TMB_Recomp 0.3.2

TMB_Recomp 0.3.2

Twisted Metal: Black (USA) as a native PC game, built on your PC from your own disc: nothing of the game is in this download.

What's new

Added

• Story: start at (F2, Cheats): a new story can begin at any of its stages, Midtown Suburbs to Warhawk's Rooftop,
  instead of the Junkyard, then goes on from there as usual. Handy to try the later stages without playing through.

Fixed

• Black Vista Highway (story stage 3) had no road: most of the level's ground and walls were not drawn. Some
  pieces of three Challenge arenas (DEATH1, DEATH2, DEATH5) were missing for the same reason. "Rebuild now" after
  updating fixes them.
• Movie sound volume: the movies' sound now plays at the volume the game sets for it (it used a default
  volume before; a fix from the Valkyrie Profile 2 port, which shares the sound code).

Known limits

• Story stages past the first are reachable and load correctly, but most have not been played to the end yet.
• No widescreen yet.
• Only the USA disc (SCUS-97101) is supported.
• The launcher and the game are not signed: Windows SmartScreen asks for "More info", then "Run anyway".

Download

1. TMB_Recomp-0.3.2.zip below. Check its SHA-256 before running anything:
   Get-FileHash .\TMB_Recomp-0.3.2.zip (PowerShell) must print

   460158B12EDBA002593B1DEDC15609E9493BB38AA2CF73D70042B5A019D44BE6
   

2. Unzip it anywhere you like except Program Files, with about 10 GB free, and double-click TMB Launcher.exe. It is not signed: on Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.

3. Select your USA disc image (SCUS-97101), Prepare the game (a few minutes, once), Play.

Updating from an earlier release: unzip this one where you unzipped it (the zip holds a TMB_Recomp folder; replace the files), then Rebuild now when the launcher offers it: only what changed is built again. Saves and settings are in %APPDATA%\TMB_Recomp and stay.

Build information

• Code: TheBozos/TMB_Recomp (a7869c0af8e9e0f65e45c617b1ce0972f2259e5b), PS2Recomp fork 3eb40ffffd0999eec12c62a20cc70ec064b81c15
• Build kit: GCC 16.2.0-6, CMake 4.4.4-3, Ninja 1.13.2-1 (MSYS2 UCRT64), FFmpeg 9.0.2 (LGPL, static), Python 3.14.10
• TMB_Recomp-0.3.2.zip: 148.1 MB, SHA-256 460158b12edba002593b1dedc15609e9493bb38aa2cf73d70042b5a019d44be6
• TMB_Recomp-0.3.2-sources.zip: 452.3 MB, SHA-256 c8ce37b5df2055438e067a52a189607ce63e307429cbf56a0319205242433d74

Source code and licences

The code is in the zip (source\) and at the commit above: our own code under the MIT licence, PS2Recomp (the runtime and recompiler it is built on) under GPL-3.0, which makes the game you build a GPL-3.0 combined work. The build kit redistributes unmodified GPL / LGPL programs (GCC, binutils, mingw-w64, the DLLs CMake loads) and FFmpeg (LGPL-2.1+): LICENSES\ in the zip has their licences, and LICENSES\SOURCES.txt lists each package with its exact source on repo.msys2.org. Their corresponding source is attached to this release as TMB_Recomp-0.3.2-sources.zip. For three years from this release we also provide it on request (GitHub issues).

Twisted Metal: Black © Sony Interactive Entertainment, developed by Incognito Entertainment. An unofficial fan project by The Bozos (boubou666 & Arzaroth), not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

TMB_Recomp 0.3.1

TMB_Recomp 0.3.1

Twisted Metal: Black (USA) as a native PC game, built on your PC from your own disc: nothing of the game is in this download.

What's new

Changed

• Faster: the game now needs about a third less processor time per frame than in 0.3.0 (in our tests a busy
  match went from about 7.5 to 5 milliseconds of work per frame, out of the 16.7 a frame lasts at 60 frames per
  second). Older or slower PCs that dropped below 60 in big fights or in split screen should hold it much better.
  Nothing changes in how the game looks or plays.

Known limits

• Story levels 2 to 8 are not checked to the end yet.
• No widescreen yet.
• Only the USA disc (SCUS-97101) is supported.
• The launcher and the game are not signed: Windows SmartScreen asks for "More info", then "Run anyway".

Download

1. TMB_Recomp-0.3.1.zip below. Check its SHA-256 before running anything:
   Get-FileHash .\TMB_Recomp-0.3.1.zip (PowerShell) must print

   58A6382E17E1DF6C194F69285CF05979B42ABAFF0E95F5494E315D863F5C9E35
   

2. Unzip it anywhere you like except Program Files, with about 10 GB free, and double-click TMB Launcher.exe. It is not signed: on Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.

