# Sonic the Fighters (PC): a ReXGlue native port

> Sonic the Fighters (PC) uses a game-specific ReXGlue manifest to translate the player's XBLA default.xex from PowerPC instructions into C++ and build a native PC or Linux program. The author describes the current port as single player and controller driven.

- 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/GoGurtPrime/sonic-the-fighters-pc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/GoGurtPrime/sonic-the-fighters-pc/blob/d6e59c33c15f91c7f833a76bfb12878cd8712d36/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-fighters-xbla-pc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic-fighters-xbla-pc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sonic-fighters-xbla-pc-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide a legal Sonic the Fighters XBLA copy and unpack it into _unpacked/.
- **Prerequisites:** Build with ReXGlue SDK; the project expects the SDK in an adjacent directory.
- **Limits:** A connected controller is required; online play is unavailable.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/GoGurtPrime/sonic-the-fighters-pc/blob/d6e59c33c15f91c7f833a76bfb12878cd8712d36/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/GoGurtPrime/sonic-the-fighters-pc/blob/d6e59c33c15f91c7f833a76bfb12878cd8712d36/CMakeLists.txt>

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