rinnegatamante/afterburner-vita

This project is a port that lets the game After Burner Climax run on a PS Vita handheld console. It does not rewrite the game itself. Instead, it takes the official Android version of the game and loads its executable files directly into memory on the Vita, then resolves the missing pieces so the Android code can run as if it were inside a small reimplemented Android environment. The end result is that the original mobile game runs natively on Vita hardware. To use it, a player needs a Vita with custom firmware tools already installed, since the project relies on kernel-level plugins called kubridge and FdFix, plus a shader compiler file, to work correctly. Players must also legally own a copy of After Burner Climax for Android and extract certain files from the Android app package themselves, since the project does not include the original game files. Menus in the port are controlled by touch, while gameplay uses the Vita's physical buttons. The changelog shows the project has gone through at least two releases, with the newer version fixing a splashscreen freeze bug and touch menu crashes, and updating a dependency called FalsoNDK. For developers who want to build the loader themselves rather than just install it, the README lists a specific set of tools and libraries that must be compiled first, including a Vita software development kit and several supporting graphics and math libraries, each built with particular compiler flags. Once those are ready, the loader itself is built using standard C build tools. The README credits several other developers whose tools and reverse engineering work this port depends on, including the creator of the original Android executable loader technique and the authors of the Android compatibility layer it uses.