Team Buddies Recompilation

About

A static recompilation of Team Buddies built on psxrecomp and recomp-ui, for the European release. It is an owned-input setup kit: you supply your own disc image and SCPH-5552 (Europe) BIOS dump, and first-run setup generates and compiles the game on your machine. The kit and its releases contain no game disc, retail BIOS, generated game code or saved game.

Getting started

Download the setup ZIP for your platform from the releases page, extract it into a writable folder and start Team_Buddies. In the setup wizard select your disc image (the CUE, or a CHD of the same dump) and your BIOS file, then run Generate & rebuild; the first run compiles the game and takes several minutes. On Linux and macOS, install CMake, Ninja, Python 3 and a C/C++ compiler first.

Known issues & limitations

• Gameplay beyond the menus has not been qualified.
• Full-game completion, audio fidelity, and multiplayer are not claimed.
• Native setup and gameplay on Linux and macOS have not been verified.
• Automatic BATTLE HILL loading after the story movie still showed repeated video waits during diagnosis.
• Runtime snapshots from older builds are not qualified as compatible.

What you need to run it

Features

• The project can run standalone through its built-in Generate & Build flow.
• Retro Launcher can manage installs, updates, ROM/BIOS wiring, and queued builds.

How to install

1. Download the setup ZIP for your platform from Releases and extract it into a writable folder.
2. Start `Team_Buddies` (use the `.exe` on Windows).
3. In the setup wizard, select your disc image and BIOS file.
4. Run Generate & rebuild; the first compilation takes several minutes before the game starts.

Media

Status & roadmap

• Version 0.1.0 is a release candidate. On the private build it derives from, the first build stopped at loading after the intro movie; a correction is in the pinned framework and was accepted on a test candidate.

Additional notes

Platforms

Windows setup was tested automatically; Linux and macOS setup and gameplay have not been verified.

FAQ

What is Team Buddies Recompilation?

Team Buddies Recompilation is an open-source recompilation of Team Buddies. The original game's compiled code translated into a native program for a new platform, usually a PC port. The original game ran on PlayStation.

Do I need the original game files to run Team Buddies Recompilation?

Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy.