How to emulate playstation games
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The emulator pSX is very easy to use. Yes, you need a BIOS. It's a file available somewhere on the net, but we can't tell you where it is or how to find it, because it's illegal.
When configurating the emulator, you'd specify the path to the bios file and setup the controllers, and that's pretty much all.
When configurating the emulator, you'd specify the path to the bios file and setup the controllers, and that's pretty much all.
There are at least eleven of them that I know of. Five seconds on google and you'll find them all.
smcd
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Here's an informative page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation
tye stik
Super Nintendo Wizard
Way to help the newbie out... "Google it". Stupid google, with its all-encompassing archive of knowledge.
maddawg4, first... download ePSXe 1.6.0, find it at... you guessed it... epsxe.com. Yay.
Now, head on over to 'Pete's Domain'... you'll know if your there if you shudder at the horrendous color scheme. *shudders*. Download his "PSX GPU Plugins" first... (pssst, its the one at the top of that page). Next, pick up his "PSX SPU Plugins"... (at the top again).
Okay, so you got ePSXe... find its "Plugin" folder... extract the GPU and SPU plugins in that folder.
Now scour the internet for the file "scph1001.bin"... its the mystical bios file foretold in legends past. Be wary, many a folk have succumb to viral infection on their path to glorious emulation. Whats the big deal, the rules don't say 'thou shall not name ye"
Alright, stick that hoe in the... wait for it... wait for it... "Bios" folder of epsxe! Mkay.
So all the pieces are ont the board. Open up ePSXe and click "Config". Select the Video and Sound plugins from the drop down menu. Theres some options you can select within each... forget about those until you run into a problem.
Okay so the machinery is in place, hurray. Now, in my experience playing psx off cds is a headache... so forget that. Get yourself an 'image' burning program that will make .iso files out of your discs. I like 'Alcohol 120%'... perhaps because alochol is my friend. I like friends. Yay. Especially free friends whose trial editions never seem to expire.
Put the .iso file (or .bin sometimes) wherever... usually theres 2 files that accompany it... ones .cue and the other one is .ccd i think. Keep those bad boys together. Now, fire up epsxe: File>Run ISO. Cha-ching.
Troubleshooting
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maddawg4, first... download ePSXe 1.6.0, find it at... you guessed it... epsxe.com. Yay.
Now, head on over to 'Pete's Domain'... you'll know if your there if you shudder at the horrendous color scheme. *shudders*. Download his "PSX GPU Plugins" first... (pssst, its the one at the top of that page). Next, pick up his "PSX SPU Plugins"... (at the top again).
Okay, so you got ePSXe... find its "Plugin" folder... extract the GPU and SPU plugins in that folder.
Now scour the internet for the file "scph1001.bin"... its the mystical bios file foretold in legends past. Be wary, many a folk have succumb to viral infection on their path to glorious emulation. Whats the big deal, the rules don't say 'thou shall not name ye"
Alright, stick that hoe in the... wait for it... wait for it... "Bios" folder of epsxe! Mkay.
So all the pieces are ont the board. Open up ePSXe and click "Config". Select the Video and Sound plugins from the drop down menu. Theres some options you can select within each... forget about those until you run into a problem.
Okay so the machinery is in place, hurray. Now, in my experience playing psx off cds is a headache... so forget that. Get yourself an 'image' burning program that will make .iso files out of your discs. I like 'Alcohol 120%'... perhaps because alochol is my friend. I like friends. Yay. Especially free friends whose trial editions never seem to expire.
Put the .iso file (or .bin sometimes) wherever... usually theres 2 files that accompany it... ones .cue and the other one is .ccd i think. Keep those bad boys together. Now, fire up epsxe: File>Run ISO. Cha-ching.
Troubleshooting
^lordkane.co.uk^
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JKKDARK
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To dump a PlayStation BIOS, you need a GameShark or Action replay and a PC comms link. To start, you need either a real Caetla module or go to altavista and search for "Caetla" (it's a BIOS replacement for your module, so properly read the included documentation before installing it!!). Now upload "Caetla", and use use the caetla commands for downloading a binary memory image from the region 0x0bfc00000 - 0x0bfc7ffff! Now save the image as SCPHxxxx.bin, where xxxx is your PSX's model number, and ePSXe will recognise it and use it from now on.
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The bios are not hard to find. And downloading them is illegal to boot. Therefore we do not provide links to such things.
Or just download pSX. Little or no configuring and it works very well. I was able to get perfect results on FF8 with little work as compared to ePSXe, which I couldn't get any good results at all.
'Tis best not to discuss how to dump such a thing.
zaba_3
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Its illegal to use your own bios?
Stezo2k
S-2K
I'm pretty sure thats legal, afraik its downloading a BIOS that doesnt come from your console which is illegal
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No, but downloading BIOS (downloading copyrighted material without proper permission) is illegal.
And though backing up your own BIOS may be legal, many would frown on it, including the owning companies.