r/Homebrews

Hi everyone!

After projects like Mario 64 PSX, Half-Life PSX, and the recent PSX Splash Game Jam (new article soon), we have a lot of projects to cover in the PS1 homebrew scene. Today, we are going to talk about Zelda: OOT for the PS1!

Zelda: OOT is still highly experimental, but it’s already playable and includes basic movement, collision, and a surprisingly modern dual-stick camera system (like Dark Souls). The prototype was built using PSYQo, and the developer (u/izzy88izzy) explained the project also serves as a way to better understand PS1 hardware and improve another engine project called BONNIE-32 (check it out).

Performance is still very rough and there are several graphical issues, but considering the scale of Ocarina of Time, it’s already a fascinating technical achievement.

We go into more detail about the project, its technical challenges, and the current state of the prototype in our full article:
👉 Zelda: Ocarina of Time on PS1 Sounds Impossible…

Since nobody seems to have covered the project on YouTube yet, and we don't know how to compile it ourselves, we wanted to help spread the word by uploading gameplay footage recorded by izzy88izzy (full credit goes to the developer) on our channel:
👉 A Zelda Game on PS1?! - Incredible Homebrew Project

So I had this happen a couple days ago after dropping it accidentally and what I did was remove the Wi-Fi chip and put it back in, and it started turning on again just without Wi-Fi which I didn’t think was a big deal. This morning, I tried turning it back on again, and it was stuck on the backlight screen. I did the same thing again and took the Wi-Fi chip out and back in. I removed the SD card multiple times, I formatted the SD card fat 32 with 64 kB cluster sizes and moved all my files back on, and right now it’s still stuck on the backlight screen. My SD card is 64 gb and I know it’s recommended to have 32 or less but it was working just fine for like a week. So is there anything else I can do? Should I order a new Wi-Fi chip?

We’ve got some great news. The Snake PSX alpha 2.0 is no longer lost!

This version was originally hosted on PSXDev and couldn’t be found anywhere else after the forum went down (only 1.0). Recently, the developer (rubixcube6) himself commented on one of our posts, and we finally have access to version 2.0.

Big thanks to him! He also shared the source code and assets, which is amazing.

Here’s the link to the official page:
👉 Snake PSX

I also wanted to share a short reflection I wrote about how easily homebrew projects can disappear over time and its preservation dilemma. You can read it here:
👉 When PS1 Homebrew Disappears

We have uploaded a new gameplay to our channel!

In this case, it's a PS1 homebrew project created for the first PSXSPLASH Jam organized by Bandwidth.

Fishing, quick-time events and a big surprise!

We are working on an special article about the jam and this project in particular.

Please, check out our gameplay:

The Lake Giveth

Any feedback would be amazing 😄