/vr/ - Retro Games

PSXfin worked fine, at least in my experience.

I actually just started playing again few days ago and ended up with ePSXe because it werks.
Seriously though, Retroarch was a major pain in the ass to even try to set up, XEBRA had too little options (and the joypad config was weird), Psxfin freezes at randomly at CD load rooms (and once when I tried to pick up an armor) and Pcsxr had crazy sound problems.

I use gpuBladesoft as the GPU plugin so it looks and runs fine, but the sound seems to be subpar no matter what plugin I try to use.

>>889365
>Pcsxr had crazy sound problems.

Not using P.E.Op.S 1.10 beta sound plugin, are you?

>ePSXe
>outdated

how so? they keep doing updates. easiest to use too and does everything it needs to do

>>889410
Not the Windows port.

The Android version though, yeah.

>>889397
No matter what plugin I used, every single time it ended up sounding like a glitching CD player.

>>889410
No idea, that's just what the wiki says about it.

>>889415
but what exactly does the windows port lack compared to the other emulators?

>>889415
>Prioritizing cellphone phone version over proper PC versions

>>889439
*Accurate GTE emulation for poly-gap fixing
*Proper combining and blending for proper sprite manipulation
*Proper framebuffer effects without using shitty hacks
*Reading .ecm format

>>889423
Are these your settings?
If not, its either a problem with your toaster or you have an broken subversion build.

Latest SVN builds are available at EmuCR

>>889453
thanks for clearing that up. though I never minded converting ecm files first.

>>889485
Me neither, actually.
But as for the android version, its nice because it saves a little space on my tablet.

>>889445
Guess what. DOSbox on Android works better than DOSbox on Windows 8. Imagine my piss.

>>889541
Which build? DOSBox Turbo.

I think it is such shit they actually charge for that.
Doesn't it violate the license?

>>889548
None of them translate touch screen as accurately as the Android version does. It's a serious anger issue for me.

psxfin,.

thread closed.

>>889558
No.

Retroarch, Mednafen core.

>>889564
He already said he wasn't interested in that.

>>889597
>what's the best PSX emulator aside from the best?

You have it backwards OP. PS1 can't do real 3D and the Saturn can only do 2 polygons as part of Mode 7-esqe functionality.

epsxe 1.8.0

>>889667
why do you recommend something if you didn't even bother trying the rest of the emulators?

it's like recommending an emachines computer because it's the best you ever used since you never tried anything else

>>889712
why do you assume i didnt try any other emulator?

its like assuming you know what the fuck you're talking about when you clearly dont

>>889718
because it happens that I know what I'm talking about and epsxe isn't the best emulator or is even close to being it

epsxe doesn't have any problems running sotn

>>889718
Because if you tried something else, you wouldn't be using epsxe, since pretty much anything else is better than it.

>>889726
ive tried others and i simply disagree

why hasn't mednafen or the mednafen core on retroarch been mentioned at all?

pSX

>>889327
>What's the best PSX emulator for Symphony of the Night? PCSX-Reloaded apparently sucks at 2D games, Mednafen sounds complicated and unwieldy, and apparently ePSXe is outdated. I'm playing on a 2.2ghz dual core/4GB RAM laptop, so being light on resources is a plus.

RetroArch. Which uses the Mednafen core.
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/RetroArch

Perfect for 2D.

Holy shit you guys are a fucking disgrace. jesus shit.

ePSXe is terrible, rarely updated and nearly every single game ever does not fucking work, jesus christ stop fucking using that shit you cunts.

Second of all, Either download PCSX-reloaded(no it doesn't suck at 2D games you fucking retarded where did you hear this) or download retroarch.

>>889790
You're a fucking retard

ePSXe is terrible and nothing works properly in it and it hasn't been updated SINCE FUCKING AUGUST OF 2012, YOU FUCKING MORON.

>I SIMPLY DISAGREE

WELL I HAVE SIMPLY DISAGREE AND THAT EPSXE IS A SHITFEST AND YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD SOMETIHNG BETER, CASE IN POINT RETORARCH.

>>890192
>>890191

Throwing little hissy fits and becoming hysterical aren't going to sway anyone.

