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Runtime changelog

Runtime changelog

Unreleased

v0.1.0-rc5 - 2026-09-26

Launcher

  • An import that fails while building the game now stops with its own error instead of crashing.

v0.1.0-rc4 - 2026-09-25

Jak X

  • Jak X imports from its retail disc through the launcher.

Launcher

  • Importing a folder that holds a different game stops with a clear error.
  • The game's reports to the launcher no longer stall after one of them fails.
  • Only your own account can read what the game reports to the launcher.

Delivery

  • An update rebuilds only the games it changes.
  • Each release carries these notes, and the launcher shows them.

v0.1.0-rc3 - 2026-09-25

Launcher

  • Each game now tells the launcher what you are doing in it.

Games

  • Game loading follows the original console more closely in all four games.

v0.1.0-rc2 - 2026-09-24

Delivery

  • Nothing changed in the games; this candidate tested how releases are published.

v0.1.0-rc1 - 2026-09-24

Games

  • The first Phaethon release: Jak and Daxter, Jak II, Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing as native ports true to the originals.
  • A remastered preset sits beside the original look and keeps its own settings.
  • A debug window can be opened at startup.
  • Every Windows release comes with DLSS and FSR upscaling built in.

Launcher

  • The launcher installs the runtime, which never includes anything from a game disc.

Delivery

  • Each release comes as a single download.
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 · 27 Sep 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.

develop f183c49b CI green v0.2.0-rc6 26 Sep 2026