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Guitar Hero II PC Port: Recomp-Hero-2
PlayStation 22006LinuxBeta
Recomp-Hero-2
Cover art and game details from IGDB.
- Original console
- PlayStation 2 · Sony, 2000
- Runs on
- Native PC
- Platforms
- Linux
- Method
- RecompThe original machine code translated automatically into C or C++, with tools like N64Recomp or ReXGlue.
- Status
- Beta
- Latest release
- 0.1.1 ↗
- Last update
- Oct 2026
- AI use
- AI-assistedThe project says much of its code was written with AI tools.
Listing updated .
About Guitar Hero II
Unleash your inner rock star! Unlock new songs and venues to become the ultimate rock star in Career mode, jump right in and play any song you've unlocked in Quickplay, or play with or against friends in Multiplayer, all right from your living room!
- Released
- 7 Nov 2006
- Genre
- Music
- Developer
- Harmonix Music Systems
About the original game, from IGDB ↗.
Guitar Hero II PC port: quick answers
- Do I need to own Guitar Hero II?
- Yes. Recomp-Hero-2 needs game files from a copy you own. PlayPorted links only to the project page and never to game files.
- Is the Guitar Hero II PC port finished?
- It is in beta: playable, with known issues. Its last update was Oct 2026, and the latest release is 0.1.1.
- Which systems does it run on?
- Linux.
- Is it an emulator?
- No. Recomp-Hero-2 translates the original game code into native code, so it runs without an emulator.
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