Case study

Free-BBN: recreating the PlayStation Broadband Navigator dashboard

Free-BBN recreates the PlayStation Broadband Navigator dashboard as a PS2 homebrew application built with ps2sdk and gsKit. Its source implements the execution core, menu rendering, music and sound effects, with partial FMV playback. The author describes the project as a paused proof of concept.

Targets: App
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 12
Last commit: 2026-10-04
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires PlayStation 2 hardware or PCSX2 to run.
Limits: The project is paused at proof-of-concept stage; FMV playback is partial.
License: The project's original source code uses a Custom Source-Available License; third-party intellectual property is excluded from that copyright claim.

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BibTeX

@misc{free-bbn-case,
  title = {{Free-BBN: recreating the PlayStation Broadband Navigator dashboard}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN}},
  url = {https://github.com/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/free-bbn-case/}}
}

Plain text

Free-BBN: recreating the PlayStation Broadband Navigator dashboard. https://github.com/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/free-bbn-case/

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README.md GitHub · jegesmedve09/Free-BBN · Revision 26c9b49
LICENSE GitHub · jegesmedve09/Free-BBN · Revision 26c9b49