Shadow of the Colossus — Windows preview 2

Experimental Windows preview 2

Download sotc-v0.2.0-preview.2-windows-x64.zip below. No compilation, Visual Studio, Python, CMake,
or Ninja is required. The Microsoft C++ runtime DLLs are included.

What's new since preview 1

• Faster VU1 emulation: compiled VU1 programs use cheaper exact checks, about 10% less VU work per frame.
  In a heavy canyon scene this measured roughly 37 → 41 emulated fields/s with pacing off. Results are
  bit-identical to before; heavy scenes are still below full speed on mid-range CPUs.
• Frame limit: with SOTC_VSYNC=0 the window now presents up to SOTC_FPS_LIMIT frames per second
  (default 360, 0 = uncapped) instead of a fixed 120. This does not change the game's own update rate.
• Performance overlay: press F3 to show host FPS and frame times, the game's real update rate
  (Game), the emulated field rate (VBlank) and new GPU frames. PS2X_PERF_OVERLAY=1 shows it at startup.
• Updated PS2Recomp runtime with upstream fixes (float semantics, SIF syscalls, resume points), with the
  port's EE float behavior kept so movement and animation match preview 1.

Existing sotc.ini files keep their values; missing settings such as SOTC_FPS_LIMIT are added on first launch.

How to play

1. Extract the entire release ZIP into a writable folder.
2. Put your own supported .iso in its Game folder.
3. Double-click Play.bat.

You can also keep the ISO elsewhere and drag it onto Play.bat. The ISO must remain available while playing.
The game validates its boot executable and module hashes, then reads assets directly from your disc image.

Use the Windows ZIP attached to this release. GitHub's automatic Source code downloads are for developers.

To update from preview 1, extract this ZIP to a new folder and copy your memcards, states, and sotc.ini
into it.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
• An AVX2-capable CPU and a GPU with OpenGL 4.6 support.
• Your own Shadow of the Colossus (Europe, Australia), SCES-53326, version 1.00 (PAL) disc image.
  Other regions, later revisions, and modified or trimmed images are unsupported.

Supported ISO size: 4,635,918,336 bytes. ISO SHA-256:

068925770645266189005f09c9a9a1fee25726bfc93c89b12f832f3673664ac4

The ZIP contains no ISO, extracted game assets, BIOS, personal settings, or saves.

Controls and settings

• Move: W A S D; camera: mouse.
• Jump: F; attack: left mouse; draw weapon/dismount: right mouse.
• Grab: left Shift; whistle/mount: Space; focus: Q.
• Start: Enter; fullscreen: F11; save/load state: F5 / F9; performance overlay: F3.

Gamepads are supported. sotc.ini is created on first launch. See Docs/CONFIGURATION.md in the ZIP for
settings. Keep memcards, states, and sotc.ini when updating to another release.

Known issues

This is an experimental fan project. Heavy scenes such as large outdoor areas can run below full speed;
the F3 overlay's Game and VBlank values show when that happens. Occasional black frames, brief first-use
shader compilation stalls, and imperfect audio can occur. If the game exits, Play.bat keeps its error
visible. Report the error, your CPU/GPU details, and BUILD-INFO.txt through
Issues.

The .zip.sha256 attachment contains the checksum of the downloadable ZIP, not the ISO checksum above.

Source and credits

• Port source for this release.
• Pinned PS2Recomp runtime and recompiler source.
• Source build instructions.
  Clone with git clone --recursive to include PS2Recomp; your supported ISO is required to regenerate game code.

License notices for the port, PS2Recomp, raylib, GLFW, and the Microsoft runtime are included in the ZIP.
The repository's GPL-3.0 license covers its code only and grants no rights to the original game.

This project is not affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Team Ico, or Japan Studio.
Shadow of the Colossus is a trademark of its respective owners.

Shadow of the Colossus — Windows preview 1

Experimental Windows preview

Download sotc-v0.1.0-preview.1-windows-x64.zip below. No compilation, Visual Studio, Python, CMake,
or Ninja is required. The Microsoft C++ runtime DLLs are included.

How to play

1. Extract the entire release ZIP into a writable folder.
2. Put your own supported .iso in its Game folder.
3. Double-click Play.bat.

You can also keep the ISO elsewhere and drag it onto Play.bat. The ISO must remain available while playing.
The game validates its boot executable and module hashes, then reads assets directly from your disc image.

Use the Windows ZIP attached to this release. GitHub's automatic Source code downloads are for developers.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
• An AVX2-capable CPU and a GPU with OpenGL 4.6 support.
• Your own Shadow of the Colossus (Europe, Australia), SCES-53326, version 1.00 (PAL) disc image.
  Other regions, later revisions, and modified or trimmed images are unsupported.

Supported ISO size: 4,635,918,336 bytes. ISO SHA-256:

068925770645266189005f09c9a9a1fee25726bfc93c89b12f832f3673664ac4

The ZIP contains no ISO, extracted game assets, BIOS, personal settings, or saves.

Controls and settings

• Move: W A S D; camera: mouse.
• Jump: F; attack: left mouse; draw weapon/dismount: right mouse.
• Grab: left Shift; whistle/mount: Space; focus: Q.
• Start: Enter; fullscreen: F11; save/load state: F5 / F9.

Gamepads are supported. sotc.ini is created on first launch. See Docs/CONFIGURATION.md in the ZIP for
settings. Keep memcards, states, and sotc.ini when updating to another release.

Known issues

This is an experimental fan project. Occasional black frames, brief first-use shader compilation stalls,
and imperfect audio can occur. If the game exits, Play.bat keeps its error visible. Report the error,
your CPU/GPU details, and BUILD-INFO.txt through Issues.

The .zip.sha256 attachment contains the checksum of the downloadable ZIP, not the ISO checksum above.

Source and credits

• Port source for this release.
• Pinned PS2Recomp runtime and recompiler source.
• Source build instructions.
  Clone with git clone --recursive to include PS2Recomp; your supported ISO is required to regenerate game code.

License notices for the port, PS2Recomp, raylib, GLFW, and the Microsoft runtime are included in the ZIP.
The repository's GPL-3.0 license covers its code only and grants no rights to the original game.

This project is not affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Team Ico, or Japan Studio.
Shadow of the Colossus is a trademark of its respective owners.