This is a rewrite of the Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure game engines developed by Titus Interactive.There is also support for Prehistorik 2.
Requirements
Blues Brothers
The data files of the Amiga or DOS version, full game or demo, are required.
*.BIN, *.CK1, *.CK2, *.SQL, *.SQV, *.SQZ
For sounds and music, the Amiga version files or the ExoticA set need to be copied.
Jukebox Adventure
The data files of the DOS version are required.
*.EAT, *.MOD
Prehistorik 2
The data files of the DOS version, full game or demo, are required.
*.SQZ, *.TRK
Changes
Compared to the original DOS executables, the rewritten engines feature :
horizontal scrolling
configurable screen size
game cheats : unlimited lifes and energy, no hit
Running
By default, the executable loads the data files from the current directory. This can be changed using command line switches.
Usage: blues [OPTIONS]...
--datapath=PATH Path to data files (default '.')
--level=NUM Start at level NUM
--cheats=MASK Cheats bitmask
--startpos=XxY Start at position (X,Y)
--fullscreen Enable fullscreen
--scale=N Graphics scaling factor (default 2)
--filter=NAME Graphics scaling filter (default 'nearest')
--screensize=WxH Graphics screen size (default 320x200)
--cga Enable CGA colors
| Name |
Version |
Released |
Hits |
DL Link |
QR |
| blues-vita (bb) |
v1.01 |
09/28/25 |
106 |
Download |
QR |
| blues-vita (bb-jukebox) |
v1.01 |
09/28/25 |
104 |
Download |
QR |
| blues-vita (prehistorik 2) |
v1.01 |
09/28/25 |
107 |
Download |
QR |
**Note:** Prehistorik 2 is still available for purchase on [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/749140/Prehistorik_2/) and [GoG](https://www.gog.com/game/prehistorik_12). For this game, only the **free DEMO** data is included. To play the full game, purchase it in one of the stores and replace all files in `ux0:app/PREHIST01/data` with the data files of your own copy (data files are those of *.SQZ and *.TRK formats)
1.01 Latest
Changelog
Disabled copper bar effects that caused slowdowns
Accelerated fade transitions (brightness dimming) by reducing delay from 30ms to 15ms
Bug Fixes
Commented out problematic play_sound calls in collision handling to prevent crashes
Disabled game over animation that caused crashes after multiple deaths
Fixed compilation warnings by removing unused variables and functions
Graphics and Resolution
Implemented higher resolution upscaling with scale factor 3 (960x600 logical resolution)
Disabled copper bars to improve performance
Build System
Updated minimum CMake version to 3.10
Added SceAudioIn_stub to fix linking issues
Game Features
Maintained compatibility with Vita hardware optimizations
Known Issues
Prehistorik 2 level exit trigger does not check for lighter collection (game logic bug)
Screen shake missing in long fall animations on Vita
| Name |
Version |
Released |
Hits |
DL Link |
QR |
| blues-vita |
v1.0 |
01/17/22 |
402 |
Download |
QR |
| blues-vita(bb-jukebox) |
v1.0 |
01/19/22 |
365 |
Download |
QR |
| blues-vita(prehistorik-2) |
v1.0 |
01/17/22 |
347 |
Download |
QR |