Black for Android v1.6.0

Black for Android v1.6.0

An unofficial native Android port of the original Xbox version of Black,
statically recompiled with XboxXBE-Recomp and drawn with Vulkan.

Important

This release contains no game assets. You need the files from your own legally acquired copy of Black (USA or Europe release).

📦 Download

File	Size	SHA-256
Black-1.6.0.apk	21.2 MB	f72510d06f34c743d934d547fc838c7dc5ca2359fbe56dd3d27278c511d39f97

🚀 Installation

1. Install Black-1.6.0.apk on your phone.
2. Open Black Android and allow all files access when it asks.
3. Copy the game into /storage/emulated/0/Black, or into a Black folder on your SD card: the disc image (.iso), or default.xbe with its data folders.
4. The game starts as soon as it finds the files.

Tip

If you don't grant all files access, put the game in Android/data/com.racas.black/files/assets instead. Settings, saves, logs and the shader cache are stored in Android/data/com.racas.black/files.

✨ Features

🖥️ Graphics	Render resolution 20–200%, FOV 45–140°, viewmodel FOV, FMV scale, unlocked frame rate, V-Sync, FPS counter, anisotropic filtering, 2x / 4x / 8x draw distance, toggleable reload blur
👆 Touch Controls	Presets and a layout editor to move and resize each control, touch sensitivity, gyroscope aiming with the phone or a DualShock 4 / DualSense
🎮 Other Input	SDL3 controllers with rumble, keyboard and a captured mouse with rebindable controls
⚙️ General	Language (with Indonesian), skip intros, audio output, update check, pause while in the background
💀 Cheats	Infinite ammo and grenades, rapid fire, no recoil, god mode, one-hit kills, game speed

The settings are in the game's own options menu, one page per group. Android's back button opens the pause menu.

📱 Requirements

• Android 10 or newer, arm64
• GPU with a Vulkan 1.1 driver (Adreno 6xx+, Mali-G7x+, Xclipse)
• 4 GB RAM, 2 GB free storage

🙏 Credits

Built on XboxXBE-Recomp by TGP482, with SDL, glslang, toml++ and Dear ImGui.

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What's Changed

• fix: OPTIONS after the credits opened the credits again
• fix: pin the SDK to the commit v1.5.0 was built with
• feat: HDR and anti-aliasing on the graphics page
• feat: BLOOM and FOG switches on the graphics page
• feat: an Enter button in the menus
• feat: CREDITS on the title menu, QUIT last
• feat: the cheats in a panel a touch button opens
• fix: a page the PAGE row turns to shows all its rows, none of the last page's
• feat: Xbox and clean button skins for the touch controls
• fix: find the SD card's Black folder through Android's storage volumes
• feat: don't ask again option on the other release warning
• feat: any weapon in any level

What's Changed

• feat: any weapon in any level by @datfooldive in #46

New Contributors

• @datfooldive made their first contribution in #46

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0