3. Select your USA disc image (SCUS-97101), Prepare the game (a few minutes, once), Play.

Updating from an earlier release: unzip this one where you unzipped it (the zip holds a TMB_Recomp folder; replace the files), then Rebuild now when the launcher offers it: only what changed is built again. Saves and settings are in %APPDATA%\TMB_Recomp and stay.

Build information

• Code: TheBozos/TMB_Recomp (82f5b4711989eccb917e5d5bd1a0d5a62114ffb1), PS2Recomp fork f57615f03e67d92a28cf4a3df87b50444ee3668a
• Build kit: GCC 16.2.0-6, CMake 4.4.4-3, Ninja 1.13.2-1 (MSYS2 UCRT64), FFmpeg 9.0.2 (LGPL, static), Python 3.14.10
• TMB_Recomp-0.3.1.zip: 148.1 MB, SHA-256 58a6382e17e1df6c194f69285cf05979b42abaff0e95f5494e315d863f5c9e35
• TMB_Recomp-0.3.1-sources.zip: 452.3 MB, SHA-256 9fdd36fa1c950d5f1921a158fb1ba4bea6f208fbcdbe2557706464ef9cdec2ce

Source code and licences

The code is in the zip (source\) and at the commit above: our own code under the MIT licence, PS2Recomp (the runtime and recompiler it is built on) under GPL-3.0, which makes the game you build a GPL-3.0 combined work. The build kit redistributes unmodified GPL / LGPL programs (GCC, binutils, mingw-w64, the DLLs CMake loads) and FFmpeg (LGPL-2.1+): LICENSES\ in the zip has their licences, and LICENSES\SOURCES.txt lists each package with its exact source on repo.msys2.org. Their corresponding source is attached to this release as TMB_Recomp-0.3.1-sources.zip. For three years from this release we also provide it on request (GitHub issues).

Twisted Metal: Black © Sony Interactive Entertainment, developed by Incognito Entertainment. An unofficial fan project by The Bozos (boubou666 & Arzaroth), not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

TMB_Recomp 0.3.0

TMB_Recomp 0.3.0

Twisted Metal: Black (USA) as a native PC game, built on your PC from your own disc: nothing of the game is in this download.

What's new

Added

• The launcher updates the game itself: when a new version is out, "Update" on the Play tab downloads it, checks
  it, installs it over this one and restarts the launcher; then "Rebuild now" prepares the game again (only what
  changed). Your saves and settings stay. Unzipping a new release by hand still works too.

Changed

• Smoother frame times: the game does less work each frame (about 2 ms less per frame in our tests), so slower PCs
  drop fewer frames in busy fights. The lens flares no longer read the whole picture back from the graphics card
  each frame.

Known limits

• Players on 0.1.0 or 0.2.0 update to this version by hand one last time (unzip it over the old one, then Rebuild);
  from 0.3.0 on, the launcher's Update button does it.
• Story levels 2 to 8 are not checked to the end yet.
• No widescreen yet.
• Only the USA disc (SCUS-97101) is supported.
• The launcher and the game are not signed: Windows SmartScreen asks for "More info", then "Run anyway".

Download

1. TMB_Recomp-0.3.0.zip below. Check its SHA-256 before running anything:
   Get-FileHash .\TMB_Recomp-0.3.0.zip (PowerShell) must print

   6A1E03ABDA3BA6ACF917E9AAF7C447D6EB85F6B47DA977A0BD0CA9E6E4A3226C
   

2. Unzip it anywhere you like except Program Files, with about 10 GB free, and double-click TMB Launcher.exe. It is not signed: on Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.

3. Select your USA disc image (SCUS-97101), Prepare the game (a few minutes, once), Play.

Updating from an earlier release: unzip this one where you unzipped it (the zip holds a TMB_Recomp folder; replace the files), then Rebuild now when the launcher offers it: only what changed is built again. Saves and settings are in %APPDATA%\TMB_Recomp and stay.

Build information

• Code: TheBozos/TMB_Recomp (fff644806d875174d5e158c6238877383f80957b), PS2Recomp fork 780aa63bc847d8d29777ddf438c6753e28368aec
• Build kit: GCC 16.2.0-6, CMake 4.4.4-3, Ninja 1.13.2-1 (MSYS2 UCRT64), FFmpeg 9.0.2 (LGPL, static), Python 3.14.10
• TMB_Recomp-0.3.0.zip: 148.1 MB, SHA-256 6a1e03abda3ba6acf917e9aaf7c447d6eb85f6b47da977a0bd0ca9e6e4a3226c
• TMB_Recomp-0.3.0-sources.zip: 452.3 MB, SHA-256 8d7d0ab73c01c54d06937303603d440b40a343a1952087b22a0fa67a2aaaa7be

Source code and licences

The code is in the zip (source\) and at the commit above: our own code under the MIT licence, PS2Recomp (the runtime and recompiler it is built on) under GPL-3.0, which makes the game you build a GPL-3.0 combined work. The build kit redistributes unmodified GPL / LGPL programs (GCC, binutils, mingw-w64, the DLLs CMake loads) and FFmpeg (LGPL-2.1+): LICENSES\ in the zip has their licences, and LICENSES\SOURCES.txt lists each package with its exact source on repo.msys2.org. Their corresponding source is attached to this release as TMB_Recomp-0.3.0-sources.zip. For three years from this release we also provide it on request (GitHub issues).

