PS Vita Launch: Sonic 3 "Angel Island Revisited" port, by Gl33ntwine

Developer Gl33ntwine has launched a port of Sonic 3 A.I.R for the PS Vita, with further credit to Rinnegatamante and MDashK. This explicit port was apparently a troublesome nut to crack, 3 years within the making, with a number of points and reminiscence leaks fastened alongside the best way.

If you’d prefer to see extra ports, know that a number of AAA video games have been ported in latest months to the PS Vita, specifically from Android. We’ve seen Android ports to the PS Vita for a number of video games now, together with Tomb Raider 1 & 2, Dead Space, Mass Effect, Fahrenheit, Crazy Taxi, Rockstar’s Bully, GTA San Andreas, in addition to Final Fantasy ports and extra. You can test a few of them right here.

What is Sonic 3 A.I.R. for PS Vita?

Sonic 3 Angel Island Revisited (sonic3air.org) describes itself merely as a “fan-made widescreen remaster of Sonic 3 & Knuckles”. The recreation requires belongings from the official Steam model, so as to run. Sonic 3 A.I.R. brings some QoL enhancements in comparison with the Steam model of the sport, and has been ported to a wide range of homebrew consoles (together with, now, the PS Vita). Last however not least, it helps mods and patches (“tweaks”).

From the port’s Developer:

Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited) is a fan-made remaster of the traditional Sega recreation Sonic 3 & Knuckles. This venture modernizes the unique recreation by including widescreen help, improved graphics and audio, and new gameplay options. It is designed to supply a superior enjoying expertise on trendy techniques whereas requiring authentic recreation information to run.
This repository accommodates the PlayStation Vita port of Sonic 3 A.I.R. Consider this a “beta” launch geared toward accumulating participant suggestions. In the long run, the port is deliberate to be merged upstream.

Download and Install Sonic 3 A.I.R. for PS Vita

We typically advocate that you just Download and set up VitaDB Downloader to then simply set up any homebrew. But on this case, the set up course of requires some handbook steps, so that you’re higher off downloading it from vitaDB, or the venture’s github.

Setup (from the readme)

In order to correctly set up the sport, you’ll need to comply with these steps exactly:

Legally acquire a suitable Sonic 3 & Knuckles ROM.
The directions on how to do this can be found at sonic3air.org
Install FdFix by copying fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (normally ur0:tai) and including the entry to your config.txt underneath *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

! ⚠️ Don't set up `fd_fix.skprx` when you're utilizing the rePatch plugin!
! ⚠️ rePatch offers the identical performance and so they could battle.

Make positive you’ve got libshacccg.suprx within the ur0:/information/ folder in your console. If you don’t, use ShaRKBR33D to get it shortly and simply.
Download the archive with information recordsdata (sonic3air.zip) from Releases. Unpack it to the ux0:/information/sonic3air/ folder in your console. Example of right ensuing path: ux0:/information/sonic3air/information/scripts.bin.
Rename your Sonic 3 & Knuckles ROM to Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin and place it in ux0:information/sonic3air/Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin.
Download and set up the VPK from Releases.
(Optional) Download the remastered audio pack (audioremaster.bin) from Releases. Place it within the ux0:information/sonic3air/information/ folder.