Getting into the Halloween Spirit with Recompilations!

It was around this time last year that I started experimenting with my first ever agent on the CLI. The first thing I tried to do was a recompilation, and it failed miserably. It wasn't until nearly February that my first project got any sort of legs.

Now, we're one year later with so much that has advanced. It seemed like the right time to celebrate in the best way possible – with a few recomps.

Growing up, I had a copy of MediEvil II and a demo disc for Jersey Devil. So these games always stuck out to me, and seemed right for the holiday season.

I've been touching these up over the month. I'd love to give them more refinement, but I think now is the right time to release and capture the holiday spirit. Here's a few of my favorite spooky titles here for the original Playstation, recompiled!

Both are alpha releases, but each make use of the psxrecomp which has been increasingly maturing. Ideally, it makes the alpha experience a bit less alpha.

MediEvil II Recompiled

Sir Daniel Fortesque is back from the dead once again, this time in Victorian London. The recompiled version turns on the full set of enhancements by default:

• Adaptive widescreen that follows your window, including ultrawide, with extended terrain visibility and the HUD anchored to the screen edges.
• Smooth rendering at 60 FPS or your display’s refresh rate. The game still runs at its original speed underneath.
• Higher internal resolution and precise geometry (PGXP), so the 3D no longer wobbles.
• Right-stick camera and optional mouse and keyboard controls.
• Pre-cached fast loading between areas.

Download the latest release from the MediEvil II Recompiled releases page. Supply your own MediEvil II USA (SCUS-94564) disc image. OpenBIOS is included, so you don’t need a PlayStation BIOS.

Jersey Devil Recompiled

Jersey Devil is a 1998 3D platformer starring the purple, bat-winged legend of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Turn on the enhancements from the launcher’s Mods page:

• Widescreen, either Adaptive (fits your window) or a fixed 16:9, with the HUD kept in the corners at its original size.
• Higher internal resolution through the launcher’s video settings.

Download the latest release from the Jersey Devil Recompiled releases page. Supply your own Jersey Devil USA (SCUS-94907) disc as a .cue with all of its track files. OpenBIOS is included.

It’s an early alpha

These are previews. Full playthroughs haven’t been certified yet, so expect bugs, especially in later levels. If you run into a problem, enable Playtest Diagnostics on the Mods page, reproduce the problem, quit normally and send the newest diagnostics folder with your report. It records your inputs and timing so I can replay exactly what happened. It’s off by default, and it never includes your disc or BIOS.

Bug reports are welcome on each project’s GitHub issues page. Happy Halloween! 🎃