Twisted Metal: Black © Sony Interactive Entertainment, developed by Incognito Entertainment. An unofficial fan project by The Bozos (boubou666 & Arzaroth), not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Build dependencies (mirror)

Copies of the release build's pinned upstream downloads, used by tools/make_build_kit.py only when the upstream site does not answer. Each file is checked against the SHA-256 pinned in make_build_kit.py, so a copy here can never replace the upstream file with a different one. Not a game release.

TMB_Recomp 0.2.0

TMB_Recomp 0.2.0

Twisted Metal: Black (USA) as a native PC game, built on your PC from your own disc: nothing of the game is in this download.

What's new

Added

• Smoother picture on high-refresh monitors, experimental (F2, Video, "Frame rate": "Match the monitor"): on a 120, 144, 165
  or 240 Hz monitor the window shows that many frames a second, the ones between the game's 60 drawn in between (the
  cars, the camera, the scenery and the smoke and sparks move smoothly; the HUD stays as the game draws it). The game
  itself still runs at 60, as it always did, and this costs one game frame (about 17 ms) more input lag. Off by
  default: "60 (the game's)" stays exactly as before. Experimental: a few effects (rain, snow, lens flares, some
  trails) still move at 60 against the smoother rest.

Changed

• New icon for the launcher and the game window: The Bozos' clown, with its head on fire.
• The project moved to The Bozos' GitHub organisation (github.com/TheBozos/TMB_Recomp). The launcher's update check
  and links follow; the 0.1.0 launcher still finds new releases through GitHub's redirect.

Known limits

• Story levels 2 to 8 are not checked to the end yet.
• No widescreen yet.
• Only the USA disc (SCUS-97101) is supported.
• The launcher and the game are not signed: Windows SmartScreen asks for "More info", then "Run anyway".

Download

1. TMB_Recomp-0.2.0.zip below. Check its SHA-256 before running anything:
   Get-FileHash .\TMB_Recomp-0.2.0.zip (PowerShell) must print

   FB12CE6BAE3507F4EFD3BAB456DAA581FD5524EE112C006DD8FDC9A6E2202BC6
   

2. Unzip it anywhere you like except Program Files, with about 10 GB free, and double-click TMB Launcher.exe. It is not signed: on Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.

3. Select your USA disc image (SCUS-97101), Prepare the game (a few minutes, once), Play.

Updating from an earlier release: unzip this one where you unzipped it (the zip holds a TMB_Recomp folder; replace the files), then Rebuild now when the launcher offers it: only what changed is built again. Saves and settings are in %APPDATA%\TMB_Recomp and stay.

Build information

• Code: TheBozos/TMB_Recomp (7d9432fc6adfbb32d80d0babd9477d5352c2abfa), PS2Recomp fork 65a7c92513be67f8492579d3eff0e1d853cf727b
• Build kit: GCC 16.2.0-6, CMake 4.4.4-3, Ninja 1.13.2-1 (MSYS2 UCRT64), FFmpeg 9.0.2 (LGPL, static), Python 3.14.10
• TMB_Recomp-0.2.0.zip: 148.1 MB, SHA-256 fb12ce6bae3507f4efd3bab456daa581fd5524ee112c006dd8fdc9a6e2202bc6
• TMB_Recomp-0.2.0-sources.zip: 452.3 MB, SHA-256 2af5e341588f069c365a22cafef8edd493d6e684fda7b20a9185b5047262a796

Source code and licences

The code is in the zip (source\) and at the commit above: our own code under the MIT licence, PS2Recomp (the runtime and recompiler it is built on) under GPL-3.0, which makes the game you build a GPL-3.0 combined work. The build kit redistributes unmodified GPL / LGPL programs (GCC, binutils, mingw-w64, the DLLs CMake loads) and FFmpeg (LGPL-2.1+): LICENSES\ in the zip has their licences, and LICENSES\SOURCES.txt lists each package with its exact source on repo.msys2.org. Their corresponding source is attached to this release as TMB_Recomp-0.2.0-sources.zip. For three years from this release we also provide it on request (GitHub issues).

