# Plants vs. Zombies: Xbox 360 static recompilation for Windows

> pvz-console-edition converts the Xbox 360 Plants vs. Zombies release into a native Windows program by translating its PowerPC code to x86-64 with ReXGlue. It imports the user's XBLA package or disc image and adds mouse controls across menus, gameplay, mini-games, and local multiplayer.

- 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/ITSeniy/pvz-console-edition>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ITSeniy/pvz-console-edition/blob/b16fb496406a06f5799ce852144469ba426d05c4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pvz-console-edition-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pvz-console-edition-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pvz-console-edition-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A personal Xbox 360 XBLA package or disc image is required; supported build is TitleID 584109FF, version 0.0.1.4.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires Windows x64, Visual Studio 2022 or later, Clang/LLVM, CMake, Ninja, and Python 3.10 or later.
- **Limits:** Version 0.7.0 is beta; online features are unavailable.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ITSeniy/pvz-console-edition/blob/b16fb496406a06f5799ce852144469ba426d05c4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ITSeniy/pvz-console-edition/blob/b16fb496406a06f5799ce852144469ba426d05c4/CMakeLists.txt>

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