WinBack Recompiled v0.2.0

This release adds an in-game menu with Level Select and display settings, and fixes several rendering problems.

You need your own ROM: WinBack - Covert Operations (USA), big-endian .z64, SHA-1 fa04477b321a95e1f7a2edcac5c09bfa6ef72041. No game data is included.

New

• Menu: press Select on a controller or Escape on the keyboard at any time to open it. The game ignores your input while the menu is open.
• Level Select: jump to the start of any stage, or to any of its checkpoints. Checkpoints you reach while playing are recorded, so jumping to them restores the full game state.
• Display settings: window mode (Windowed, Borderless, Fullscreen), resolution, anti-aliasing, Crop Overscan (hides the black border the game leaves for TVs) and Integer Scale. Changes apply immediately and are saved in settings.json next to the game.
• Exit Game in the menu, with a confirmation.
• Analog camera turning: the right stick turns the camera at a speed that matches how far it is pushed. Full deflection matches the original C buttons.

Fixed

• The laser sight no longer flickers.
• Changing anti-aliasing or the resolution during play could freeze the picture for good.

Known limitations

• The menu and Level Select are new and have had limited testing with real controllers.
• The game can crash while closing. Your saves are not affected.
• Later missions have had little testing. Freezes or crashes are possible.
• Widescreen is not available yet. Rendering uses Vulkan.

Installing

1. Extract WinBackRecompiled-v0.2.0-Windows-x64.zip anywhere you can write to. To update, extract it over your existing folder; saves and settings are kept.
2. Run WinBackRecompiled.exe and select your ROM when asked (or place it next to the exe first).

Requires 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and a GPU with Vulkan support.

If something goes wrong, please open an issue and say where it happened. Running WinBackRecompiled.exe --console shows a log that helps with diagnosis.