Hexic HD Recompiled

Hexic HD Recompiled

A statically recompiled PC port of Hexic HD (Xbox Live Arcade, Carbonated Games / Microsoft, 2005). The game's PowerPC code is translated ahead of time to C++ with the ReXGlue SDK and compiled into a Windows program, so there is no CPU emulator; the console's graphics, audio and system calls are reimplemented underneath, drawn with Direct3D 12.

Status

Playable: the menus, Timed and Survival modes, pause, Game Options and the Tutorial. Shaders are precompiled and load at startup, so nothing stutters while they compile. Not yet checked: the music and sound by ear, and Marathon mode past the first levels.

No game data is included: the game's data and its original code are read from your own copy.

Playing

You need Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), a graphics card with Direct3D 12, an Xbox controller, and your own copy of Hexic HD from an Xbox 360 (the 584107D1... package file from the console's Content\0000000000000000\584107D1\000D0000 folder, or that whole 584107D1 folder).

1. Download the latest release and unzip it anywhere.
2. Copy your package (or the 584107D1 folder) into the game folder.
3. Open hexic.exe. The first start unpacks the package in place; after that it starts straight away.

Building

See docs/PREP.md for the full log. In short, with Visual Studio 2026 Build Tools, LLVM (clang-cl) and Ninja:

1. Clone the ReXGlue SDK at commit c94f5eb, apply patches/rexglue-xbla-fixes.patch, and build and install it (tools\sdk_install.cmd). Point tools\env.cmd at your SDK.
2. In port/, run rexglue codegen hexic_manifest.toml against your own unpacked default.xex, then build the win-amd64-release preset.
3. Run tools\package.ps1 to make dist\HexicHD.

Credits

• ReXGlue SDK by Tom Clay, built on the Xenia project's work

This port's own code is under the GPL-3.0. It is a fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. Hexic is a trademark of Microsoft. You need your own copy of the game.