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thug2-vita

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 running natively on the PS Vita

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GITHUB · launched Nov 9, 2026 · 9 upvotes (top 100%) · 0 views

Niche: retro gaming emulators and ports · 98 launches, 4 in the last 7 days ▼ -33% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • homebrew
  • ps-vita
  • psvita
  • tony-hawk
  • vitasdk

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Could you build this?

No Porting THUG2 to the PS Vita means working with a closed console game engine, its binary assets, and Vita-specific toolchains and performance constraints. That requires low-level reverse engineering and console systems expertise that vibe coding alone cannot supply.

What it would actually take: A real port would need to decompile or reimplement the original PS2/Xbox/PC engine (rendering, physics, animation, audio, scripting), then retarget it to the Vita's GPU and memory limits using the Vita SDK or homebrew toolchain. It also needs legally obtained game assets and deep knowledge of the original game's internals. This is a months-long project for experienced reverse engineers and graphics programmers.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 1446 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #1447 of 1447 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 364 days after the earliest competitor.

  • thug-vita-port · github · 2026-10-05 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.95
  • nativ · github · 2026-10-27 · 55 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • AdrenalineRA · github · 2026-11-10 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.61
  • sotc-decomp · github · 2026-10-13 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • Real-Racing-2-Vita-Port-Release · github · 2026-09-27 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • LinuxOnVita · github · 2026-09-21 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • rogue-galaxy-recomp · github · 2026-10-27 · 50 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • fpsvita · github · 2026-10-17 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.58

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