r/psx_homebrew

This is the third hint of the challenge 👀

Both PS1 homebrew game titles start with the letter “F”.

Several users have been seriously trying to solve the challenge!

Do you think you can solve it?

You can also check:
• Hint #1
• Hint #2

Full rules and prize information:
PS1 Homebrew Guessing Challenge Rules

Your character be like “oh s*** here we go again”

This is the first hint of the challenge.

Here you can see the color palette of the protagonist, who appears in both titles.
Does any homebrew game come to mind with a character using these colors?

Many users have already tried to guess the games, do you want to take a shot?

You have all the info and the award of the challenge here:
PS1 Homebrew Guess challenge rules

On 25 May 2026, a special online event focused on two PS1 homebrew games will begin.

Until then, a community challenge starts now 👀

Can you guess the two games?

Rules:

• Both are already released PS1 homebrew games.
• Both games were created by the same developer.
• You must correctly guess the full names of BOTH games.
• Guesses can be posted on Reddit or Twitter/X (follow here for earlier hints).
• Edited comments will not count.
• The first correct guess will be selected as the winner.
• The challenge closes on 24 May.

Daily visual hints will be posted until the reveal.

🏆 Prize

The first person to correctly guess both games will be permanently featured in the Awards section of psxhomebrewgames.com as “PSX Homebrew Detective Award 2026”.

This recognition is meant to highlight the player who actively explores and discovers hidden gems within the PS1 homebrew community, helping bring attention to creative homebrew projects that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Think you can solve it?

We’re preparing something special for the PS1 homebrew community.

More information coming soon.

May 25, 2026.

Feel free to spread the word!

Hi everyone!

After projects like Mario 64 PSX, Half-Life PSX, and the recent PSX Splash Game Jam (new article soon), we have a lot of projects to cover in the PS1 homebrew scene. Today, we are going to talk about Zelda: OOT for the PS1!

Zelda: OOT is still highly experimental, but it’s already playable and includes basic movement, collision, and a surprisingly modern dual-stick camera system (like Dark Souls). The prototype was built using PSYQo, and the developer (u/izzy88izzy) explained the project also serves as a way to better understand PS1 hardware and improve another engine project called BONNIE-32 (check it out).

Performance is still very rough and there are several graphical issues, but considering the scale of Ocarina of Time, it’s already a fascinating technical achievement.

We go into more detail about the project, its technical challenges, and the current state of the prototype in our full article:
👉 Zelda: Ocarina of Time on PS1 Sounds Impossible…

Since nobody seems to have covered the project on YouTube yet, and we don't know how to compile it ourselves, we wanted to help spread the word by uploading gameplay footage recorded by izzy88izzy (full credit goes to the developer) on our channel:
👉 A Zelda Game on PS1?! - Incredible Homebrew Project