About
The Legend of Dragoon is a 1999 PlayStation role-playing game by Sony in which a party led by the protagonist Dart tries to stop the destruction of the world Endiness, using a mix of turn-based combat and a real-time "addition" attack mechanic. Severed Chains is a reverse-engineering project that rewrites Legend of Dragoon's original assembly code as a high-level Java codebase rather than emulating it. The game engine is fully functional with no known crashes, and a modding API is in active development; it supports both gamepads and remappable keyboard controls.
How it differs from the original
The original PlayStation assembly code is rewritten from scratch in Java rather than run through emulation, and the project adds a modding API and automatic updater not present in the original game; it requires Java 21 and the player's own disk images since no official assets are included.
Getting started
Requires the player's own Legend of Dragoon disk images (ISO or BIN), placed in the project's disk-image folder, from which game data is extracted at runtime; a player guide is linked from the project's own website, and both controllers and a remappable keyboard scheme are supported.
Known limitations
- platform: Requires Java 21; strongly recommended to run with assertions enabled.
- controllers: Known issues with DS4windows and other controller emulators; direct controller connection recommended.
Media
Additional notes
- Controllers
- Known compatibility issues exist with DS4Windows and similar controller-emulation tools; direct controller connections are recommended instead.