# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- 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/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN/blob/26c9b49c6542566a50f1383c5d5698e6a17249b2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/free-bbn-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/free-bbn-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/free-bbn-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN/blob/26c9b49c6542566a50f1383c5d5698e6a17249b2/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/jegesmedve09/Free-BBN/blob/26c9b49c6542566a50f1383c5d5698e6a17249b2/LICENSE>

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