Homebrew PCSX ReARMed compatibility list

MrHuu · Mar 9, 2020

Isegrim said:
Unfortunately this threat / first post is not maintained that well

PCSX ReARMed for 3DS right now works best with ".pbp" (PlayStation Portable "eboot.PBP" files)

Convert your PS1 backups (BIN files) with PSX2PSP into the .PBP (compressed) format, to increases comparability and prevent audio & video stuttering. This can cause huge frame drops and can make a game unplayable or crash in rare cases entirely.

While at it, also make sure you use either an nigtly build from 03-03-2020 or later. Or a recent unofficial build.

Have your games converted to either .pbp (medium compression) or .chd,
Have dithering disabled,
Try with or without asynchronous disc reading.

Isegrim · Mar 9, 2020

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rsx said:
Attempted to convert and play three games (Clocktower, Intelligent Qube, Biohazard directors cut). None worked. One caused an error forcing reboot the other two kicked it back to the main menu.

Just in case: official PSN / PS3 "eboot.pbp" versions do not work. Usually they kick you to the main menu.

You need to convert PS1 bin files to PBP. Or try another dump / other source.

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MrHuu said:
While at it, also make sure you use either an nigtly build from 03-03-2020 or later. Or a recent unofficial build.

Have your games converted to either .pbp (medium compression) or .chd,
Have dithering disabled,
Try with or without asynchronous disc reading.

Hey, thanks trying to help.

But I worked it out a few days before. I took some time, researching and multiple attempts. However everything runs pretty well so far - even with the last staple version of RA.

I just wanted to update my postings to avoid 'more' confusion what this list is for / on what the results are based on and what I did to improve performance. Since there is not 1 threat that got all the information in one place / post. (so far I know)

MrHuu · Mar 9, 2020

Isegrim said:
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Just in case: official PSN / PS3 "eboot.pbp" versions do not work. Usually they kick you to the main menu.

You need to convert PS1 bin files to PBP. Or try another dump / other source.

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Hey, thanks trying to help.

But I worked it out a few days before. I took some time, researching and multiple attempts. However everything runs pretty well so far - even with the last staple version of RA.

I just wanted to update my postings to avoid 'more' confusion what this list is for / on what the results are based on and what I did to improve performance. Since there is not 1 threat that got all the information in one place / post. (so far I know)

Since your original post begins with Retroarch v1.8.3, i'm a bit confused.
The current nightly is at v1.8.5, with quite some improvements made to specifically PCSX-ReARMed.

bobdown · Mar 9, 2020

Wrong ! .chd is the best format, better than .pbp !
By the way, anyone made "Viewpoint [SLUS-00033]" works at the level 2 start ? I have no control enable contrary to level 1.
It does it only with ntsc version, pal is ok. Why ?

rsx · Mar 9, 2020

PBP images are not working. I tested Intelligent Qube, Clock Tower and Biohazard dc. The only one that worked was Thrill kill. Two of the games red-screened and IQ kicked me back to the main menu, some message about "not enough" came up

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The same three games (IQ, Clock tower, Biohazard) work very well with CHD.

Hambrew · Mar 16, 2020

I can confirm that PaRappa The Rapper runs... at an abysmal 19 FPS. I was SO CLOSE. For some reason, RetroArch didn't realized that I had put my PS1 BIOS in the correct directory and used the horrible HLE bios.

Same goes for Gran Turismo, and Un Jammer Lammy refused to boot.

Hold up, the reason behind it is that I was using the 3DSX version instead of the CIA version. my mistake

DottMark · Mar 27, 2020

Guys, i'm updating the excel. I've also added some usefull info about setting games.
Remember that CHD usually is better and, if you will make tons of reports, ask the permission to edit the excel xD

justinweiss · Mar 27, 2020

DottMark said:
Guys, i'm updating the excel. I've also added some usefull info about setting games.
Remember that CHD usually is better and, if you will make tons of reports, ask the permission to edit the excel xD

CHD and PBP are much faster, yeah :-) You could also mention settings that work for most games: Vsync off, dithering off, CD Read Method: Async. I think those are the big ones.

Nutez · Mar 27, 2020

justinweiss said:
CHD and PBP are much faster, yeah :-) You could also mention settings that work for most games: Vsync off, dithering off, CD Read Method: Async. I think those are the big ones.

Do you have any insights or recommendations on the level of compression to apply when creating CHDs and PBPs? And thanks for all your excellent upgrades to the core!

DottMark · Mar 27, 2020

justinweiss said:
CHD and PBP are much faster, yeah :-) You could also mention settings that work for most games: Vsync off, dithering off, CD Read Method: Async. I think those are the big ones.

