# Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved Native Port

> A native port of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved for Windows and Linux from the CrownParkComputing Xbox 360 collection, made by static recompilation.

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

- Developer: CrownParkComputing
- 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: [Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/geometrywarsretroevolved/index.md)
- AI use: Not stated
- Source code: https://github.com/CrownParkComputing/Xbox360-Native-Ports
- Runs on: Windows, Linux

What you need: The Xbox Live Arcade package of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, dumped from your own console.

This is a native port of the Xbox Live Arcade game Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved for Windows and Linux, part of CrownParkComputing's Xbox360-Native-Ports collection. The game code is statically recompiled to x86-64 with the group's fork of the ReXGlue SDK.

Every CrownParkComputing launcher contains the recompiled game code, a native Vulkan renderer, native audio and a small launcher. Importing checks the game files against the checksums the port was built from, and the importer also installs DLC packs. The Linux build runs the game in a headless gamescope session inside the rexmenu launcher, which tracks achievements and manages saves; it needs `gamescope` and `python3`. The Windows build uses simple batch launchers. About an eighth of its console kernel calls are answered natively instead of through ReXGlue.

All the ports in the collection were released on the same day and are called playable by the author; the Windows builds are cross-compiled and less tested. The download contains no game data. It needs the Xbox Live Arcade package of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, dumped from your own console.

## How to set it up

1. Download `geometrywars-launcher-windows-x86_64.zip` or `geometrywars-launcher-linux-x86_64.tar.zst` and extract it (`tar --zstd -xf` on Linux).
2. Windows: run `Launcher.bat` (or `Play.bat`, which imports on first run). Linux: run `./run.sh` (needs `gamescope` and `python3`).
3. When asked, point it at your own copy: the Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved XBLA package (title 584107ED), as the single LIVE/CON/PIRS file or its extracted files.
4. Play. Saves and settings stay in `user-data` next to the launcher; a Vulkan GPU driver is required.

## Latest builds

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

- for Windows: 1 (2026-09-16)
- for Linux: 1 (2026-09-16)