# OpenPete — Spyro the Dragon PC port (v0.1.4, windows)

OpenPete plays _Spyro the Dragon_ (PSX, 1998) natively on your PC —
widescreen, high framerate, HD texture packs — while keeping gameplay
**bit-identical to original PlayStation hardware**.

**You need your own disc.** OpenPete ships no game content: on first
run it reads your disc image, rebuilds the game's code for your machine,
and stores everything in a `library/` folder next to the program. This
takes under a minute; after that the original file is never needed
again.

## Quick start

1. Dump your _Spyro the Dragon_ (NTSC-U) disc to a `.bin`/`.cue` pair.
2. Run openpete-spyro1.exe
3. Drag and drop your `.bin` or `.cue` into the Window.

## Where your files go

Windows keeps everything in the program's own folder, next to
`openpete-spyro1.exe`:

```
openpete.toml   your settings
cards/          memory cards (the game's own saves)
states/         savestate slots
library/        your ingested disc and its compiled code
```

## Notes

- Windows may show a SmartScreen warning ("Windows protected your PC")
  because the download is new and unsigned — click "More info" → "Run
  anyway". If in doubt, verify the download against the published
  `.sha256` checksum first.
- Windows: install to a reasonably short path (e.g. `C:\Games\OpenPete`);
  very deep folders can hit Windows' path-length limit during first run.

_OpenPete is not affiliated with Sony, Insomniac Games, or Activision.
Spyro the Dragon is a trademark of its respective owners._