Anyways, here's an overview of the ps1 emulators:
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/PlayStation

>>890195
I'm still right though.

ePSXe is shit. PSXFIN is shit, PSX is shit. the only good ones are reloaded and the one in retroarch.

retroarch + mednafen is the easiest to use since you don't have to fuck around with plugins

it's supposedly the most accurate too

>>890359
>it's supposedly the most accurate too

Xebra is about the same. I think Mednafen has better audio though.

>ps1 emulation

Just use psX.

>>891456
>Just use psX.

Almost certain SoTN is one of the games it has issues with.

psxe runs it just fine for me.

>>889327
Just use ePSXe. It runs the game perfectly.

reloaded works fine unless your computer is from the 90's

>>890202
well then go get your prize.
goddamn, its not this threads fault that you werent loved as a child

>>890202
>PSX is shit
lil

>>890202
>MY OPINIONS ARE FACTS YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT IT
This is you. Aggression and hostility does not get you anywhere. People like you are why games like League of Legends and sites like Reddit have such terrible reputations.

I'll admit that ePSXe isn't that great an emulator, but to be perfectly honest, if it runs at full framerate and the sound and visuals are acceptable, I could not give any less of a shit.

While we're on the subject of PS1 emulators, is this good enough for the PS core in RetroArch? It ran nicely once I downloaded the newest version, but the sound was real crackly, especially with Xevious 3D+G. CastleVania Chronicles ran decently with bits of crackling audio at points.

Another vote for Retroarch, it works well.

>>894518
>crackling audio

Probably due to configuration settings, not the mednafen core.

Try messing with the audio driver and latency.
Mess with the latency in intervals of 16. Higher might reduce latency. Mine is currently at 64.

And on Windows Vista+ with the latest DirectX runtime installed you should probably choose XAudio2 as the sound driver.

>>889365
you must be an idiot if you cant set up retroarch. Its basicly the same thing as epsxe. you just need to know couple things. for starters you need to set SYSTEM folder with BIOS files - you need 3 - one for each region (theres pack for retroarch - just google it). the you need to download core. use tool to setup controlls via tools and then in phoenix. its really simple once you know what youre doing.

>>894283
I disagree. Angry people are not the problem. Idiots are problem and youre clealry an idiot. Retroarch works 100x better than epsxe and psxfin. I was almost done with emu when someone sugested retroarch for me and I was using epsxe for like 10 years.

>mfw running 32 bit windows and retroarch doesn't give a fuck about me

I played through SOTN with ePSXe on a netbook with 1GB RAM and Atom processor running WinXP. Only glitch I remember was that the fog in one of the areas disappeared sometimes, which doesn't really hinder gameplay. Speed was fine.

>>894535
Okay I've switched it to Xaudio2 and CV runs with very little crackle, but i keep getting slight pauses and bursts of slowdown during gameplay. Tried Xevious 3D+G and the game was a bit slower & choppier, both classic & 3D+G.

Alright, this GTE Accuracy setting sounds neat as fuck but I can't find it in the included Pete's plugin. Has it been removed for compatibility issues or something?

>>894615
Its not in Pete's.

PCSX-Reloaded has a modified version of Pete's OpenGL that has it. It's simply called "OpenGL Driver 1.78"

>>894639

Deal. Appreciated.

>>894587
Thats the cool thing about emulators that use high-level emulation. Autists will complain about "muh accuracy", but the games are perfectly playable, even on toaster hardware. Being able to play Ocarina of Time on my K6-III and TNT2 in 1999 was pretty damn cool.

>>894684
>perfectly

Mednafen is the least complicated PSX emulator, all it needs is a proper BIOS and a disc rip with a correct CUE sheet. Once you have those two things, it just works. The same can't be said about the plugin emulators that everyone loves so much.

>>890192
>OH MY GOD NO UPDATES SINCE LAST YEAR!!

Why do you guys go spastic when someone likes something you don't like? I don't even use ePSXe anymore, but when I did, my only issue was with muti-disc games.

>>895358
>Why do you guys go spastic when someone likes something you don't like? I don't even use ePSXe anymore,

Because emulation wasn't perfect in 2003, or 2007, or 2013 for that matter. Emulation is always a work in progress with a lot of stuff that isn't fixed or working. An emulator that stops getting updates is going to quickly turned into an out dated emulator that has a lot lower compatibility than others.

>but when I did, my only issue was with muti-disc games.

And every other one has fixed that.