v0.1.0-alpha

First public alpha of a native PC port of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Nintendo DS), made by statically recompiling the game. It is an early build: it has been played through the opening areas, not the whole game, so expect bugs. Please report them.

Nothing of the game is included. You supply your own copy of the game (USA, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Echoes of Time (USA) (En,Fr,Es).nds, SHA-1 1df23d5a3a655bdd587c360b581202931d0f66e1). The program checks it and builds the game on your PC, once, in about a minute. Nothing else needs to be installed.

Download

System	File	How
Windows 10/11, 64-bit	FFCCEOT-Recomp-0.1.0-alpha-windows-x64.zip	Unzip to a folder you can write to (not Program Files) and run ffcc.exe
Linux, 64-bit (glibc 2.35 or newer; Steam Deck in desktop mode)	FFCCEOT-Recomp-0.1.0-alpha-x86_64.AppImage	chmod +x the file and run it

SHA256SUMS.txt has the checksums. The builds are unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen or your antivirus may warn about the program and about the game module it builds on your PC (choose More info, then Run anyway).

What you get

• Single-screen play with a touchable picture-in-picture second screen, or main + side, stacked, side by side and two-window layouts.
• High resolution (up to 16x the DS, 4K and beyond) with scaling filters, texture smoothing and stable textures.
• 3D at 60 fps or at your display's refresh rate, with frame pacing for G-Sync and FreeSync displays.
• Widescreen (16:9, 16:10, 21:9, 32:9) with the HUD at the screen edges.
• Gamepad and keyboard play with no touch screen needed, analog movement, a radial for the spell elements, rebinding.
• Online multiplayer through the Wi-Fi Connection revival servers (Kaeru WFC, WiiLink WFC or your own).
• Skip logos, fast loading and saving, and two presets (Original and Enhanced) offered on first start.

Experimental

Features marked with a warning icon in the settings have had the least testing: widescreen and HUD placement, 3D at 60 fps and at your display's refresh rate, frame pacing, stable and smoothed textures, analog movement in multiplayer, and everything online.

Known gaps

• No crash dialog on Linux yet (logs and problem reports work).
• Local wireless between instances on one PC works on Windows only.
• Only the USA version is supported.
• Not played through the whole game.

Saves and settings

Windows: %APPDATA%\FFCCEOT-Recomp\EchoesOfTime. Linux: ~/.local/share/FFCCEOT-Recomp/EchoesOfTime. Put a file named portable.txt next to the program (next to the .AppImage on Linux) to keep them in a data folder beside it instead.

Reporting problems

Use Report an issue in the in-game menu: it collects the version, settings, a recent log and a screenshot, with personal paths removed, and opens a prefilled GitHub issue. Or open an issue yourself.

Licence: GPL-3.0. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix or Nintendo. The credits and licence texts are in the package (NOTICE.md, the licenses folder) and in Settings → About.