# SpyroEngine: a native PC port of the PlayStation Spyro trilogy

> SpyroEngine ports the original PlayStation Spyro trilogy to PC with title-specific native subsystems and psxport's Lightrec executor for remaining MIPS code. It authenticates each player's game executable before running it, and records per-title progress on presentation, terrain and gameplay paths.

- 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/SomeoneIsWorking/psx-spyro>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/SomeoneIsWorking/psx-spyro/blob/4bcdd573f9fc2dcdcc3e525acd71042be9fc1a21/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/spyroengine-trilogy-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/spyroengine-trilogy-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/spyroengine-trilogy-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Legally obtained supported Spyro game files; each title is selected by executable identity and hash.
- **Prerequisites:** Player builds require CMake, Ninja and the documented native dependencies.
- **Limits:** The port remains a work in progress; title-specific rendering and gameplay routes have documented gaps.
- **License:** MIT for project code; psxport's vendored backend has a separate GPL-2.0 licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/SomeoneIsWorking/psx-spyro/blob/4bcdd573f9fc2dcdcc3e525acd71042be9fc1a21/README.md>

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