{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/AlexAltea/orbital/blob/cc408367da6a6ebbf5ac1ac559fefeadc73b2831/tools/dumper/README.md",
    "https://github.com/AlexAltea/orbital/blob/cc408367da6a6ebbf5ac1ac559fefeadc73b2831/docs/hardware/aeolia.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "hardware",
  "description_en": "Orbital reconstructs PlayStation 4 hardware in a virtualization-based emulator intended to boot decrypted console kernels. Its C++ source models components including Aeolia controllers and Liverpool graphics hardware, while hardware and kernel notes record device IDs, registers and kernel interfaces.",
  "description_zh": "Orbital 以虚拟化方式重建 PlayStation 4 硬件，用于启动解密后的主机内核。C++ 源码实现 Aeolia 控制器、Liverpool 图形硬件等组件；文档记录设备编号、寄存器和内核接口。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/orbital-ps4-reconstruction-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/orbital-ps4-reconstruction-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/AlexAltea/orbital/blob/cc408367da6a6ebbf5ac1ac559fefeadc73b2831/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "orbital-ps4-reconstruction-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/orbital-ps4-reconstruction-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/orbital-ps4-reconstruction-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/orbital-ps4-reconstruction-case/index.md",
  "name": "Orbital: reconstructing PlayStation 4 hardware for virtualization",
  "name_zh": "Orbital：面向虚拟化的 PlayStation 4 硬件重建",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Requires users to extract files and console keys from their own PlayStation 4; the dumper supports firmware 1.76, 4.55, 5.00 and 5.05.",
    "Requires an x86-64 CPU with AVX/BMI1 and virtualization extensions, 12 GB RAM, and Vulkan 1.0 support.",
    "The project is not ready for end users; BIOS, GRUB and QEMU components must be built separately.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要从自己的 PlayStation 4 提取文件和主机密钥；提取工具支持固件 1.76、4.55、5.00 和 5.05。",
    "需要支持 AVX/BMI1 和虚拟化扩展的 x86-64 CPU、12 GB 内存及 Vulkan 1.0。",
    "项目尚未面向普通用户；BIOS、GRUB 和 QEMU 组件需要分别构建。",
    "MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "firmware"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/AlexAltea/orbital",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}