I guess is enouth : Notes: If you see black lines all over the screen just set Forced Interlace and Pixel Skip to Off. Setting Video and Audio Sincronization OFF usually boost a lot FPS. You can also set: CD Read Method: Async and dithering off.

justinweiss · Mar 27, 2020

Nutez said:
Do you have any insights or recommendations on the level of compression to apply when creating CHDs and PBPs? And thanks for all your excellent upgrades to the core!

Nope, I've just used the default when creating CHDs. If someone has noticed a difference, it'd be good to get that information somewhere.

If both vsync and audio sync are off, I think the frame limit doesn't apply, so it'll go past 60fps. If you have to disable just one of them, vsync off will usually be faster.

DottMark · Mar 27, 2020

justinweiss said:
Nope, I've just used the default when creating CHDs. If someone has noticed a difference, it'd be good to get that information somewhere.

If both vsync and audio sync are off, I think the frame limit doesn't apply, so it'll go past 60fps. If you have to disable just one of them, vsync off will usually be faster.

It's one of the downsides, but it make fast and smooth ton of games, imao. I guess i can also add a note about this.

delnirui · Mar 28, 2020

Hambrew said:
I can confirm that PaRappa The Rapper runs... at an abysmal 19 FPS. I was SO CLOSE. For some reason, RetroArch didn't realized that I had put my PS1 BIOS in the correct directory and used the horrible HLE bios.

Same goes for Gran Turismo, and Un Jammer Lammy refused to boot.

When running the latest stable 1.8.5 and trying to use .bin or .chd Parappa ran really badly for me as well. But I just converted it to .pbp with psx2psp on compression level 5 and it runs pretty much 60 fps for me now (default settings, no video filter). Could finish both the onion guy and the moose lady without issue. Will try Um Jammer Lammy later.

Hambrew · Mar 28, 2020

delnirui said:
When running the latest stable 1.8.5 and trying to use .bin or .chd Parappa ran really badly for me as well. But I just converted it to .pbp with psx2psp on compression level 5 and it runs pretty much 60 fps for me now (default settings, no video filter). Could finish both the onion guy and the moose lady without issue. Will try Um Jammer Lammy later.

Also, it turns out I only got 19 FPS because I was using the 3DSX version. I used it because with the CIA version, every new core you try literally installs that core to the HOME Menu, thus leading to MASSIVE clutter.

Also, please call the "onion guy" and the "moose lady" by their full names.

delnirui · Mar 28, 2020

Tried Um Jammer Lammy now, also converted to .pbp with compression level 5 and it was pretty good (almost 60 fps all the time) but the fps dips still made playing hard because of lagging audio. Setting "CD Access Method" to "Asynchonous" seems to have fixed it at least for the first level. (Haven't played further yet.)

UPDATE: Second and third level are fine as well.
UPDATE 2:
4th level is fine.
5th level has heavy slowdowns in intermissions only so the level is still playable.
6th level on the other hand has massive slowdowns during gameplay caused by skeletons shooting lightning when having a "bad" rating. It is still possible to beat the level though, just a lot harder during slowdown.
7th level was fine again.

Isegrim · Mar 31, 2020

very quick updates & corrections for Retroarch 1.8.3 / 1.8.5
tested way more a few weeks ago...

Front Mission 3 US - CHD, PBP, Bin / Playable / Bugs: partiality half black screen, title menu missing, crashes after escape mission / Playtime 1h22m

Tail Concerto US / CHD, PBP / very playable / 55~59 fps / playtime 15m

Threats of Fate US / CHD, PBP / very playable / 55~59 fps / playtime 1h

Mega Man Legends 1 US / CHD, PBP / very playable / 55~59 fps

Mega Man X4 US / CHD, PBP / very playable / 60 fps

Darius Gaiden JP / CHD / playable / 1st level heavy graphic flickering / playtime 5m

Klonoa US / CHD, PBP / very playable 59 fps / playtime 1h

Disney Kingdom for a Lama US / CHD / unplayable / runs significant worse, choppier with CHD format / PBP recommended

Disney Kingdom for a Lama US / PBP / playable / 45~55 fps /

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! US / CHD / playable / 40~55 fps / runs slightly worse, choppier with CHD / PBP recommended

Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! US / PBP / playable / 50~59 fps

DottMark · Mar 31, 2020

Can you list the bios? Have you tried both hle and reccommend bios?
PS: Ask permission to edit the excel

justinweiss · Mar 31, 2020

A few I've been playing recently. All three of these I finished on 3DS. All of them (except Suikoden) were played with vsync off, dithering off, cd access: async.

