{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/nekomancer01/DarkSoulsPS2/blob/f9c56f0df7ef9ed458114e710124e929c81b5d6f/notes/EXE_FINDINGS.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Dark Souls PS2 ports parts of Dark Souls Remastered to PlayStation 2 with a new C engine and hand-written VU1 programs. Python exporters convert maps, characters, animations, collision, scripts, and menus from the user's PC copy; executable findings document constants and rules used to reproduce behavior. The author describes it as an early prototype covering only the first few areas.",
  "description_zh": "Dark Souls PS2 使用新的 C 引擎和手写 VU1 程序，将 Dark Souls Remastered 的部分内容移植到 PlayStation 2。Python 工具从玩家自有的 PC 版导出地图、角色、动画、碰撞、脚本和菜单；可执行文件研究笔记记录用于复现行为的常量与规则。目前仍是只覆盖前几个区域的早期原型。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/dark-souls-ps2-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dark-souls-ps2-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/nekomancer01/DarkSoulsPS2/blob/f9c56f0df7ef9ed458114e710124e929c81b5d6f/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "dark-souls-ps2-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/dark-souls-ps2-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/dark-souls-ps2-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dark-souls-ps2-case/index.md",
  "name": "Dark Souls PS2: a PlayStation 2 port of Dark Souls Remastered",
  "name_zh": "Dark Souls PS2：Dark Souls Remastered 的 PlayStation 2 移植",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A user-owned Steam PC copy of Dark Souls Remastered is required; build 10943698 with English data is the checked version.",
    "The developer setup requires Linux, ps2dev with gsKit, Python 3.10 or newer, and PCSX2 2.x.",
    "The prototype remains incomplete as a playable game; real PS2 hardware remains untested.",
    "GPL-3.0 license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要玩家自有的 Steam PC 版 Dark Souls Remastered；已检查的版本是英文数据的 build 10943698。",
    "开发环境需要 Linux、带 gsKit 的 ps2dev、Python 3.10 或更新版本，以及 PCSX2 2.x。",
    "该原型尚非完整可玩的游戏，也未在实体 PS2 上测试。",
    "GPL-3.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/nekomancer01/DarkSoulsPS2",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}