Homebrew How is retroarch for Playstation games?

[Grin59]

I was wanting to play some games like resident evil, metal gear solid, and finally fantasy V11. If anyone knows if these are playable let me know, thanks.

 

[leon315]

depends on which platform you are going to run Retroarch: on pc there are plenty of better psx emulator but they all require u to ''find'' psx BIOS while Retroarch is 100% legal. the Epsxe for example supports adjustable FPS, better compatibilities, able to recognize all iso's formats and Action Replay.

 

[spectral]

depends on which platform you are going to run Retroarch: on pc there are plenty of better psx emulator but they all require u to ''find'' psx BIOS while Retroarch is 100% legal. the Epsxe for example supports adjustable FPS, better compatibilities, able to recognize all iso's formats and Action Replay.

That really depends on which core you use in RA. The Beetle core is one of the best PS emulation options available, it's based on mednafen but has more options and is much easier to use. Not all the cores in RA work without a bios and even the ones that do don't work as well without one as with.

Assuming the OP means 3DS though, no PS emulation will work well, the 3DS is just not powerful enough.

 

[plug313]

depends on which platform you are going to run Retroarch: on pc there are plenty of better psx emulator but they all require u to ''find'' psx BIOS while Retroarch is 100% legal. the Epsxe for example supports adjustable FPS, better compatibilities, able to recognize all iso's formats and Action Replay.

the OP obviously meant on the 3DS

 

[leon315]

the OP obviously meant on the 3DS

DON'T PRESUME, AND DON'T GUESS

Topic Creator shall provide clear information cauz he wants our helps.

 

[spectral]

DON'T PRESUME, AND DON'T GUESS

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Its in the 3DS section of the forum, its not a guess.

 

[leon315]

Its in the 3DS section of the forum, its not a guess.

oh yeah? Mr Sherlock, did he mention O3ds or N3ds? now guess it.

 

[spectral]

all right, wtf, try to run psx games on 3ds?! oh my, maybe games run 5fps.

oh yeah? Mr Sherlock, did he mention O3ds or N3ds? now guess it.

Doesn't matter, neither are powerful enough.

 

[Greymane]

Doesn't matter, neither are powerful enough.

depending on the version, game and settings games can run "decently" on N3ds, though N3ds either aint realy powerfull enough for accurate emulation.

 

[Dimensional]

Doesn't matter, neither are powerful enough.

The old, correct. For the foreseeable future, RA PS1 can't run at full speed on the o3DS. However for the n3DS, it can run full speed, but the games can't be graphic heavy, and sound has to be turned off. You might get it running full speed through the homebrew menu, aka 3dsx format, but it'll run better loaded from cia format.

 

[spectral]

The old, correct. For the foreseeable future, RA PS1 can't run at full speed on the o3DS. However for the n3DS, it can run full speed, but the games can't be graphic heavy, and sound has to be turned off. You might get it running full speed through the homebrew menu, aka 3dsx format, but it'll run better loaded from cia format.

True, I suppose its a matter of opinion but with those conditions imposed I'd consider that not viable for general use.

 

[Dimensional]

True, I suppose its a matter of opinion but with those conditions imposed I'd consider that not viable for general use.

Yes. Since it has some trouble running on the n3DS, that implies it'll be really clocking the CPU, which might mean it'll drain the battery a lot quicker than most homebrew. Plus, most of the good games are graphic intense in many key areas, such as FF7 FMVs and Battles.

 

[ArviDroid]

I was wanting to play some games like resident evil, metal gear solid, and finally fantasy V11. If anyone knows if these are playable let me know, thanks.

Here's a compatibilty list for PCSX reARMed on N3DS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KDOo9FncjtlMbd24HJmLPEfJBVr0xjkUJYZ_cDTGvaA/edit#gid=0
Some games were tried on older versions of the core, so keep in mind that the may perform better now. While I can't speak for the other two games, I'd say that FF VII is definitely playable. The only perfect games I remember trying is Abe's Odyssey (60 fps) and Alundra (~60 fps), but that was quite some time ago.

Edit: Here's my thread about the compatibility of PCSX on 3DS https://gbatemp.net/threads/pcsx-rearmed-compatibility-list.489357/#post-7689196

 

[Grin59]

DON'T PRESUME, AND DON'T GUESS

Topic Creator shall provide clear information cauz he wants our helps.

I meant for the 3ds. Although since it isn't going to be too perfect I'll use a ps emulator on my phone or pc.

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Here´s a compatibilty list for PCSX reARMed on N3DS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KDOo9FncjtlMbd24HJmLPEfJBVr0xjkUJYZ_cDTGvaA/edit#gid=0
Some games were tried on older versions of the core, so keep in mind that the may perform better now. While I can´t speak for the other two games, I´d say that FF VII is definitely playable. The only perfect games I remember trying is Abe´s Odyssey (60 fps) and Alundra (~60 fps), but that was quite some time ago.

Edit: Here´s my thread about the compatibility of PCSX on 3DS https://gbatemp.net/threads/pcsx-rearmed-compatibility-list.489357/#post-7689196

Thank you