guess it depends on if he wants to spend money, or if he has hardware, i still have my phat ps2 that plays ps1 but i wouldnt push it at its age to play games on anymore quite happy with emulation and being able to save state and come back when i want to, or apply filters and texture packs to pretty it up. most people are spoilt for emulation choice and how good and far its become, i still remember the days when snes96 had no sound and bleem got sued and u had a nes emulator called nesticle lol and glide wrappers and n64 HLE came along etc etcFor myself I rarely answer such questions with one option only. Why emulation or real hardware? Why not an "and" instead?
Emulation has a lot of benefits, but it never feels quite like the real thing. Optical drive emulators for the PS1 are expensive and not easy to install. My SCPH-9002 with PsNee reads just about any CD-R just like the originals – not seen the need for ODE yet.
I think it's important for you to tell us what you have to work with already and/or what you're willing to spend.Taking into consideration things like accuracy and hardware quality in 2023.
Most of the time I'm d*mn lazy in this regard. Slap in CD/DVD (or cartridge), push power button, play game. No internet, no updates, no BS.guess it depends on if he wants to spend money, or if he has hardware, i still have my phat ps2 that plays ps1 but i wouldnt push it at its age to play games on anymore quite happy with emulation and being able to save state and come back when i want to, or apply filters and texture packs to pretty it up. most people are spoilt for emulation choice and how good and far its become, i still remember the days when snes96 had no sound and bleem got sued and u had a nes emulator called nesticle lol and glide wrappers and n64 HLE came along etc etc
What? Okay, it is far from mainstream nowadays, but blank optical media are readily available if you aren't in search of something very special (74min CD-R or even 63min CD-R, M-DISC DVD, RITEK-G04 for GameCube or something really obscure like a Formazan CD-R).I don't even know where to buy CD-Rs nowadays.
AFAIK all (or at least most) PS1 versions output native RGB and composite video, HDRetrovision does sell an adapter to use their YPbPr genesis / Mega Drive cable with a PS1. It's the option I use for mine and it works great, but it's a bit pricey if you're not inside the US. If the PS1 is a PAL model and the OP lives in PAL regions then just getting an RGB scart cable of decent quality is a trivial matter.I voted for ODE.
I played on a PS2 set with POPStarter, but still do prefer an real PS1.
Unlike what @RAHelllord said above, i think that PS1 can't be used with an YUV component cable, so if you go for a PS2, then i think you must have a 240P compatible TV (very old memories from the time i could fiddle with such set up).
As for ODE, i have the PSIO and i'm rather satisfied with it.
Bought my last 50 CD-R spindle a couple of years ago and it looks like it will last me a lifetime, currently. I honestly have no idea where I would go if I needed to buy a CD-R right now.What? Okay, it is far from mainstream nowadays, but blank optical media are readily available if you aren't in search of something very special (74min CD-R or even 63min CD-R, M-DISC DVD, RITEK-G04 for GameCube or something really obscure like a Formazan CD-R).
There are varying qualities of writable media. The "cheap" ones will degrade much faster. It's rather trivial to buy CD-Rs (of both poor and decent quality). While they're not as widely available at brick and mortar stores as they once were, some retailers still carry them and they're very easy to shop for on the web.I'm just so over physical media that degrades like CD-Rs/DVD-Rs do. I'd rather shuffle my data from HDD to HDD as I expand space and retire old drives.
I must have dreamed they are still available with two clicks. Absolutely no offerings. Silly me…I honestly have no idea where I would go if I needed to buy a CD-R right now
Not for me.CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are a thing of the past
This doesn't gain anymore truthfulness by repeating over and over again with no evidence. Just because a few garbage CDs failed, it doesn't mean there are none that last a few decades. Besides: I did an analysis in this regard last week. Result is: Burned optical discs fare pretty well; better than most other stuff. Media quality and storage conditions absolutely matter. The discs without proper coating/label from factory on are prone to damage.they're even more prone to disc rot than pressed media,
You lost that bet. Mine are still all fine.if you have PSX discs from 25 years ago you should have a close look at them because I bet there are small holes of rot in them if you look at them against light.
Then you share your wisdom with us: Which storage medium does not degrade/decay? What medium solved the problem of long-term digital data storage? Two decades isn't bad for digital storage. Most flash memory devices I had didn't even reach the age of 5.I'm just so over physical media that degrades like CD-Rs/DVD-Rs do.