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/vr/, which PS1 emulator is the simplest to configure?

>> No.558820

>>558802
I found that PSX is the easiest to use. It has all the plugins you need to emulate, other than the BIOS. But that's an easy find.

>> No.558831

>>558820
Thanks. I searched through a few emulation threads and while there was a ton of discussion on which was best, I couldn't find out which was easiest to use.

>> No.558862

"ease of use" and "emulator" are pretty much mutually exclusive things. The best emulators tend to be the most difficult to get set up, and the worst tend to be the easiest. It's just like with operating systems.

Use RetroArch with Mednafen's PSX core. It's not easy, but it's the best. You shouldn't settle for shit because you're lazy.

>> No.558880

>>558862
But I'm terrible at configuring things. I tried to get a Saturn emulator to work today and I BSOD'd my computer.

>> No.558905

>>558802
The PS3

>> No.558907

I'm not OP but lately I've been emulating PS1 games and replaying some of the classic PS1 games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Medieval. Does anyone else have any must play PS1 games?

>> No.558912

>>558880
Sounds like you're a bit too technologically illiterate to be messing around with something like emulation, or really anything on the level of "power user".

>> No.558926

PCSX worked for me (Macfag), only slightly diffucult was downloading BIOS separately and putting them in the BIOS folder.

>> No.559083

>>558912
does being able to run a configure a ps1 emulator really make me a "power user"

>> No.559093

>>559083
just ignore him, /v/ has leaked its users here

>> No.559227

>>559083
Not necessarily, but generally people that understand how to configure and run emulators probably also know their way around a computer.

>>559093
On a scale of dumb to stupid, I'd put you somewhere in the ballpark of retarded.

>> No.559327

psx 1.13

>> No.560347

Xebra is a bugger to start for the first time if you don't have a guide, but once you've learned how to load the bios and images, there's no settings other than controls.
Of course the trade off for the simple, faithful emulation is less graphical tweaks than epsxe, etc.

>> No.560481

psx (also knows as psxfin)
or xebra
If you already have retroarch set up you can try the mednafen psx core.

>> No.560653

psxfin is the easiest, but it has some issues, and will likely never improve.

Xebra and Mednafen are much more accurate and have amazing compatibility, but their user interfaces are a bit more obtuse. Once you have them correctly set up, however, they will serve you very well.

If you want graphical enhancements, PCSX-R is your best bet, although it uses plugins.

>> No.560672

>>558862

If you weren't a functionally retarded piece of shit, you'd know that psxfin is a good emulator that is also easy to use. You can download it and play games pretty much immediately, without having to tinker with the plugins. And no, being able to configure an emulator does not make you a better person than anyone else, and it's not fucking fun either, so try to understand why someone would want to avoid it.

>> No.560678

>>558831
you know what? you can download a "PS starter pack" at emuparadise.org with everything pre-figured. Bios is already inside too.

>> No.560692

My experience with PSX is that all I had to do was find a bios, then run the games and everything worked perfectly. I can't imagine an easier system to work with.

>> No.560695

>>558907

Tomba 2.

>> No.560702

>>560678
this. just download the ePSXe starter pack. works out of the box.

>> No.560705

>>560692

Yep, it's perfect until your save files all get corrupted a few months later. Okay I have no idea if that was because of the emulator itself but damnit there's no way I'm going back to it now.

>> No.560719

>>560705
I've been using the same memorycard files for years now accross multiple emulators
Never had a problem

>> No.563225

>>560705
>finish game session
>find save file
>control+C
>control+V
What's the problem exactly?

>> No.563276

>>558820
>>559327
>>560481
>>560672
>>560692
>pSX
>good
http://psx.silvanthalas.com/psx.html

MAN LOOK AT ALL THAT COMPATIBILITY.

Fucking morons.

>> No.563391

>>563276
So basically, most of the popular games work ok with slight glitches here and there, and a ton of games require adjustments to get them to work right, with a bunch not working at all.

So much for "it just werks". Maybe if you just want to play FFVII.

>> No.564748

Xebra. No plugins. Get BIOS. Get game. Play game.

>> No.566627

I keep seeing psx emulation threads, and still can´t understand all the hate towards epsxe. It is free, nice and had years of work.

>> No.566701

>>566627
Because it had a ton of compatibility problems that remained unfixed up until 1.8.0, not to mention it crashed pretty frequently. And even though 1.8.0 fixes many of those issues, PCSX-R already does everything ePSXe does but better, is open source, and is always being updated. I doubt you're gonna see another update to ePSXe for another year or two, as all the team's efforts are now directed toward the Android version.

