Sonic R PSP v1.0

The first release of Sonic R (the 1998 PC version) on the PSP.

What's in it

• 60 fps: the game's logic still runs at 30 Hz, as on PC, and the PSP draws an extra frame halfway between two ticks. 30 fps is still an option.
• Drawn on the PSP's graphics chip: the track, the ground, the characters and the fog.
• Widescreen (16:9) in one-player races, with the HUD at the screen's edges, or 4:3 as on PC.
• A draw distance up to twice the PC's "Very Far".
• Options → Graphics sets the FPS, the draw distance and the screen shape.
• Music in ATRAC3, streamed from the Memory Stick; a race's files load in about 1.5 s.
• Fixes checked against the original SONICR.EXE: the menus remember the chosen character and course, Radiant Emerald's start sign is back over the track, and the robots' exhaust flame flickers again.
• The main menu has Grand Prix, Time Attack and Options: no multiplayer, since the PSP has one pad and no network play here.

How to install

This is only the game's program (EBOOT.PBP): it does not include the game. You need your own Sonic R PC CD. The README explains how to turn it into the folder the PSP reads, with Python and the scripts in this repository:

1. python tools/extract_cd.py "Sonic R (USA).cue"
2. python tools/convert_music.py
3. python tools/make_ms_folder.py --eboot path/to/EBOOT.PBP
4. Copy dist/PSP/GAME/SonicR into PSP/GAME/ on the Memory Stick.

Needs a PSP with CFW.

Sonic R belongs to SEGA (developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team). This port is built on jnmartin84's Sonic R decompilation; it may be shared, never sold.