BombermanPartyEditionRecomp

Bomberman Party Edition (USA, SLUS-01189) — game project for PSXRecomp.

Holds game config, seeds, and build glue. CI ships a setup host (no game generated/ in the zip); users generate locally from a legal disc. Disc images and BIOS stay local and gitignored.

Retro Launcher

You can run this title standalone (release zip + the built-in recomp-ui Generate & Build flow), or manage installs, updates, ROM/BIOS wiring, and queued builds more intuitively with Retro Launcher — the Retro Compilation Manager hub for self-compiling recomps.

Downloads · Full README & features

Retro checks for updates, rebuilds with existing build data when possible, shares the portable toolchain used by per-title launchers, and automates BIOS/ROM/save plumbing so you are not stuck repeating each game’s wizard by hand.

Layout

Path	Role
game.toml	Game / recompiler / runtime config
seeds/	Function-start seeds for psxrecomp-game
bpe/	Local disc .bin/.cue, SLUS_011.89, SYSTEM.CNF (gitignored)
psxrecomp/	Framework submodule (mstan/psxrecomp)
recomp-ui/	Launcher UI submodule
generated/	Local recompiler output (created by Generate & rebuild; not required for CI setup host)
VERSION	Release / lobby match pin (e.g. 0.1.1)
DISC.md	Disc identity + hashes
docs/automatch_rulesets.bpe.toml	Lobby-server automatch ruleset for this title (deployment data; see recomp-net-server docs/AUTOMATCH.md)
psxrecomp/tools/prepare_disc.py	Framework disc normalize (config from game.toml)
tools/prepare_disc.py	Thin wrapper → framework tool

Framework-wide guide for this layout, the shared CI template, and the setup-host release checklist: psxrecomp/docs/GAME_PROJECT_SETUP.md.

Disc

Preferred: Redump USA .bin/.cue (see DISC.md). Also accepts cooked 2048-byte .iso files common in RomM-style libraries — the script rebuilds a MODE2/2352 working image under bpe/. Digests and output names live in game.toml [prepare_disc].

python3 psxrecomp/tools/prepare_disc.py --config game.toml \
  "/path/to/Bomberman - Party Edition (USA).bin"
python3 tools/prepare_disc.py "/path/to/Bomberman Party Edition.iso"

On success it prints RESULT_CUE=… for the first-run wizard / host glue.

Bring-up (next steps)

1. Place SCPH1001.BIN under psxrecomp/bios/ (or point the runtime at your BIOS).
2. Prepare the disc (tools/prepare_disc.py) and seed the boot EXE entry.
3. Build the framework recompiler, then generate game C:

./psxrecomp/recompiler/build/psxrecomp-game --config game.toml

4. Configure and build the runtime (prefer Release for playtesting):

cmake -S . -B build-release -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build-release --target psx-runtime -j"$(nproc)"

./build-release/Bomberman_Party_Edition_Recompiled \
  --game game.toml \
  --disc "bpe/Bomberman Party Edition.cue"

For debugging (port 4530), use -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo.

Linux netplay release (ICE)

One-shot configure + Release build with MotK online ICE, then zip (no BIOS/disc):

bash scripts/build_linux_netplay.sh
# → build-linux-netplay/Bomberman_Party_Edition_Recompiled
# → dist/bpe-<VERSION>-linux-netplay.zip

Build only: bash scripts/build_linux_netplay.sh --no-package
Repack an existing build: bash scripts/package_release.sh build-linux-netplay linux-netplay

Windows MinGW release from Linux (ICE)

Cross-compile with MinGW-w64, statically link SDL2 + libgcc when possible, zip with launcher assets and any remaining DLLs:

# Arch / CachyOS:
#   pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-gcc mingw-w64-sdl2 cmake ninja zip

bash scripts/build_windows_mingw.sh
# → build-mingw-netplay/Bomberman_Party_Edition_Recompiled.exe
# → dist/bpe-<VERSION>-windows-x64-mingw.zip

Build only: bash scripts/build_windows_mingw.sh --no-package
Dynamic SDL2/libgcc (bundle DLLs): bash scripts/build_windows_mingw.sh --dynamic
Repack: bash scripts/package_release.sh build-mingw-netplay windows-x64-mingw

Setup host / local generate / rebuild

Configure without game/BIOS generated/ (or -DPSXRECOMP_FORCE_SETUP_HOST=ON) to build a setup host with the Generate & rebuild UI and no linked BIOS backends. First-run generate emits OpenBIOS (+ optional SCPH1001) and game C locally, then rebuild links them.

