text

Rewritten: a functional reconstruction of Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 2. https://github.com/LCERD/Minecraft-Xbox-360-Decompilation (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/minecraft-xbox-360-rewritten-case/

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README.md GitHub · LCERD/Minecraft-Xbox-360-Decompilation · Revision cd771cb