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The Phaethon docs: getting started, the launcher and its settings, building from source, and the roadmap.

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What the port is, how to get a game running, and the questions people ask first.

Play

What each setting does, and how to report the port doing something the console did not.

Build

Compiling the port from a checkout, and reading what the debug window shows.

Roadmap

What comes after the four goals, where each item stands today, and what done looks like.

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Phaethon is a hard fork of OpenGOAL's jak-project. Naughty Dog made the games; you need your own copy of each. built from the wiki · 12 Nov 2026
Phaethon

Built with AI in the loop. Phaethon uses AI assistance for speed and accuracy, and holds it to the same bar as every other contribution: every change is read, tested and checked against the console before it lands.

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Jak and Daxter Jak II Jak 3 Jak X: Combat Racing

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develop 539d7618 CI green v0.2.1 Nov 12, 2026

Phaethon is an unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or associated with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Naughty Dog or the OpenGOAL project. Jak and Daxter is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment. You need your own copy of each game. Icons from Lucide, ISC; JetBrains Mono under the SIL Open Font License.

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Nothing links to playphaethon.com yet, so you have found it before it is ready. Some of what it says may be wrong, out of date or attributed to the wrong source. Treat it as a work in progress until this notice is gone.