v0.1.0

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix v0.1.0 (Wave 4 owned-input setup kit)

You supply your own SLUS-01266, SLUS-01275, SLUS-01276, SLUS-01277 disc images (Redump CUE/BIN, or a CHD of the same dump) and your own SCPH-1001 (USA) BIOS dump. First-run setup generates and compiles the game on your machine. No disc, BIOS, generated game code, or save is included.

Package	File	SHA-256
Windows x64	feareffect2retrohelix-0.1.0-windows-x64.zip	2abab823b7954679670d5bebfa8609e9106e2b9798567641c24478af9e99690d
Linux x64	feareffect2retrohelix-0.1.0-linux-x64.zip	57456d4d897bfc077d51243a6bc019ed4af3b76e5d01d102ff2f02b5acc32826
macOS Apple Silicon	feareffect2retrohelix-0.1.0-macos-arm64.zip	1819b09648b4a79f1729771cf2145d796a31d60d1d2abc47420fa5473154bfb5
macOS Intel	feareffect2retrohelix-0.1.0-macos-x64.zip	0d1cfc64db1bbf563b15b0f9e8e7668245bb003d6fc7cfa30a467059baafae01

RELEASE-MANIFEST.json and SHA256SUMS.txt bind the exact packages. Source: commit 4757d9853ab7c5f1ba4769702741bfa0c1030181.

Setup: extract the ZIP for your system into a writable folder, start Fear_Effect_2_Retro_Helix (.exe on Windows), select your disc images and BIOS in the wizard, choose Generate & rebuild. Windows downloads the portable build tools; Linux and macOS need CMake, Ninja, Python 3, and a C/C++ compiler on PATH. Setup starts with Disc 1; later discs are selected when the game asks.

Verified on this exact Windows package: clean-extract setup, generation, compilation of the normal and diagnostic builds, marker toggle, headless start (1890 guest frames), diagnostics collector. All four packages passed the archive, payload, and native generator checks in CI. Not verified: gameplay on these packages, native Linux/macOS setup and gameplay; macOS builds are ad-hoc signed, not notarized. Play testing of the private builds this kit derives from is recorded in the README's Status section, with the known issues.

Diagnostic mode: create an empty diagnostic-mode.txt next to Fear_Effect_2_Retro_Helix (or run Fear_Effect_2_Retro_Helix --diagnostic), reproduce the problem, then run Fear_Effect_2_Retro_Helix --collect-diagnostics and attach the resulting diagnostics-<date>.zip to a GitHub issue here.

Framework: psxrecomp (pinned fork commit in the psxrecomp submodule); launcher: recomp-ui (pinned in recomp-ui). Developed with AI assistance; Alex tests the game and makes release decisions. The original game and its trademarks belong to their respective owners.