diff --git a/recipes/wip/codecs/faad2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/codecs/faad2/recipe.toml
index c0f485d96..1a14671c8 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/codecs/faad2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/codecs/faad2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/knik0/faad2"
 rev = "2.11.2"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/graphics/spirv-tools/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/graphics/spirv-tools/recipe.toml
index 52187c5cb..3a60f85a9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/graphics/spirv-tools/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/graphics/spirv-tools/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO compile and test
+#TODO can't find spirv-headers
 # build instructions: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools#build
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools"
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ template = "cmake"
 cmakeflags = [
     "-DSPIRV_SKIP_TESTS=ON"
 ]
+dependencies = [
+    "spirv-headers",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
index 6dde3f798..e478ed7c6 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 # build instructions: https://github.com/google/shaderc#getting-and-building-shaderc
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/google/shaderc"
-rev = "3882b16417077aa8eaa7b5775920e7ba4b8a224d"
+rev = "v2026.2"
 [build]
 template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DSHADERC_ENABLE_HLSL=OFF",
+    "-DSHADERC_SKIP_TESTS=ON",
+    "-DSHADERC_SKIP_EXAMPLES=ON",
+]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "host:spirv-tools",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml
index d5aec44ab..ac8294517 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/melonds/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested yet
+#TODO endianness error in compilation
 # build instructions: https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS/blob/master/BUILD.md#linux
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cmakeflags = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "curl",
-    "libpcap",
+    #"libpcap", # optional?
     "libenet",
     "sdl2",
     #"qt6-base",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml
index 5161a3b9f..e351ec839 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/meru/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO ahash crate error
+#TODO update winit crate after cargo update
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/tanakh/meru"
 shallow_clone = true
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/mupen64plus/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/mupen64plus/recipe.toml
index c5a98cf09..97d86bfcb 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/mupen64plus/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/mupen64plus/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO can't find projects/unix directory
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/releases/download/2.6.0/mupen64plus-bundle-src-2.6.0.tar.gz"
 [build]
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
 script = """
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 #TODO: support Redox in UNAME
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" \
     CROSS_COMPILE="${TARGET}-" \
     GLES_LIB="" \
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/pcsx2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/pcsx2/recipe.toml
index f1d168273..287c2f6d4 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/pcsx2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/pcsx2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO "unsupported platform" error
 #TODO need to be built with clang for best performance
 # build instructions: https://pcsx2.net/docs/advanced/building#building-on-linux
 [source]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cmakeflags = [
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache",
     "-DCMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION=ON",
     "-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF",
-    "-DLTO_PCSX2_CORE=ON",
+    #"-DLTO_PCSX2_CORE=ON", # disabled to speedup testing
     "-DPACKAGE_MODE=ON",
     "-DUSE_OPENGL=OFF",
     "-DUSE_VULKAN=OFF",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml
index 126f356fe..8840a73eb 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/picodrive/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO "unknown option" errors
 #TODO discover the minimum dependencies from autotools log
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/notaz/picodrive"
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ template = "configure"
 configureflags = [
     "--platform=generic",
     "--sound-drivers=sdl",
+    "--with-libavcodec=no",
+    "--with-sdl-gles=no",
+    "--with-zlib=no",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml
index 3cf644692..565022be4 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/play/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO port qt
 # build instructions: https://github.com/jpd002/Play-#building-for-unix
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/jpd002/Play-"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/pcsx-rearmed/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/pcsx-rearmed/recipe.toml
index 1683bfa3c..8daba3a7f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/pcsx-rearmed/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/pcsx-rearmed/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO "unknown option" errors
 #TODO discover the minimum dependencies from autotools log
 # build instructions: https://github.com/notaz/pcsx_rearmed/blob/master/readme.txt#L22
 [source]
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ rev = "r25"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "configure"
+configureflags = [
+    "--sound-drivers=sdl",
+    "--dynarec=lightrec",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/rpsx/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/rpsx/recipe.toml
index 846dfa1cc..8896dc474 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/rpsx/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/rpsx/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-#TODO Not compiled or tested
+#TODO make sdl2-sys crate use sdl2 recipe
+#TODO fix imgui-sys crate
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/KieronJ/rpsx"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
-dependencies = [
-    "sdl2",
-]
+dependencies = ["sdl2"]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/trapezoid/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/trapezoid/recipe.toml
index cdd730d5d..55253803e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/trapezoid/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emu/game-console/ps1/trapezoid/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO sccache error
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Amjad50/Trapezoid"
 shallow_clone = true
 [build]
 template = "cargo"
-dependencies = [
-    "shaderc",
-]
+#dependencies = [
+ #   "shaderc",
+#]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/graphics/spirv-headers/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/graphics/spirv-headers/recipe.toml
index 9823f93ab..57a3e49f3 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/graphics/spirv-headers/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/graphics/spirv-headers/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO compile and test
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers"
 rev = "vulkan-sdk-1.4.350.0"