Aperture: Reconstructed Vita
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| Aperture: Reconstructed | |
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| General | |
| Author | mrkane |
| Type | Puzzle |
| Version | 0.1.27 |
| License | N/A |
| Last Updated | 2025/08/09 |
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| Download on itch.io | |
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This is an explicit reconstruction of Valve's classic game Portal for the Playstation Vita.
After a lot of really hard work the game is now complete and playable through to Chamber 14.
The original game files are required in order to run this.
Installation
Due to the nature of this project there's a two-tiered level of security to prevent this project being considered as distribution of game assets. The first is that The core files of the project itself is made as a xdelta against the original Portal game files, and the second is using "portal_pak_dir.vpk" as authentication within the game itself.
Step 1 (Install the VPK):
- Download the VPK from here, or from VitaDB and install as you usually would. At this stage the game will crash during launch because you need to install the Media directory that contains copyrighted content.
Step 2 (Convert the xDelta to Media.zip and Install in ux0:app/APTR1007/Media):
- Make sure that your version of Portal is up to date. This process uses the version that's available on Steam and there's really no excuse not to buy it as it's only $9.99!
- Download ApetureReconstructedFiles_0.1.72.zip and when it's complete place it into the data directory for the steam version of the Portal game (
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Portal\portal). - Select "Extract here" and extract the zip into this directory. It will add
ApetureReconstructedFiles.xdelta,xdelta-3.1.0-x86_64.exe, andApplyPatch.bat. - Run ApplyPatch.bat and wait for the process to complete. The process will give you a decrypted "Media.zip" folder which contains game content.
- Extract the resulting "Media.zip" folder and install over
ux0:app/APTR1007/Mediaon your Vita, replacing any existing files in that directory. - The files installed by the process can now be deleted if you wish.
Step 3 (Setup Authentication):
- Copy "portal_pak_dir.vpk" from
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Portal\portalto the Data directory for Apeture:Reconstructed:ux0:data/AptrRecon. - This should now appear as
ux0:data/AptrRecon/portal_pak_dir.vpk. - If you wish to make this process easier you may want to run Apeture:Reconstructed first so that it will create the data directory for you, but remain stuck at the authentication screen.
Screenshots
Media
Portal Teaser Trailer (Gamehelper)
Changelog
v0.1.27
- First Release.
Credits
This has been achieved by standing on the shoulders of giants, and I owe a debt of thanks to Cody Andrews and his portal implementation for Unity as well as Valve for their life-changing game!