Ape Escape Recompiled v0.0.4
Pre-release
🛠️ Critical boot fix — v0.0.2 / v0.0.3 could not start on user machines
If you downloaded v0.0.2 or v0.0.3 and the game closed itself moments after launch, this release is the fix. Those builds relied on a reference copy of the game's boot executable that only exists in a development checkout (it's game data, so it is never shipped in the zip). Without it, the runtime's text-integrity guard never armed and the boot died silently right after the BIOS handed control to the game — on every user install, on both boot paths.
The runtime now extracts that reference directly from your disc image — the same bytes the BIOS boots — so it works on every install. Your settings and saves carry over; just replace the old folder's exe (or extract fresh).
Carried forward from v0.0.3
- L3 / R3 (stick clicks) are first-class across the whole input stack: controller stick-clicks out of the box (remappable in
input.ini), keyboard T / Y defaults, launcher Controls chips.
Everything from v0.0.2 (memory-card save/load, FMV+audio, OpenGL/Software renderers, instant boot, experimental widescreen) is unchanged.
As always: bring your own legally obtained BIOS (SCPH1001.BIN) and Ape Escape (USA, SCUS-94423) disc image — see START_HERE.txt in the zip.