# re-wor

> re-wor is a native Windows port of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, made by static recompilation, with XInput guitar support and 6-channel audio.

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

- Developer: ronniecloud
- 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: [Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/guitarherowarriorsofrock/index.md)
- AI use: Not stated
- Source code: https://github.com/ronniecloud/re-wor
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock for Xbox 360, with the files extracted from a disc image dumped from your own disc.

re-wor is a native Windows port of the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, made by static recompilation with ReXGlue and based on re-gh2 by YoshiCrystal9.

XInput guitars and gamepads are detected without setup, the game's XMA2 audio is decoded and played in 6 channels, and it has a borderless fullscreen toggle and Discord Rich Presence.

The author calls it a test version. Known issues are a slight audio delay against the note chart, rendering locked to 720p and possible crashes between songs or scenes. The download contains no game data. It needs Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock for Xbox 360, extracted from your own disc.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Windows zip and extract it.
2. Extract the contents of your disc image into the `assets` folder, so that `assets/default.xex` and `assets/data` exist.
3. Connect a USB guitar or controller before launching.
4. Run `re-wor-launcher.exe` or `Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock.exe`. F11 toggles fullscreen.

## Latest builds

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

- for Windows: 1.1.0 (2026-03-03)