# DBZ Budokai HD Recompiled

> DBZ Budokai HD Recompiled is an early native Windows port of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai from the Xbox 360 HD Collection, made with ReXGlue.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/dragonballzbudokaihdcollection/ports/dbzbudokaihdrecompiled/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Developer: WistfulHopes
- Port type: Recompilation (A tool translated the game's original machine code into C automatically, which was then built as a native PC program.)
- Game: [Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/dragonballzbudokaihdcollection/index.md)
- AI use: Not stated
- Source code: https://github.com/WistfulHopes/DBZ1
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection for Xbox 360, with the game files extracted from your own disc.

DBZ Budokai HD Recompiled is a native Windows port of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, the first game in the Xbox 360 Budokai HD Collection, made by static recompilation with ReXGlue.

It is an early release (version 0.0.2) that comes as a single executable, and the project's README covers only building it. There is no launcher: the game folder is passed on the command line.

For a fuller port of Budokai 3 from the same collection, see DBZ Budokai 3 HD Collection. The download contains no game data. It needs Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection for Xbox 360, extracted from your own disc.

## How to set it up

1. Download `dbz1.exe`.
2. Extract the game files from your own disc into a folder, for example `assets`.
3. Run `dbz1.exe` with the path to that folder as its first argument, from a command prompt or a shortcut.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/dragonballzbudokaihdcollection/ports/dbzbudokaihdrecompiled/#download

- for Windows: 0.0.2 (2026-02-22)