Which Is The Best Emulator

ccsnet · July 27th, 2003

Hi all,

Well its my first post and I have spent so much time looking them emulators on offer here. There question I have ( as you all have the xperince ) is which is the best ? I just can't make my mind up.

Do you need a bios file ? If so why.

Thanks for you time.

Terran

Dark Zero · July 27th, 2003

Why not try them and see which is better for you, thats what we do and we end up liking them equally. It depends on how it works out in the end for you. Shoot, they free, its not like you loosing money over any of them.

Yes you need a BIOS. I don't even need to answer why, its obvious.

Phoenix · July 27th, 2003

The best are IMO, ePSXe and PSXeven, also there's fpse, adripsx, pcsx as well.
Why the bios is needed, because the emus use the bios "instructions" in order to work.
Follow Dark Zero's advice, once you test some emus you'll find the best that suits to you.

ccsnet · July 27th, 2003

Thanks very much for replying... I was planning to try a few but they all look so good. At the moment I am going to go with EPSXe. I was really curious about the bois bit. Been in IT I know that its mainly to talk to the hardware... but there is not hardware with an Emulator... Am I right in saying there are a number of freeware bios packs out there ? ( Yes I know don't ask etc ) which is why I am saying Freeware.

Just in case your intrested this is no for playing at home all my PS1 games... have a look at my little project on my web site...

http://www.letscommunicate.co.uk/carpc/

Thanks for your reponses.

Terran

**Kane** · July 27th, 2003

There is currently no 'freeware' BIOS. In theory you have to dump it yourself, unless you use PCSX which has an HLE bios (a feature I'd like to see in other emus to be honest)
The best PSX emu is either ePSXe or PSXeven IMO, with PCSX sitting right behind them. The other emus avalaible are:

FPSE: I was never impressed with this for the PC, but there appears to be some interesting ports of it happening
AdriPSX: Fast in comparison to PSXeven and ePSXe, but a little lacking in compatibility
PSEmuPro: Discontinued a long time ago now, but it was the emulator that created the plugin system we now know and love. It's very fast, but also lacking in compatibility.
VGS (Comercial Software): Compatible as hell. Only ePSXe and PSXeven rival it's compatibility. It's easy to use, but lacks any kind of hardware acceleration or filtering. Works on XP with a patch
Bleem! (Commercial): Very fast for it's day. Marred by poor compatibility, graphical errors and the MDEc engine. Good in it's day, but outdated now. Won't work on XP (Yet)

ccsnet · July 27th, 2003

Thanks very much... I did try and find this some where before bothering you all. Just tried ePSXe and I must say I am impressed. Although its running a bit slow some times and the grapics look a bit blocky. This probably will be solved by me playing how ever on a 7" screen it won't be an issue.

( And it worked under XP ! )

Thanks all

Terran

**Chrono Archangel** · July 27th, 2003

everyones forgetting Psinex...i think his working on another version no?

**liquid** · July 28th, 2003

yeah, I recall hearing that psinex is shunt's project now...the dynamic recompiler is supposed to be extremely fast.

July 27th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
ccsnet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3	Which Is The Best Emulator Hi all, Well its my first post and I have spent so much time looking them emulators on offer here. There question I have ( as you all have the xperince ) is which is the best ? I just can't make my mind up. Do you need a bios file ? If so why. Thanks for you time. Terran

July 27th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Dark Zero 黑零 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,444	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator Why not try them and see which is better for you, thats what we do and we end up liking them equally. It depends on how it works out in the end for you. Shoot, they free, its not like you loosing money over any of them. Yes you need a BIOS. I don't even need to answer why, its obvious.

July 27th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Phoenix Ada... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: GDL, MX Posts: 2,229	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator The best are IMO, ePSXe and PSXeven, also there's fpse, adripsx, pcsx as well. Why the bios is needed, because the emus use the bios "instructions" in order to work. Follow Dark Zero's advice, once you test some emus you'll find the best that suits to you.

July 27th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
ccsnet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator Thanks very much for replying... I was planning to try a few but they all look so good. At the moment I am going to go with EPSXe. I was really curious about the bois bit. Been in IT I know that its mainly to talk to the hardware... but there is not hardware with an Emulator... Am I right in saying there are a number of freeware bios packs out there ? ( Yes I know don't ask etc ) which is why I am saying Freeware. Just in case your intrested this is no for playing at home all my PS1 games... have a look at my little project on my web site... http://www.letscommunicate.co.uk/carpc/ Thanks for your reponses. Terran

July 27th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator There is currently no 'freeware' BIOS. In theory you have to dump it yourself, unless you use PCSX which has an HLE bios (a feature I'd like to see in other emus to be honest) The best PSX emu is either ePSXe or PSXeven IMO, with PCSX sitting right behind them. The other emus avalaible are: FPSE: I was never impressed with this for the PC, but there appears to be some interesting ports of it happening AdriPSX: Fast in comparison to PSXeven and ePSXe, but a little lacking in compatibility PSEmuPro: Discontinued a long time ago now, but it was the emulator that created the plugin system we now know and love. It's very fast, but also lacking in compatibility. VGS (Comercial Software): Compatible as hell. Only ePSXe and PSXeven rival it's compatibility. It's easy to use, but lacks any kind of hardware acceleration or filtering. Works on XP with a patch Bleem! (Commercial): Very fast for it's day. Marred by poor compatibility, graphical errors and the MDEc engine. Good in it's day, but outdated now. Won't work on XP (Yet) __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

July 27th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
ccsnet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator Thanks very much... I did try and find this some where before bothering you all. Just tried ePSXe and I must say I am impressed. Although its running a bit slow some times and the grapics look a bit blocky. This probably will be solved by me playing how ever on a 7" screen it won't be an issue. ( And it worked under XP ! ) Thanks all Terran

July 27th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,129	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator everyones forgetting Psinex...i think his working on another version no? __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

July 28th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
liquid Ebichu! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Posts: 2,089	Re: Which Is The Best Emulator yeah, I recall hearing that psinex is shunt's project now...the dynamic recompiler is supposed to be extremely fast.

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