GTA Vice City Stories PC Port: PS2 Recomp vs PSP, Which Wins?

GTA Vice City Stories PC port project page (source code): https://github.com/gothamor/gta-vcs-recomp — needs your own legally obtained copy of the game.

GTA Vice City Stories PC port, explained: Rockstar's 2006 PSP game came to PS2 in 2007, but never to PC. Now it has two fan-made native ports. The new one, gta-vcs-recomp, recompiles the PS2 version into a real Windows and Linux program that runs at 60 FPS by default. The earlier PSP recomp started from the PSP version in August. What's different, and which one is further along?

DISCLAIMER: Education only. This is not a tutorial: no download links, no setup, build or install steps, no help with game files, discs or ISOs, and nothing here is legal advice. The PS2 port needs your own copy of the game (US PS2 disc); no game files are included, shown or linked here. gta-vcs-recomp, PSPRecomp and vice-city-stories-recomp are unofficial fan projects, not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive or Sony, and neither is this channel.

In this video:
• The bug that deleted a shopkeeper: in the first mission the game hung on "Loading..." at the shop door, because the recompiled code checked only the low 32 bits of a value, read a flag as "fade out" and removed the shopkeeper; fixed the same day (developer's PROGRESS.md, 25 Oct)
• How it runs (README, 31 Oct 2026): 60 FPS by default with real-time game timing, higher caps up to 240 or uncapped; over 200 FPS in most of the city at the original resolution on an i7-7700K + GTX 1080 Ti, a locked 60 on a 2015 laptop with Intel HD 520 (Linux); widescreen up to 32:9, mouse look, free aim since v0.0.3
• The Ferris wheel bug above 50 FPS, fixed in v0.0.3, less than a day after the first release
• PS2 recomp vs PSP recomp: where each one starts, what each repository holds, platforms and status (the PSP build calls itself a "playable release", the PS2 port "in development"); what the PS2 version of the game adds and loses (Wikipedia)
• Who wrote the code: all 215 commits credit Anthropic's Claude as co-author (our count, 31 Oct); the history starts on 21 Oct, and a human plays and reports bugs
• Is it allowed? Your own US PS2 disc, no game code in the repository; Take-Two's 2021 takedown of re3; no notice on either Vice City Stories port in GitHub's DMCA archive (checked 31 Oct)

CHAPTERS
0:00 Does it really run on PC?
1:21 How well does it run?
2:30 PS2 or PSP: which port wins?
3:41 How did it move so fast?
4:29 Is it allowed? Will it last?

SOURCES (as of 31 October 2026; developer statements are self-reported)
gta-vcs-recomp by gothamor: README, PROGRESS.md, PERFORMANCE.md, AGENTS.md, release notes v0.0.1 to v0.0.3 and commit history (all on the project page above)
PSPRecomp by Jessica Natalia (VCS profile README) and vice-city-stories-recomp by OverkillLabs3 (README, v1.0.0), named as text sources
Wikipedia, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City_Stories
GitHub DMCA repository, Take-Two notice on re3 (19 Feb 2021): https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/02/2021-02-19-take-two.md
Commit count and DMCA check: our own checks on 31 October 2026.

FOOTAGE & IMAGES
PS2 port gameplay: gothamor's own video of the port (developer demo, sound off). PSP recomp gameplay: Jessica Natalia's own video of PSPRecomp (developer demo, sound off). Original game: Rockstar's official 2006/2007 screenshots (archived official site), labelled "original". Screen recordings of public pages. Grand Theft Auto and Vice City Stories © Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive; no game audio used.

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Дата на публикация: 3 ноември, 2026
Категория: Игри
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