Case study

reGH2: recompiling Guitar Hero II for Linux

reGH2 recompiles Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360, USA, to a Linux program with a native Vulkan renderer. The supported default.xex has SHA-1 b90b864487e6291761b207c8d0064e9a0779bdee and title ID 415607E7. Pre-release 0.2.1 has been played in Quick Play and in Career through the fourth venue. Resolutions include 1080p, 1440p, and 4K.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 32
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Download reGH2-x86_64.AppImage, select the folder that contains default.xex, and press Install. A Vulkan driver is required.
License: MIT. The README says ReXGlue, XenosRecomp, SDL3, and Dear ImGui keep their own licenses.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{regh2,
  title = {{reGH2: recompiling Guitar Hero II for Linux}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jillsandwich1998/reGH2}},
  url = {https://github.com/jillsandwich1998/reGH2},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/regh2/}}
}

Plain text

reGH2: recompiling Guitar Hero II for Linux. https://github.com/jillsandwich1998/reGH2 (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/regh2/

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README.md GitHub · jillsandwich1998/reGH2 · Revision 3c5f75c