Disney's Hercules PC Port (PlayStation, Hercules Recompiled)

Hercules Recompiled is a native PC port (Windows and Linux) of the 1997 PlayStation action game Disney's Hercules and the decompilation work behind it. The game logic runs unchanged as statically recompiled code; only the platform layer is replaced: 1080p, true 16:9, HD sprites, level textures and HUD, a CRT simulation, save states and a launcher styled after the game's own title menus in five languages.

It is not an emulator and it does not include any game assets: you must provide the data from your own copy. The published packages contain the game's program code translated to x86-64, but no graphics, sound, video or level data: those still come from your disc.

• Windows 10 or 11 (x64).
• Linux x64 with glibc 2.35 or newer (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, Fedora 36 or newer).
• The README does not publish hardware requirements.

1. Download your system's zip from the releases page (the "Go to the official project" button) and unzip it into a folder of its own.
2. Open Hercules_Recompiled.exe (Windows) or ./Hercules_Recompiled (Linux).
3. On first launch, pick your PAL disc image; the launcher's language picks the edition.
4. Choose a level in the launcher. Esc (or Select + Start on a gamepad) opens the game's menu.

• Only the five PAL editions are supported; the US one is not.
• The published releases are 0.5.x.
• The optional HD texture packs are a separate add-on, upscaled from the game's graphics.
• The repository does not specify a license.

If your computer does not meet the requirements, you do not have the exact version the port asks for, or you prefer the classic route, you can play the original with a console emulator: see emulators and its install and setup guide.