Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy · PlayStation 2
Jak and Daxter PC Port
OpenGOAL is the Jak and Daxter PC port. It decompiles the game's code, written in GOAL, Naughty Dog's own Lisp language, and recompiles it for x86-64 with its own compiler, so it is a decomp rather than an emulator. The Precursor Legacy is Playable, which the project describes as polished and complete.
How to play
- Make a disc image of your own copy of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. OpenGOAL includes no assets from the original game.
- Get OpenGOAL from the project's official site, opengoal.dev, or follow the setup guide for Windows, Linux or macOS in its GitHub README.
- Point OpenGOAL at your disc image so it extracts the game's assets, then build the game with its compiler.
- Run the game.
Game version you need
- NTSC v1 or PAL disc (see the project docs for other regions)
Hardware & system
No minimum stated in the README. Runs on: PC.
Versions, platforms & known issues
| Project | Type | Release | Status | Runs on | Game version | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenGOALGOAL code decompiled and recompiled for x86-64. README describes Jak 1 as polished and complete. | Source port | v0.3.9 | Playable | PC | NTSC v1 or PAL disc | Oct 16, 2026 |
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About the game
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001, as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. The game follows the protagonist, a young teenager named Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he is transformed into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. The game offers a large range of missions, collectables and objectives, often in the form of minigames, which provide a variety of gameplay experiences, as well as puzzles and platforming stages, which are completed by the player to proceed with the story.
- Original platform
- PlayStation 2
- First released
- Dec 3, 2001
- Release · Europe
- Dec 7, 2001
- Release · North America
- Dec 3, 2001
- Developer
- Naughty Dog
- Series
- Jak and Daxter
- Genre
- Platform, Racing, Adventure
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction, Comedy, Open world
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Rating
- ESRB E10+ · PEGI 12
- Critic score
- 90 / 100
Story (via IGDB, in English)
The opening sequence of the game features Jak and Daxter in a speedboat headed for Misty Island, an area prohibited by their watch over Samos. Upon arriving to the island, Daxter had second thoughts about straying from the village. The two perch on a large skeleton to observe a legion of lurkers crowded around two dark figures, Gol and Maia, who were commanding the lurkers to "deal harshly with anyone who strays from the village," and to search for any precursor artifacts and eco near Sandover Village.[4] After the secret observation, Jak and Daxter continue searching the island. Daxter trips on a dark eco canister which he tosses to Jak after expressing his dislike for the item, and as Jak caught the object it lit up. Shortly afterwards a bone armor lurker suddenly confronted the two, where Jak threw the dark eco canister at the lurker, killing it, but inadvertently knocked Daxter into a dark eco silo behind him. When Daxter reemerged, he was in the form of an ottsel, and upon realizing the transformation he began to panic.
Characters: Yellow Sage · Daxter · Sculptor · Oracle · Mayor · Fisherman
Artwork
Screenshots
Trailer
More videos: Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Trailer · Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - E3 2001 Beta Trailer [High Quality]
Game details, cover art and screenshots from IGDB via LizardByte GameDB, retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Images are © their respective owners.
About this project
OpenGOAL covers the whole trilogy from one repository. Over 98% of each game was written in GOAL; the project's decompiler turns that code back into readable GOAL and its compiler builds a native application, with no emulation, interpretation or transpiling. Per the README, Jak 1 has been polished and complete for years, Jak II is in beta but essentially complete for casual play, and Jak 3 has a good amount of work left. The current release is v0.3.9.
FAQ
Is OpenGOAL an emulator?
No. OpenGOAL decompiles the original GOAL code and recompiles it into a native x86-64 program, so the game runs without emulating the PlayStation 2.
Does OpenGOAL support Jak II and Jak 3?
Jak II is playable and in beta, described as essentially complete for casual players. Jak 3 is still in progress. Both are listed on the PlayStation 2 page.
Which Jak and Daxter disc does OpenGOAL need?
Your own copy of the game. The project's setup targets the NTSC v1 (black label) release by default and also configures PAL; see its documentation for other regions.
Does Recompedia provide the game, ROM or BIOS?
No. Recompedia does not host or link to ROMs, ISOs, BIOS files or game assets. OpenGOAL ships no game code or data either; it needs a disc image made from a copy of the game you own.
Recompedia does not host or link to ROMs, BIOS files or game assets. Every project listed requires a copy of the original game owned by the player. Status checked against the project's own repository on Oct 18, 2026.