Power Dozer v0.81

Power Dozer v0.81 is a public beta of the native Blast Corps USA Rev 1 port.

• English documentation and comprehensive project/dependency credits, with original notices preserved in runtime and source packages.
• Native Windows x64 support and portable Linux x86-64 packaging.
• Windows atomic saves/import and backups with Unicode paths; corrected Windows startup diagnostics.
• Project commit authorship corrected to djultra64.

Validation: 134 Python checks, 45 Linux CTest checks and 2 native Windows CTest checks passed. Brief portable Linux and interactive Windows Vulkan sessions exited successfully; Windows rendered at 1280×720 and accepted keyboard input. Audio task/sample activity was recorded, without claiming sustained audible continuity.

The thin black ground line reported during testing is no longer visible to the reporter and was not reproduced in recent local captures. No speculative graphics patch was applied.

Provide your own legally obtained USA Rev 1 ROM. No ROM, extracted game assets, saves or private recordings are included. Windows requires Vulkan drivers and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 x64 Redistributable.

This is an experimental beta release: intermittent audio loss remains under investigation. Broad mission coverage, physical controllers and sustained 4K/120 Hz presentation remain for manual testing. Source/license review flags remain unresolved.

Runtime archives and the source archive have separate SHA-256 files. Installation, controls, troubleshooting and build instructions are in the repository documentation.