PS Vita Developer NabsiYa has released RTDink-Vita, a port of popular 90’s RPG Dink Smallwood, for the PS Vita.

What is Dink Smallwood for PS Vita

Dink Smallwood is an action RPG with “a spoonful of Zelda,…a dash of Monkey Island and a pinch of Diablo.” Initially released in 1998, the game was later on made Freeware in 1999, then made open source in 2003, including its assets in 2008. An “HD” enhanced version was released in 2011, and made open source in 2017.

The game has a small but constant fan following that continues to develop add-ons for the game more than a decade after its release. The game is also notable for its humorous dialogue and surrealistic themes in various scenes between the gameplay.

Download RTDink-Vita (Dink Smallwood for PS Vita)

You can download the PS Vita port of Dink Smallwood on the developer’s github here.

Steps to install the game on ps vita (source):

1. This is required for the shader that port uses
   https://samilops2.gitbook.io/vita-troubleshooting-guide/shader-compiler/extract-libshacccg.suprx
2. Dink smallwood hd data can be extracted from android apk file
   https://www.rtsoft.com/pages/dink.php
   This must be placed inside ux0:/data/proton
3. Download the .vpk file from below link and install the same via vitashell
   https://github.com/NabsiYa/RTDink-Vita/releases

The game should work, if it fails to launch then files are not placed correctly , check log at ux0:/data/logs.txt to find out which file is missing.

Known Issues & Bugs:

1. There is no music during gameplay , for the music to play the sounds require to be converted to .ogg for files located here
   ux0:/data/proton/dink/sound
2. Dmod compatibility is limited , needs to be tested.

For additional resources, check the official game’s site: https://www.rtsoft.com/pages/dink.php