# Death Road to Canada Lite: porting the Android game to PS Vita

> Death Road to Canada Lite runs the Android game on PS Vita through a native loader that resolves imports and patches its ARMv7 executable in memory. Setup uses libmain.so and assets extracted from the player's APK, together with a bundled mod that simplifies maps for Vita play.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/Death-Road-to-Canada-Lite>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/Death-Road-to-Canada-Lite/blob/d2aa044fc6b8112f5920bf47c2e49f403e8b49e8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/death-road-to-canada-lite-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/death-road-to-canada-lite-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/death-road-to-canada-lite-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained Android APK of Death Road to Canada is required; the port was tested with version 1.7.2b.
- **Prerequisites:** PS Vita setup requires kubridge, FdFix or rePatch, and libshacccg.suprx.
- **Limits:** Other game versions may need mod adjustments.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/Death-Road-to-Canada-Lite/blob/d2aa044fc6b8112f5920bf47c2e49f403e8b49e8/README.md>

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