Case study
re-wor: statically recompiling Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
re-wor is a static recompilation of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock for Xbox 360, built for Windows with the RexGlue SDK. It is based on re-gh2. The repository does not include game assets.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 55
- Last commit
- 2026-03-06
- Language
- C++
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, and a DirectX 12 GPU. The player supplies their own Xbox 360 copy. Building needs Clang 20 or newer, CMake 3.25 or newer, Ninja, and a compiled RexGlue SDK.
- The README says the current release is a test version. It does not name a license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{re-wor-case,
title = {{re-wor: statically recompiling Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ronniecloud/re-wor}},
url = {https://github.com/ronniecloud/re-wor},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-wor-case/}}
}Plain text
re-wor: statically recompiling Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. https://github.com/ronniecloud/re-wor (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/re-wor-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · ronniecloud/re-wor · Revision 7da0876
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