1) General 2) How it works 3) Supported games 4) TroubleShoot 5) Credits
Pcsx is a PSX emulator. What that really means? It means that it emulates the way that a PSX works and tries to translate PSX machine language to PC language. That is very hard to be done and we can't speak for 100% success in any time. The hardware would always be better than the software so if you wanna play games then better get a real PSX. Pcsx is capable to run most of the games, but a few others still don't. We are working on it ;). The members of the team are very advanced coders and they will continue the work on the Pcsx as far as they have enough time to work on it. Real life comes first and sometimes it is much more demanding.
The team of Pcsx
1) Put a bios on bios directory (recommended: scph1001.bin) (optional) 2) Put plugins in plugin directory 3) Open the emu 4) Configure plugins from configuration menu and Memcards from Mcd Manager 5) Restart 6) Put a cd in your cdrom drive 7) Press Run CD and the game might work ;P
F1: Save State F2: Increase State Num F3: Load State F4: Show State-Pic F5: Sio Irq Dis/Enable F6: Black&White Mdecs Dis/Enable F7: Dis/Enable Xa F8: Makes a Snapshot The 2 next keys are only implemented if the cdrom plugin doesn't support the CDRgetStatus interface. F9: Press to simulate an open case (to change cdroms in game) F10: And this to close it
Disable Xa Decoding: Disables xa sound, if you don't want sound this might speed up a little movies (mostly) and the game itself.
Sio Irq Always Enabled: Enable this only when pads or memcards doesn't works, but usually brokes compatibility with them.
Spu Irq Always Enabled: May help your game to work, but usually doesn't helps.
Black & White Movies: Speed up for slow machines on movies.
Disable CD-DA: Will disable CD audio.
Enable Console Output: Displays the psx text output.
Enable Interpreter Cpu: Enables interpretive emulation (recomiler by default), it may be more compatible, but it's slower.
Psx System Type: Autodetect: Try to autodetect the system. NSTC/PAL: Specify it for yourself.
If you select this instead of a regular bios (ie. "scph1001.bin") Pcsx will emulate the bios (this might not work in all cases but it is quite advanced), you can try it and see which one works better, notice that the HLE bios might be faster than a regular one and may make some games work better.
You must select a plugin in the NetPlay Configuration, note that the plugin must support the v2 of the api. If you don't want to use it simply select the Disabled one, refer to the plugin's doc for more info.
Here is a small list with games that pcsx support. Notice that it might have some glitches on sound or gfx but it is considered playable. :)
Crash Bandicoot 1 Time crisis Mickey Wild adventure Coolboarders 3 Street fighter EX+a Street fighter EX2 plus Breath of fire 3 Breath of fire 4 Quake II Alone in the Dark 4 Tekken 3
and probably lots more. Check www.emufanatics.com or www.ngemu.com for compatibility lists.
-QUE: My favourite game doesn't work -AN: Wait for the next release, or get another emu ;) -QUE: Can I have a bios image? -AN : No -QUE: CD audio is crappy... -AN : If it doesn't work then disable it :)
PCSX is the work of the following people:
main coder: Linuzappz , e-mail: linuzappz@pcsx.net co-coders: Shadow , e-mail: shadow@pcsx.net ex-coders: Pete Bernett, e-mail: psswitch@online.de NoComp , e-mail: NoComp@mailcity.com Nik3d , e-mail: webmaster: Akumax , e-mail: akumax@pcsx.net
Ancient :Shadow's small bother for beta testing pcsx and bothering me to correct it :P Roor :for his help on cd-rom decoding routine :) Duddie, Tratax, Kazzuya :for the great work on psemu,and for the XA decoder :) Calb :for nice chats and coding hits ;) We love you calb ;) Twin :for the bot to #pcsx on efnet, for coding hints and and :) Lewpy :Man this plugin is quite fast! Psychojak :For beta testing Pcsx and donating a great amount of games to Shadow ;) JNS :For adding PEC support to Pcsx Antiloop :Great coder :) Segu :He knows what for :) Null :He also knows :) Bobbi cdburnout :For putting Pcsx news to their site and for hosting.. D[j] :For hosting us ;) Now3d :For nice chats,info and blabla :) Ricardo Diaz:Linux version may never have been released without his help Nuno felicio:Beta testing, suggestions and a portugues readme Shunt :Coding hints and nice chats :) Taka :Many fixes to Pcsx jang2k :Lots of fixes to Pcsx :)
James : for all the friendly support Dimitris: for being good friend to me.. Joan: The woman that make me nuts the last couple months...
Official website: http:/www.pcsx.net
If I forgot someone beat me :P "What you feel is what you are,and what you are is beatiful." Log off Shadow/ Linuzappz