# The Last Guardian: a Windows port through PS4 compatibility layers

> TLG-Port runs The Last Guardian's PS4 executable on Windows through game-specific replacements for PS4 system libraries. It executes the game's x86-64 instructions on the host CPU and maps graphics commands to Vulkan while converting shaders to SPIR-V during play.

- 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/SulphurS16/TLG-Port>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/SulphurS16/TLG-Port/blob/de9dc91df7abda3c6d8b62be5f481195f82418d6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tlg-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tlg-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tlg-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or 11 x64 and a Vulkan 1.3 GPU with about 4 GB of video memory are required.
- **Prerequisites:** A personally supplied, decrypted PS4 game folder for CUSA03627 or CUSA03745 at version 01.00 with update 01.03 is required.
- **Limits:** AMD and Intel graphics remain untested; occasional area-loading crashes and several audio and menu issues are documented.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/SulphurS16/TLG-Port/blob/de9dc91df7abda3c6d8b62be5f481195f82418d6/README.md>

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