Case study
Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita: an Android executable port
Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita runs the Android ARMv7 game executables on PS Vita by loading them into memory, resolving imports with native functions and applying patches. The user supplies the Android APK and OBB files.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 10
- Last commit
- 2023-09-26
- Language
- C
- License (GitHub)
- MIT
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: Supply an Android game version that uses an OBB file; v1.0.1 was tested.
- Prerequisites: PS Vita setup requires kubridge and libshacccg.suprx; install FdFix unless using the rePatch plugin.
- Prerequisites: The loader build requires vitasdk with softfp and the listed Vita libraries.
- License: MIT licensed.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{layton-lost-future-hd-vita-case,
title = {{Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita: an Android executable port}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton3-vita}},
url = {https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton3-vita},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/layton-lost-future-hd-vita-case/}}
}Plain text
Professor Layton: Lost Future HD Vita: an Android executable port. https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton3-vita (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/layton-lost-future-hd-vita-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · Rinnegatamante/layton3-vita · Revision d79fda4
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