New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja on AnyPS5

Verified

• Linux 7.2.9 / Ryzen 9 7950X / Radeon RX 6650 XT / RADV Mesa 26.2.4 (discussion #9091, 21 Oct 2026): New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja PPSA02801 content 01.000.003 on unmodified main b5d763770a, with no other emulator PRs. Linux in game — the Classic Modes menu (Arcade, Extend), character select (Joe, Mac), and the first stage in gameplay with the HUD. It ran at 59.94 FPS throughout the 240 s run and was stopped at the limit without a driver stop or a GPU fault. Host imports: 185 made, 0 refused, 5 failed. b5d763770a postdates v0.1.3 and is the merge of #8955, which is not in v0.1.3. Single community self-report. In game ≠ Playable.
• Same Linux host and thread: relinked with relinker --registry --rpath <build>/core/libs/libs --module-dir Media/Modules --module-dir Media/Plugins eboot.elf app.elf. --module-dir and --rpath are relinker flags, not a game patch. Unity IL2CPP title. APS5_PLAYGO_UNLISTED_CHUNKS=installed was set as a precaution. Input was Cross every 15 to 20 s with two Options presses. No extra title patch file is named as required. The recorded source head 505943c4ef is main b5d763770a plus #9079 (tools/pad_input.py and docs/user/USAGE.md only); the emulator libraries were those of main b5d763770a. #9079 is not merged.

Blocked

• Current blocker named in discussion #9091: none. The 240 s run was stopped at its limit without a driver stop or a GPU fault.
• Not checked in the cited report: later stages, two-player play, audio output, saves, long sessions, Windows, or macOS. In game on that cited main is not a Playable claim.

Unknown

• Official-table membership. This title is a community report (official: false), not a tested-compatibility table row.
• Whether the current official release zip matches this report. The cited play used unmodified main b5d763770a, which postdates v0.1.3, not a release zip.
• Windows. No cited Windows session of this title in discussion #9091.
• macOS. No cited macOS session of this title in discussion #9091.
• Audio output. The cited report says audio output was not checked.
• Saves. The cited report says they were not checked.
• Later stages, two-player play, and long sessions. The cited run used scripted Cross and two Options presses into the first stage.
• NVIDIA or Intel GPU in-game reports. The cited Linux host is Radeon RX 6650 XT RADV only.
• Whether APS5_PLAYGO_UNLISTED_CHUNKS=installed is required for this dump. It was set as a precaution.
• Which five host imports failed. The cited report names 185 made, 0 refused, 5 failed, and no stop from them.
• How far play went past the 240 s sample, or completion.

Saves

Status: Unknown

Unknown. Discussion #9091 says saves were not checked.

Game patch

Status: Known

Known. The cited report names New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja PPSA02801 content 01.000.003. Relinked with relinker --registry --rpath <build>/core/libs/libs --module-dir Media/Modules --module-dir Media/Plugins. Those flags are relinker flags, not a game patch. No extra title patch file is named as required. Furthest cited in-game used unmodified main b5d763770a (the merge of #8955) with no other emulator PRs. #8955 is not in v0.1.3. The recorded source head 505943c4ef is that main plus #9079, which changes only tools/pad_input.py and docs/user/USAGE.md. #9079 is not merged. The cited run set APS5_PLAYGO_UNLISTED_CHUNKS=installed as a precaution.

Network

Status: Unknown

Unknown. No cited report tests online or networked play. Two-player play was not checked.