Release zips use scripts/package_setup_release.sh and embed psxrecomp-game + psxrecomp-bios (plus the CLI) inside psxrecomp/, but not a portable toolchain/. Retro / the wizard download cmake-clang-v1 from retcomm-toolchains, or accept an offline zip / RETCOMM_TOOLCHAIN_DIR. CI has no BIOS dump / private-asset dependency.

When sources are missing (or BPE_FORCE_SETUP=1), the launcher offers Generate & rebuild via psxrecomp/psxrecomp_cli.py (see psxrecomp/docs/LOCAL_CODEGEN_SDK.md). BPE ships with [pgo] enabled = false — plain Release is enough; setup does not run a PGO train.

# Headless generate + rebuild:
python3 psxrecomp/psxrecomp_cli.py generate --config game.toml \
  --disc "/path/to/Bomberman - Party Edition (USA).bin"
python3 psxrecomp/psxrecomp_cli.py rebuild --config game.toml \
  --build-dir build-release --exe-basename Bomberman_Party_Edition_Recompiled

Optional local PGO (not used by BPE setup): set [pgo] enabled = true or run scripts/pgo_bpe_intro.sh.

CI / release packages

GitHub Actions workflow: .github/workflows/release.yml

Artifact	Runner
linux-x64	ubuntu-24.04
windows-x64	windows-2022 (MSYS2 MinGW64)
macos-arm64	macos-15
macos-x64	macos-15-intel (older Intel Macs)

• Manual: Actions → Release builds → Run workflow — enter version (e.g. 0.1.2); with publish enabled, CI tags vX.Y.Z and creates the GitHub Release
• Or push tag vX.Y.Z: same build + publish for that version
• Packages use the chosen version (lobby pin + bpe-<ver>-*.zip), not a fixed repo VERSION file — never BIOS/disc
• CI builds the exact committed psxrecomp, game-root recomp-ui, and nested recomp-net gitlink pins
• Local pack: BPE_RELEASE_VERSION=0.1.2 scripts/package_setup_release.sh …

Clone with submodules:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/TechnicallyComputers/BombermanPartyEditionRecomp.git

5-player / netplay

This title opts into five pads at compile time:

psxrecomp_add_runtime_target(psx-runtime
    ...
    MAX_PLAYERS 5
)

That bakes PSX_MAX_PLAYERS=5. game.toml keeps players = 5 for lobby max_slots and launcher controller cards. Games that omit MAX_PLAYERS stay at the framework default of 2 (MotK).

Multitap (SCPH-1070) arms offline when players >= 3 after game entry, and for netplay when slot_count >= 3. Default tap is console Port 1; set [controller] multitap_port = 2 for titles that need the tap on Port 2 (Bomberman Party Edition). Bulk polls follow the real TAP/REQ latch.

Pads are digital-only (default_mode = "digital", lock_mode = true); DualShock / multitap_analog are not supported for this title.

Framework pin

Both framework submodules track mstan master:

Submodule	Repo	Branch
psxrecomp/	mstan/psxrecomp	master
recomp-ui/	mstan/recomp-ui	master

psxrecomp vendors lib/recomp-net only (nested gitlink). The Dear ImGui launcher is the repo-root recomp-ui submodule. Lobby server counterpart: recomp-net-server.

Status

Generated game C + Release/MAX_PLAYERS 5 runtime build. LLE boot reaches the SCEA license screen; title/menu bring-up continues — see ISSUES.md.

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