PlayStation 4 emulator shadPS4 just got a new release, adding plenty of new features and fixes since its last public version. A massive list of all the new content is shown below, with notable inclusions being touchpad support, overall better game compatibility,--Gravity Rush Remastered now boots--quality of life fixes for updates and game loading, and better performance in games that already run on shadPS4, including Bloodborne.

• Shader recompiler fixes
• Emulated support for cpus that doesn’t have SSE4.2a (intel cpus)
• Frame graph + Precise 60 fps timing
• Save data: fix nullptr & concurrent file write
• Auto Update
• Error dialog implementation
• Swapchain recreation and window resizing
• Add playback of background/title music in game list
• kernel: Quiet sceKernelWaitEventFlag error log on timeout
• Improve keyboard navigation in game list
• core/memory: Pooled memory implementation
• Fix PKG loading
• replace trophy xml assert with error
• Refactor audio handling with range checks, buffer threshold, and lock
• audio_core: Fix return value types and shift some error handling to library
• Devtools: PM4 Explorer
• Initial support of Geometry shaders
• Working touchpad support
• net: Stub sceNetErrnoLoc
• Add support to click touchpad using back button on non PS4/5 controllers
• Multiple Install Folders
• Using a more standard data directory for linux
• video_core: Implement sceGnmInsertPushColorMarker
• ime_dialog: Initial implementation
• Network libs fixes
• Use GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime to fix fps timing issues
• Added adaptive mutex initializer
• Small Np + trophy fixes
• Separate Updates from Game Folder
• Minor Fixes for Separate Update Folder
• AvPlayer: Do not align w/h to 16 with vdec2
• Improve sceSystemServiceReceiveEvent stub
• renderer_vulkan: Commize and adjust buffer bindings
• Add poll interval to libScePad
• Add more surface format mappings.
• vulkan: Report only missing format feature flags.
• IME implementation
• Videodec2 implementation
• path_util: Make sure macOS has current directory set and clean up path code.
• Load LLE modules from sys_modules/GAMEID folder

You can download the v0.4.0 release from the emulator's official website, linked below.

Source

 

[nl255]

Portable devices don't really have enough power for an early optimization version of an emulator.

Except that it isn't "really an emulator" in the traditional sense, more of a compatibility layer. I guess kind of like proton + a glide wrapper would be, thus the much lower hardware requirements since the CPU isn't being emulated and as far as I know there is little to no low level hardware emulation either.

 

[LNLenost]

can this emulate the system menu too?

 

[Prior22]

Sorry but all that matters when it comes to PS4 emulation are exclusives. This is all of them it's pretty slim pickings other than Bloodborne and a few others like Crash Racing Nitro Fueled. (which was on PS4/Xbox One but not PC) and having Uncharted Trilogy remastered for PC owners would be cool.

Also if they can get Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise working it is good made by the same studio that do Like a Dragon. Definitely worth checking out for fans of Yakuza. And a few other good ones like Last Guardian and Infamous Second Son/Last Light.

A​

• Alienation (video game)

B​

• Basement Crawl
• Blood & Truth
• Bloodborne
• Bound (video game)
• Bravo Team

C​

• Concrete Genie
• Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial

D​

• Déraciné
• Drawn to Death
• Dreams (video game)
• Driveclub

E​

• Everybody's Golf (2017 video game)

F​

• Farpoint (video game)
• Fat Princess Adventures
• Firewall: Zero Hour
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise

G​

• Gran Turismo Sport
• Gravity Rush 2

H​

• Hakoniwa Company Works
• Hardware: Rivals
• Hidden Agenda (2017 video game)

I​

• The Idolmaster Platinum Stars
• Infamous First Light
• Infamous Second Son
• The Inpatient

K​

• Killzone Shadow Fall
• Knack (video game)
• Knack II
• Knowledge is Power (video game)
• Kyoei Toshi

L​

• The Last Guardian

M​

• Matterfall
• MediEvil (2019 video game)
• MLB The Show 17
• MLB The Show 18
• MLB The Show 19
• MLB The Show 20
• Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV

O​

• The Order: 1886

P​

• P.T. (video game)
• The Playroom (2013 video game)
• PlayStation VR Worlds

R​

• Ratchet & Clank (2016 video game)
• Record of Grancrest War
• RIGS: Mechanized Combat League

S​

• Sakura Wars (2019 video game)
• Shadow of the Beast (2016 video game)
• Shadow of the Colossus (2018 video game)

T​

• Tearaway Unfolded
• The Tomorrow Children

U​

• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
• Until Dawn: Rush of Blood

W​

• Wayward Sky
• Wipeout Omega Collection
• The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2
• Without Memory

That’s a pathetic list of exclusives. I’ll take the hot shots golf game. And maybe the Ratchet and Medievil remakes.

