Ninja Gaiden II and Eternal Darkness running natively on jailbroken PS5
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Two new native ports arrive on jailbroken PS5: Ninja Gaiden II, the Xbox 360 game, at 1440p and 60 fps, and Eternal Darkness, from the GameCube, in 4K.
Ninja Gaiden II: “Ninja’s Dawn for PS5”
On October 17, 2026, YaibaKamikaze released alpha 0.1.0, followed by hotfix 0.1.1, of Ninja’s Dawn on PS5. It is an adaptation of the static recompilation of Ninja Gaiden II made for PC by TheSaltTrader, using the ReXGlue tool: the Xbox 360 game's code is translated ahead of time into native code, with no emulator.
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
The same day, griches, who already brought Wind Waker and Mario Sunshine to PS5, released version 0.8.0 of Eternal Darkness, the 2002 GameCube horror game, based on a recompilation that also exists on PC.
What you need
A jailbroken PS5 that runs homebrew (with Relapse, firmware 7.00 to 13.60), ShadowMountPlus and an FTP server on the console. No game files are provided: you must dump your own Xbox 360 or GameCube disc. Other ports are listed in our PS5 homebrew guide.
Sources: Ninja’s Dawn PS5 (GitHub) · PS5_EternalDarkness (GitHub) · r/ps5homebrew
Two new native ports arrive on jailbroken PS5: Ninja Gaiden II, the Xbox 360 game, at 1440p and 60 fps, and Eternal Darkness, from the GameCube, in 4K.
Ninja Gaiden II: “Ninja’s Dawn for PS5”
On October 17, 2026, YaibaKamikaze released alpha 0.1.0, followed by hotfix 0.1.1, of Ninja’s Dawn on PS5. It is an adaptation of the static recompilation of Ninja Gaiden II made for PC by TheSaltTrader, using the ReXGlue tool: the Xbox 360 game's code is translated ahead of time into native code, with no emulator.
- 1440p at 60 fps by default; 720p and 4K are offered, but 4K drops below 60 fps in busy scenes.
- A launcher menu checks the files, configures the game and imports your Xbox 360 downloadable content and saves.
- Tested on firmware 13.60. You need about 7 GB of free space, and the PPSA94202 folder is copied to /data/homebrew/.
- Limitations: occasional crashes, the controller settings still show Xbox buttons, and texture packs do not load yet. Version 0.1.1 fixes a crash when opening chests.
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
The same day, griches, who already brought Wind Waker and Mario Sunshine to PS5, released version 0.8.0 of Eternal Darkness, the 2002 GameCube horror game, based on a recompilation that also exists on PC.
- 4K at 60 fps, with 720p, 1080p and 1440p as options.
- A true 16:9 mode, with the interface pushed to the edges; 4:3 remains available.
- “Recalculated”, sharper shadows each time a room loads; a setting restores the original look.
- Four save slots usable at any time, in addition to the game's memory cards.
- HD texture packs are supported (about 2.9 GB for the recommended pack), and shader caches are provided.
- Only the European disc (GEDP01) is supported, as .iso or .gcm: the US disc and the RVZ or CISO formats do not work. The folder is PPSA99314.
What you need
A jailbroken PS5 that runs homebrew (with Relapse, firmware 7.00 to 13.60), ShadowMountPlus and an FTP server on the console. No game files are provided: you must dump your own Xbox 360 or GameCube disc. Other ports are listed in our PS5 homebrew guide.
Sources: Ninja’s Dawn PS5 (GitHub) · PS5_EternalDarkness (GitHub) · r/ps5homebrew
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