🛠️ Critical boot fix + self-contained package
If v0.0.1 failed to start or closed itself moments after launch, this release is the fix.
- Boot fix. v0.0.1 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 — the guard the English-translation layer also depends on. The runtime now extracts that reference directly from your disc image (the same bytes the BIOS boots), so it works on every install.
- Self-contained exe. v0.0.1 shipped loose MinGW DLLs (
SDL2.dll,libgcc_s_seh-1.dll, …) that could collide with copies elsewhere on your system (0xc000007bon launch). v0.0.2 is a single statically-linked executable importing only Windows system DLLs. - The package now ships
game.toml, the Englishtranslations/tables, release notes, and aSTART_HERE.txt.
Everything from v0.0.1 carries forward: playable end to end via instant boot, runtime English fan-translation (launcher → Localization), integrated launcher, keyboard/DualShock support.
As always: bring your own legally obtained PS1 BIOS (SCPH1001.BIN — the standard US BIOS works; the default instant boot skips the console's region check) and Tsumu Light (Japan, SLPS-02253) disc image — see START_HERE.txt in the zip.