Twisted Metal: Black © Sony Interactive Entertainment, developed by Incognito Entertainment. An unofficial fan project by The Bozos (boubou666 & Arzaroth), not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

TMB_Recomp 0.1.0

TMB_Recomp 0.1.0

Twisted Metal: Black (USA) as a native PC game, built on your PC from your own disc: nothing of the game is in this download.

What's new

The first release. You build the game on your own PC from your own USA disc; nothing of the game is in the download.

Added

• The launcher (TMB Launcher.exe, by The Bozos): pick your disc image, "Prepare the game" (a few minutes, once,
  and it can be stopped and resumed), then Play. It refuses the European disc, other games and damaged copies with a
  message saying so, and it tells you when a newer release is out. Everything it needs to build the game (compiler,
  tools) is in the download: nothing else to install.
• The whole game runs as a native PC program at its own 60 frames per second, drawn at twice the PS2's resolution
  by default (the render scale goes higher). No PS2 emulation in the normal mode: the 3D, effects, HUD, menus, movies
  and sound are made by PC code from the game's own data.
• Sound and music, including the movies' sound.
• Every Challenge arena has been played.
• Split screen for 2 to 4 players, each on their own controller.
• Memory card saves: save, load and overwrite, in %APPDATA%\TMB_Recomp (kept when you update).
• Settings window (F2 in the game): controls (every button and stick rebindable to keys, controllers or the
  mouse), video (resolution, windowed / full screen / borderless, render scale) and cheats (infinite health, ammo and
  energy, no AI, weak enemies, and "Unlock everything": every level, vehicle and movie).

Known limits

• Story mode: level 1 of 8 checked to the end; levels 2 to 8 and the endings are not fully checked yet. Please report
  what you find on the issues page.
• No widescreen yet, and no frame rate above the game's own 60.
• Only the USA disc (SCUS-97101) is supported; the European disc is not.
• The launcher and the game are not signed: Windows SmartScreen asks for "More info", then "Run anyway".
• Technical: built from TMB_Recomp's code and the PS2Recomp fork (native/renderer) with the build kit's GCC 16.2,
  FFmpeg 9.0.2 and Python 3.14; the default mode has no GS, VU or SPU2 emulation and no IOP hardware model.

Download

1. TMB_Recomp-0.1.0.zip below. Check its SHA-256 before running anything:
   Get-FileHash .\TMB_Recomp-0.1.0.zip (PowerShell) must print

   E3E52235DBDEFCD780D85E1003A17D3286DF99A78CC036952FE3F1CA2B6D7770
   

2. Unzip it anywhere you like except Program Files, with about 10 GB free, and double-click TMB Launcher.exe. It is not signed: on Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.

3. Select your USA disc image (SCUS-97101), Prepare the game (a few minutes, once), Play.

Updating from an earlier release: unzip this one where you unzipped it (the zip holds a TMB_Recomp folder; replace the files), then Rebuild now when the launcher offers it: only what changed is built again. Saves and settings are in %APPDATA%\TMB_Recomp and stay.

Build information

• Code: boubou666/TMB_Recomp (d87bf7159e4af5af8acc5a6e58de3c88d1b0cf28), PS2Recomp fork 1466e9dccfbcf263031d1b9d49cdf82bf51aaf65
• Build kit: GCC 16.2.0-6, CMake 4.4.4-3, Ninja 1.13.2-1 (MSYS2 UCRT64), FFmpeg 9.0.2 (LGPL, static), Python 3.14.10
• TMB_Recomp-0.1.0.zip: 145.7 MB, SHA-256 e3e52235dbdefcd780d85e1003a17d3286df99a78cc036952fe3f1ca2b6d7770
• TMB_Recomp-0.1.0-sources.zip: 452.3 MB, SHA-256 e099b3d90841dcdb438d5dbe292d2f64da5d17d630a4eb5f60115b59622912e2

Source code and licences

The code is in the zip (source\) and at the commit above: our own code under the MIT licence, PS2Recomp (the runtime and recompiler it is built on) under GPL-3.0, which makes the game you build a GPL-3.0 combined work. The build kit redistributes unmodified GPL / LGPL programs (GCC, binutils, mingw-w64, the DLLs CMake loads) and FFmpeg (LGPL-2.1+): LICENSES\ in the zip has their licences, and LICENSES\SOURCES.txt lists each package with its exact source on repo.msys2.org. Their corresponding source is attached to this release as TMB_Recomp-0.1.0-sources.zip. For three years from this release we also provide it on request (GitHub issues).

Twisted Metal: Black © Sony Interactive Entertainment, developed by Incognito Entertainment. An unofficial fan project by The Bozos (boubou666 & Arzaroth), not affiliated with or endorsed by them.