Destiny 1 came out on PlayStation and Xbox only, and it depended on online services from the moment it started. D1 Reimagined runs the final PS4 version on PC in the shadPS4 emulator against local stand-ins for those services, to study and preserve how the original worked. The PS4 work is built on aknumbers' Destiny 1 Preservation Project. Most of the game does not run yet.
The PS4 version, in shadPS4
The active target is the final PS4 release of Destiny (CUSA00219, patch 1.33). It runs in the project's fork of the shadPS4 emulator: shadPS4 v0.19.0 plus the fixes Destiny needs, all public.
Local service stand-ins
The game expects to talk to its servers. Local stand-ins written in Rust and Python, built on aknumbers' Destiny 1 Preservation Project, answer it on the same machine, and nothing connects to an official service. Every change is in the open-source repository.
What works so far
The first mission, A Guardian Rises, now runs from start to finish, and each step was shown running in the game before it counted. The work has moved on to the Tower. Mouse and keyboard support has its own section there. 60 fps is an early experiment and a long way off: busy scenes run at about 34–38 fps. The progress page has the live tracker, and the Dev Blogs show the evidence for every step. The earlier work on the PS3 version (patch 1.24) is kept for reference.
What it is not
It is not a playable release. There is no download, installer or release date, and the project distributes no game files, keys or extracted assets. Researchers who want to reproduce results use their own authorised copies. D1 Reimagined is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Bungie or Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Common questions
Can I download D1 Reimagined and play Destiny 1 with it?
Not yet. There is no public build or release date. The complete game is not playable; the progress page shows how far it runs today.
Can I play Destiny 1 on PC?
Not yet as a public release. Destiny 1 was never released on PC; the project runs it on PC through shadPS4 for preservation and research, and each working step is shown on video. There is no download or release date.
Does Destiny 1 run in shadPS4?
The final PS4 version (patch 1.33) runs in the project's shadPS4 fork with the fixes the game needs, against the project's local stand-in services. Each working step of the first mission is shown on video in the Dev Blogs.
Does it connect to Bungie's servers?
No. The project's services run locally, and no official service, console or account is used or tested against.
Is there a Destiny 1 private server?
Not a public one. The project's service stand-ins are research software that runs on the same machine as the emulator, and no public server is announced.
How can I help?
Many tasks need no game files: research, documentation, tests and CI. See how to contribute or join the Discord.