ProjectCane

ProjectCane

ProjectCane is a playable PC port of the NTSC release of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. The project originally began as a map viewer, but it has since grown into a complete playable port.

Platform support: ProjectCane currently supports Windows only. Linux compatibility is planned for a future release.

Requirements

• Windows
• Visual Studio 2022 with the Desktop development with C++ workload
• A legally obtained NTSC ISO of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

ProjectCane does not include the original game's copyrighted data. You must extract the required files from your own NTSC copy of the game.

Setup

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Open ProjectCane.sln in Visual Studio 2022.
3. In Solution Explorer, right-click the File Extractor project and select Set as Startup Project.
4. Build the File Extractor project.
5. Drag your NTSC game ISO onto the built File Extractor executable.
6. Wait for the extraction process to finish completely.
7. Return to Visual Studio, right-click the Sly1-Release project, and select Set as Startup Project.
8. Build the Sly1-Release project.
9. Copy the built Sly1-Release.exe into the same directory as the extracted game files.
10. Run Sly1-Release.exe to play.

No external shader files are required—the shaders are embedded in the executable.

Status

The full game is playable. Development is continuing with bug fixes, compatibility improvements, and future Linux support.