Possible pSX core

Libretro Cores
#1

so many people are aware of the accurate pSX emu that hasn’t received an update for quite some time now. I read somewhere on the board that this would be an excellent core, and I can see why, however the source is not available. I did find otut something rather interesting however. It seems the author of pSX also contributed intensely to the MESS emu, specifically the PSX core. The source for the MESS psx core is readily available and since it was worked on by the same author, I figured it is probably very similar in quality. Anyway just throwing that out there is I am really not liking the options for psx cores on Windows at the moment.

Unfortunately I am not a programmer or anything so just an idea for anyone who might care.

#2

Why are you not liking the options for PSX cores? Is pSX really more accurate than mednafen?

#3

well mednafen is still in alpha and pSX is the most stable and compatible pSX emu I have ever used to so yeah. They are miles apart.

#4

Any real use cases? Xebra is the most accurate BTW.

#5

Not really.

#6

ok, mednafen psx is no crap. Runs most games flawlessly. But pSX is the best playstation 1 emulator out there

#7

Not really, in many respect Mednafen PSX is already superior - sound emulation is at least vastly superior.

#8

well actually xebra is the best option but I dunno if it will work since the documentation is all japanese. Anyone know if there is there a way to use pcsx-r in windows by the way?

menafen just seems slower than all the others for me. Though I realize that is a subjective statement.

#9

mednafen PSX requires more CPU power than most emulators. Accuracy has a tendency to do that. If it’s too slow for you, that’s most likely because your CPU is not powerful enough.

PCSX-R has a Windows port on its website: http://pcsxr.codeplex.com/

The official version is quite outdated though so you might want to get a recent SVN build instead. You could also try to build the libretro port of PCSX ReARMed. Although it’s meant for ARM, it seemed to work fine on x86 when I tested it.

#10

For a comparison of PS1 emulators:

pSX is outdated and I believe it’s abandoned. I don’t even think it’s open sourced.

They still list it as “WIP” on their site, but the reality is that it’s quite mature and has high compatibility. Not sure exactly how much however, since I don’t think there’s been enough testing.

]Xebra is the most accurate BTW.

I don’t know the nitty gritties of which is more accurate than the other. However, since Xebra development is either slowed down or dead, I know Mednafen will over take it (if it hasn’t already) since it’s being actively developed.

The official version is quite outdated though so you might want to get a recent SVN build instead. You could also try to build the libretro port of PCSX ReARMed. Although it’s meant for ARM, it seemed to work fine on x86 when I tested it.

Yes, a PCSX-R (either ReArmed or regular) port might be nice, just as another option for people. It wouldn’t be as accurate of course, but it would use less CPU power and could have options for x2, x3, x4 internal resolutions, and GTE accuracy.