NBA Jam · PSVita Port
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This is a wrapper/port of NBA Jam for the PS Vita.
The port works by loading the official Android ARMv7 executable in memory, resolving its imports with native functions and patching it in order to properly run. By doing so, it's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we run natively the executable as it is.
Jam with your favorite stars from all 30 NBA teams in over-the-top, high-flying, 2-on-2 arcade basketball just like you remember it – and like you've never seen before!
This repository contains a loader for the Android release of NBA Jam v.4.00.80, based on the Android SO Loader by TheFloW. The loader provides a tailored, minimal Android-like environment to run the official ARMv7 game executable on the PS Vita.
Disclaimer
NBA Jam is copyright © 2011-2020 Electronic Arts Inc. EA, EA SPORTS and the EA SPORTS logo are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc.
The NBA and individual NBA member team identifications reproduced on this product are trademarks and copyrighted designs, and/or other forms of intellectual property, that are the exclusive property of NBA Properties, Inc, and the respective NBA member teams and may not be used, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of NBA Properties, Inc. © 2011-2020 NBA Properties, Inc. All rights reserved.
The work presented in this repository is not "official" or produced or sanctioned by the owner(s) of the aforementioned trademark(s) or any other registered trademark mentioned in this repository.
This software does not contain the original code, executables, or other non-redistributable parts of the original game product. The authors of this work do not promote or condone piracy in any way. To launch and play the game on their PS Vita devices, users must possess their own legally obtained copy of the game in the form of .apk and .obb files.
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Setup Instructions (For Players)
To properly install the game, follow these steps precisely:
- Install or update kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ur0:tai) and adding the following two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:
Code:*KERNEL ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx
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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 NBA Jam for Android in the form of .apk and .obb files. This port is tailored for the v.4.00.80 (latest) version of the game. Other versions may not work.
- If you have it installed on your phone, you can get all the required files directly from it or by using any APK extractor that you can find on Google Play.
Verify that your build is the correct version using sha1sum (can also be found as an online tool). The sha1sum for lib/armeabi-v7a/libnbajam.so must be 7D230A3A59B0F382DE055B9AF15BC2F3D87E010F- Open the .apk with any ZIP explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract the file lib/armeabi-v7a/libnbajam.so into ux0:data/com.eamobile.nbajam_row_wf/ on your Vita. The correct resulting path: ux0:data/com.eamobile.nbajam_row_wf/libnbajam.so
- Open main.40080.com.eamobile.nbajam_row_wf.obb with any ZIP explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract all of its context into a separate folder on your computer.
- Install Total Commander and its PSARC plugin.
- Launch Total Commander and navigate up to the folder you just created.
- Select all the files and directories inside the folder, click on File -> Pack.
- Set psarc as Compressor and then click on Configure button right below.
- Set PSARC Version to 1.3, Compression to ZLIB and Ratio to 0 and press OK
- Press OK to launch the compression, it will create a file in C:\ArchiveName.psarc. (If you get an error, manually change the location in the command line string psarc: DESTINATIONFOLDER\ArchiveName.psarc).
- Rename the newly created psarc archive to data.psarc and transfer it to ux0:data/com.eamobile.nbajam_row_wf/.
- Install com.eamobile.nbajam_row_wf.vpk (from Releases).
Controls
The port features support for physical/gamepad controls. In-game help menu contains information and tutorials on using them.
Known issues
- Loading times when you start a match from the main menu and when you quit from a match back to the main menu are quite slow (up to 1 minute). Unfortunately, nothing can be done about that. The game is heavy on disk IO and before switching to PSARC for data files and some extra optimizations, it took around 40 minutes to load a single level. How it is right now is the best it can be on this platform.
- Multiplayer doesn't work. I do plan to take another look at it in the future.
- Install or update kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ur0:tai) and adding the following two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:
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Credits
- The FloW for the original .so loader.
- Rinnegatamante for VitaGL.
- gl33ntwine for SoLoBoP and teaching me everything I know about this.
License
This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.
Source: https://github.com/elliencode/nba-jam-psv.