Suikoden 1 / CHD / 1.8.3 nightly / 59-60fps / Totally playable. Some slight slowdown when selecting party members and during some magic effects.

Chrono Cross / CHD / 1.8.5 / mostly 55-60fps with drops / Playable, in that I did a full playthrough. Field mostly stays locked at 60fps. Battles, spell effects can drop to 40-45fps, but mostly run fine after a while. CD read: Async helps with battle animations. High-res menus mostly run at 35fps.

Um Jammer Lammy / CHD / 1.8.5 / 59-60fps / Mostly fullspeed, some framerate drops with lightning in the island level. Turn CD Access: Async on.

Some others I've done very light testing with. Haven't played more than an hour in any of these.

Metal Gear Solid / CHD / 1.8.5 / 40-60fps / Effects and cutscenes chug. Seems to play OK otherwise. Would probably be playable with frameskip.

Doom / CHD / 1.8.5 / 59-60fps
Rayman / CHD / 1.8.5 / 59-60fps
Twisted Metal 2 / CHD / 1.8.5 / 59-60fps

Crash 1 / CHD / 1.8.5 / 45-60fps / Generally hovers around 50fps in the first few levels. Plays fine with Frameskip 1.

Diablo / CHD / 1.8.5 / 30-40fps / Must turn CD Access: Async or it's unplayable. With it on, it seems to run well with frameskip 1.

Einhander / CHD / 1.8.5 / 59-60 fps / Seems fullspeed so far.

Isegrim · Mar 31, 2020

DottMark said:
Can you list the bios? Have you tried both hle and reccommend bios?
PS: Ask permission to edit the excel

Sure!
SCPH1000 & SCPH1001 for now.

Yes, I requested access yesterday with a note that's me. Requested again. No Prob

EDIT: Got the invite. I will copy and paste my entries (corrections) later on
I'm not confident enough right now using google excel again. It's been a while since I used it. Probably will download this file or export to my google account and get used to it by editing locally

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Soul Reaver US / PBP / 1.8.5 / playable / 45-55 fps / 5m playtime / choppy, runs okay

In The Hunt US / CHD / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Spyro the Dragon 2 - Ripto's Rage US / CHD / 1.8.5 / very playable / 55-59 fps / 5m playtime

Donald Duck Quack Attack PAL / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime (US version seems to have an game breaking bug?!)

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Rayman 2 US / CHD / 1.8.5 / 45-55+ fps / playable / playtime 5m choppy

Nuclear Strike US / CHD / 1.8.5 / 55-59 fps / very playable / bugs: title screen, menus?! game play is fine (from memory) / play time 25m

Star Wars Dark Forces US / CHD / 1.8.5 / 45-59 fps / playable / larger areas cause very choppy game play / playtime 10m

Mizzurna Falls JP (english patched) / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / playtime / 5m only so far

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One US / CHD / PBP / 1.8.5 / 59 fps / very playable / 5m only

Dr. Slump JP / CHD / 1.8.5 / 59 fps / very playable / 5m only

Tomba 2 Evil Swine Returns US / 1.8.5 / CHD / 59 fps very playable / 5m

Disney's Tarzan US / CHD or PBP / 1.8.5 / 59 fps / very playable / 5m

Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge / CHD / 1.8.5 / 55-59 fps / very playable / 20m

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Glover! US / PBP / 1.8.5 / playable / 50-59 fps / choppy, controller type: dual shock or analogue or else it will move itself endlessly to the left

Alien Resurrection US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Batman Forever - The Arcade Game US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Disruptor US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

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Bugs Bunny - Lost in Time US / PBP & CHD / 1.8.5 / very playable / 55-59 fps / 5m playtime

Omega Boost US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Porsche Challenge US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Vigilante 8 - 2nd Offense US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

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Space Jam US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

City of Lost Children US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Vanark - Astro Trooper US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 5m playtime

Legend of Mana US / PBP / 1.8.5 / very playable / 59 fps / 2m playtime / no game play tested so far

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DSoryu · Apr 2, 2020

So far I have been enjoying the latest version of this core on my n3DS, I can finally play SotN at 60fps!

But I'm here because some games have a weir issue, there are annoying vertical lines and ghosting appearing across the screen, like this:

I tried to change every config to defaults with no suceess, no shaders are being applied.

This happens on:

Pacman World
Toy Story 2: Buzz Light Year to the rescue
Toy Story Racer
Parasite Eve (Disc 1)

Games are in chd format and I'm using the sph1001 bios.

Thanks in advance!

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