 

[Nincompoopdo]

They should get smaller games like Resogun to work first.

 

[urbanman2004]

Bloodborne would probably be the only reason why I would find this PS4 emulator useful, but if Sony ever decides to port Bloodborne to PC then so much for that.

 

[Waddleclaws]

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PlayStation 4 emulator shadPS4 just got a new release, adding plenty of new features and fixes since its last public version. A massive list of all the new content is shown below, with notable inclusions being touchpad support, overall better game compatibility,--Gravity Rush Remastered now boots--quality of life fixes for updates and game loading, and better performance in games that already run on shadPS4, including Bloodborne.

• Shader recompiler fixes
• Emulated support for cpus that doesn’t have SSE4.2a (intel cpus)
• Frame graph + Precise 60 fps timing
• Save data: fix nullptr & concurrent file write
• Auto Update
• Error dialog implementation
• Swapchain recreation and window resizing
• Add playback of background/title music in game list
• kernel: Quiet sceKernelWaitEventFlag error log on timeout
• Improve keyboard navigation in game list
• core/memory: Pooled memory implementation
• Fix PKG loading
• replace trophy xml assert with error
• Refactor audio handling with range checks, buffer threshold, and lock
• audio_core: Fix return value types and shift some error handling to library
• Devtools: PM4 Explorer
• Initial support of Geometry shaders
• Working touchpad support
• net: Stub sceNetErrnoLoc
• Add support to click touchpad using back button on non PS4/5 controllers
• Multiple Install Folders
• Using a more standard data directory for linux
• video_core: Implement sceGnmInsertPushColorMarker
• ime_dialog: Initial implementation
• Network libs fixes
• Use GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime to fix fps timing issues
• Added adaptive mutex initializer
• Small Np + trophy fixes
• Separate Updates from Game Folder
• Minor Fixes for Separate Update Folder
• AvPlayer: Do not align w/h to 16 with vdec2
• Improve sceSystemServiceReceiveEvent stub
• renderer_vulkan: Commize and adjust buffer bindings
• Add poll interval to libScePad
• Add more surface format mappings.
• vulkan: Report only missing format feature flags.
• IME implementation
• Videodec2 implementation
• path_util: Make sure macOS has current directory set and clean up path code.
• Load LLE modules from sys_modules/GAMEID folder

You can download the v0.4.0 release from the emulator's official website, linked below.

Source

We FINALLY have a good PS4 emulator? and a total of ZERO people told me?

 

[codezer0]

How powerful of a pc does one need to be able to run this emulator? To run the games at parity, if not better than the original console?

 

[Jayinem]

How powerful of a pc does one need to be able to run this emulator? To run the games at parity, if not better than the original console?

shadPS4's current minimum requirements are:
CPU:

• A processor with at least 4 cores and 6 threads
• Above 2.5 GHz frequency
• AVX2 support (not a hard requirement, but strongly recommended for good performance)

GPU:

• A graphics card with at least 1GB of VRAM
• Keep your graphics drivers up to date
• Vulkan 1.3 support (required)

RAM:

• 8GB of RAM or more

OS:

• Windows 10 or Ubuntu 22.04

These requirements are minimums. They will make booting games possible, but more demanding 3D games will still struggle. As always, having as powerful a PC as possible is best.

 

[urbanman2004]

These requirements are minimums. They will make booting games possible, but more demanding 3D games will still struggle. As always, having as powerful a PC as possible is best.

PC Master Race FTW

 

[jonaand2]

why shadow x generations crash?

 

[Ondrashek06]

Yeah, it sounds too close to Shadman... It should have been something more like "PCSX4" or whatever.

PCSX4 is tied to a scam fake emulator, so that wouldn't really work - people would just think that it's the fake emulator.

 

[Jayro]

PCSX4 is tied to a scam fake emulator, so that wouldn't really work - people would just think that it's the fake emulator.

Well naming it after a pedophile artist isn't any better. (Shadman)