So how does 360 emulation on One work?

[Netty]

drkohler said:

Netty said:

They can recompile the original PPC machine code to corresponding X86 machine code.

You cannot recompile already compiled code. Any X86 compiler has no idea what to do with PPC code.

The word you are looking for is "PPC disassembler". This is the first step in the process. There are probably another 10 steps I can think of before you can "recompile" (which would then be called an "X86 assembler" I suppose.

"Compiler" (or "recompiler") is the correct and accepted term. Similar to what the Java virtual machine does to byte code, or what the the Dolphin emulator does to PPC code when you run an emulated game on your computer for the first time.