Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
The PSP game recompiled with a documented US-version setup.
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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories original-game screenshot reference; not a capture of the linked project.
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LCS Recomp builds on PSPRecomp and keeps game data separate. The setup specifies the decrypted executable and disc folder, plus a configuration file for display and controls.
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- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
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The PSP edition with PC input
LCS Recomp brings the PSP release of Liberty City Stories to a native PC program through PSPRecomp. Its input layer maps the handheld controls onto familiar mouse, keyboard and gamepad actions, covering both movement on foot and driving. The camera can follow mouse motion, while a separate recenter command puts it behind the character.
The supported game is US version 1.05, ULUS-10041. Setup needs the decrypted EBOOT.ELF together with the disc’s PSP_GAME folder. A random executable from a different region or update is not an equivalent input, and the port does not include those files.
Learn the on-foot and vehicle differences
WASD moves on foot; in a vehicle, W accelerates and S brakes. Space sprints on foot but becomes the handbrake when driving. Shift jumps on foot, while F or Enter enters and exits vehicles. Left click attacks or fires and right click aims on foot. The wheel changes weapons, then changes radio stations in a vehicle.
H or middle click recenters the camera and also serves the game’s weapon-pickup action. These shared bindings matter because a control can do something different after entering a car. The configuration file supports alternate keys and controller actions; change bindings there, then restart. F10 opens host settings and F11 toggles fullscreen.
Window size and render resolution are separate
LCSNative.ini controls both the window’s size and the internal rendering target. Each can use the PSP size, a scale, a custom resolution or the desktop. A larger window alone is therefore different from increasing the detail of the rendered image. Texture LOD bias provides another way to adjust distant texture sharpness.
Windows source builds use Visual Studio and LLVM. The Linux route uses Vulkan with SDL2 and has its own build and launch scripts. Follow the layout for your chosen package: release files go under game/, while source builds expect lcs/game/. Keeping those paths distinct avoids an apparently missing game after a successful extraction.
Before you play
Do I need the original game files?
US v1.05 (ULUS-10041): your EBOOT.ELF and PSP_GAME folder.
Creator-reported · Project guideHow do I get started?
Place the required files in the release’s game directory, then follow its Play instructions.
Creator-reported · Project guide
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GTA III PC screenshot. Original-game reference; not a capture of the WASM Arcade host.
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The Simpsons: Hit & Run original-game reference. Upper game panel cropped from the source comparison; the GTA III panel is excluded.
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