PS Vita release: Backstab HD by Gl33ntwine & Rinnegatamante (unofficial port)

Another day, another android game ported to PS vita, this time Backstab HD by developers Gl33ntwine and Rinnegatamante! Gl33ntwine had previously released PS vita ports for Dead Space and Mass Effect as well.

This is yet another Android port straight to Vita using TheFlow’s wrapper (a mechanism that allows to un Android apps natively on the PS Vita, without emulation, allowing for impressive performance). Thanks to this system, we’ve seen other great releases recently including The Conduit, Thimbleweed Park, Fahrenheit,  Crazy Taxi, Rockstar’s Bully and GTA San Andreas, the Anomaly Series, as well as Final Fantasy ports by Rinnegatamante and Frangar.

What’s Backstab HD for PS Vita

Backstab is an Assassin’s Creed “inspired” game by developer Gameloft, originally published in 2011

From the readme:

Backstab is a 2011 adventure game for iOS and Android devices. Take on the role of Henry Blake, a broken man whose life was stripped away, and help in his quest for justice and revenge. Climb, jump and sneak your way through diverse settings to reach your target and strike down adversaries. Use your deadly fighting skills and the combo-based combat system to defeat your nemesis and anyone else who gets in your way.

This repository contains a loader of the Android release of Backstab HD v1.2.8d, based on the Android SO Loader by TheFloW. The loader provides a tailored, minimalistic Android-like environment to run the official ARMv7 game executable on the PS Vita.

Download and Install Backstab HD for PS Vita

Disclaimer: it goes without saying, but you will need a hacked PS Vita in order to run this game.

• Backstab HD Vita (source code)

Setup Instructions

(From the Readme)

In order to properly install the game, you’ll have to follow these steps precisely:

• (Recommended) Make sure that you are either on 3.60 enso or 3.65 enso firmware version. Other versions may work too, but no support are provided for them! If you experience any issues apart from described in the Known Issues section, please upgrade or downgrade your firmware before asking for support.

• Install or update kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ur0:tai) and adding two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

! ⚠ Don't install `fd_fix.skprx` if you're using the rePatch plugin!

• Make sure you have libshacccg.suprx in the ur0:/data/ folder on your console. If you don’t, use ShaRKBR33D to get it quickly and easily.

• Legally obtain your copy of BackStab HD for Android in a form of an .apk file and data files. This port is tailored for v1.2.8d (latest) version of the game. Other versions may work too but no support is provided for them.

  • If you have it installed on your phone, you can get all the required files directly from it or by using any APK extractor you can find on Google Play.

 Verify that your build is the correct one using sha1sum (can also be found as an online tool). sha1sum for lib/armeabi-v7a/libPirates.so must be 9a36ce92ac09f2908c155ab1debb3e138a3496b8

• Open the .apk with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract the file lib/armeabi-v7a/libPirates.so from the .apk into ux0:data/backstab/ on your Vita. Example of correct resulting path: ux0:data/backstab/libPirates.so

• Fetch the game data files from your device. You can find them at /sdcard/gameloft/games. Copy the com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftSDHM folder to ux0:data/backstab/ on your Vita. Example of correct resulting path: ux0:data/backstab/com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftSDHM/files/actors.gla

• Install BackstabHD.vpk (from Releases).

• IMPORTANT: when you launch the game for the first time, open the in-game settings (cogwheel icon in main menu), and do two things:

  • Reduce controls sensitivity to minimum.
  • In “Control Scheme”, select Control Scheme 2.

• (Optional) Tap Settings in the bottom left corner of the port’s LiveArea to adjust some settings. Namely, you can change analog sticks dead zones, change graphical detail level, and enable FPS limiter.

Source: VitaDB

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