# The Last Guardian: a native PC port of the PS4 executable

> The Last Guardian PC port runs the PS4 game's original executable as native CPU code while replacing PS4 system services and translating graphics to Vulkan. Its loader and runtime use a user-provided dump of the game and update 01.03; an optional library from the user's console firmware supplies audio. The author reports playable Linux sessions, while Windows gameplay remains untested.

- 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/HayatoG/tlg_pc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/HayatoG/tlg_pc/blob/4825a991c2ac8fd8865b3c340a18b2f54628c0f0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-last-guardian-pc-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-last-guardian-pc-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/the-last-guardian-pc-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's The Last Guardian CUSA03627 or CUSA03745 game dump with update 01.03.
- **Prerequisites:** Audio requires libSceNgs2.sprx from the user's own PS4 firmware.
- **Prerequisites:** PC requires a Vulkan 1.3 GPU; Linux x86-64 requires glibc 2.39 or newer.
- **Testing evidence:** Windows gameplay is untested; 60 FPS and unlocked frame rates are experimental.
- **License:** The port directory states GPL-2.0-or-later licensing.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/HayatoG/tlg_pc/blob/4825a991c2ac8fd8865b3c340a18b2f54628c0f0/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/HayatoG/tlg_pc/blob/4825a991c2ac8fd8865b3c340a18b2f54628c0f0/port/README.md>

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