>> No.567008

>>558802
hey op, the simplest one to configure doesn't require any configuration at all: connectix vgs

>> No.567158

>>566701
That was quite the greatest answer ever.

Thanks. Downloading PCSX-R.

>> No.567241

>>567158
Be sure to get the latest version from EmuCR, not the stable download on their home site. It's VERY outdated for some stupid reason, and is hardly better than ePSXe. The new versions are much better.

>> No.567269

>>567241
MANY thanks. Been waiting to get a decent emulator to play Silent Hill 1.

Trying right now

>> No.567305
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567305

>>567269
>Silent Hill

Try these settings. Try out the GTE Accuracy option at the bottom to reduce polygon jitter if you'd like. Just don't tell the resident SH purist on /vg/, because it cleans up a lot of the dithering, which he would say makes it look too bright and clean for a gritty game like Silent Hill.

>> No.567320

>>558905
Damn, you beat me to it!

Seriously though OP, it is the easiest PS1 emulator to configure. You just buy the thing, put the games in and they work. No patches, settings, .BIOS roms or any shit like that to fuck with.

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567370

>>567305
It should look like this. You can even force AA from your graphics card driver if you like to reduce jaggies even further.

>> No.567813

>>567370
>>567305
I might be crazy. I can not see Gte accuracy on plugin options. Mind you, version says 1.78, and Peter´s page says the latest version is 1.78 also.

Or is it OpenGL 2 plugin?

>> No.567841

>>567813
It comes with PCSX-R. Again, make sure it's the latest EmuCR build.

>> No.567967
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567967

>>560347

Xebra, just -File-Open-OS ROM Image and point to your ps1 bios, then put these values on sound if you find crackling on some games. You only do this once.

To load the game use -File-Open-CDROM or CDROM image and -Run-Run1

Savestates are called Running Image on the -File-Open and -Save menu section.

The emulator did the key config itself with my generic playstation usb knockoff just by selecting Controller 1 on the dialog window.

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568001

>>567967
Only thing I don't like about Xebra is how stuff like prerendered backgrounds have a ton of dithering on them or something.

>> No.568068

>>567967

Oh I forgot to mention, when loading images select the iso or bin file, it doesn't seem to load the small cue or ccd files.

>> No.568176

>>567967
Xebra runs like ass on slower computers unfortunately. 1.2ghz i3 here and i can't even run run-3 at a decent speed.

>> No.568401

>>568001
Actually I came to find out thanks to a question someone in a different thread a few days ago asked that Mednafen's PSX core actually has more accurate sound emulation than Xebra.

Guess that's what happens when you make your emulator open source.

>> No.568459

>>568401
AFAIK Mednafen has the best PS1 sound emulation out of any emulator or plugin out there. It is quite possibly the most underrated emulator there is. It's so damn good, yet fucking no one knows about it because all everyone hears about is ePSXe and maybe psxfin.

That said, I mostly use PCSX-R because muh enhancements. Mednafen is great for 2D games, though.

>> No.568649

Xebra has sound issues, the author hasn't updated it in ages, it's dead at this point

psX & epsxe are shit

Mednafen's is the most accurate at the moment

PCSX-R With GPUbladesoft plugin is quite accurate & removes a lot of polygon jitter, PCSX-R also has widescreen hack as a nice bonus which works well with some games
If you want GRAPHICS, get Pete's OGL 2.9 plugin

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568683

>>568649
Case in point.

>> No.568701

>>568683
Does pcsxr have scanlines, ntsc, and crt filters?

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568720

>>568701
No go on NTSC, unfortunately, but there's CRT and scanline shaders aplenty mostly because I ported them from the format that Higan/RetroArch use.

>> No.568741

>>568649
I was using epsxe for a while, and then switched to pcsx-r because of /emu/'s recommendation, but so far i don't see any significant differences.
Could you enlighten me on them?
I mean, the only "issue" i had with epsxe was that it crashed everytime i closed it, it was kinda hilarious but not a bother...

>> No.568753

>>568741
Compatibility-wise, they're pretty similar, although I personally like it because of the GTE Accuracy and widescreen hack options, as well as the ability to use lilypad, which is the most robust input plugin.

>> No.568778

>>566701
Fuck PCSX-R, it just gives me slowdowns and sound glitches.

>> No.568790

>>568778
Only if you use shitty or badly configured plugins. I have no such problems on my end using PEopS DirectSound 1.10b and either OpenGL 1.78 or 2.9.

>> No.568808

i just use PSX

no plug-ins, no configurations to mess with, i just load an iso and the game starts

>> No.568813

>>564748
>>567967
With Arbex you don't even need the bios.

>> No.568824

>>568176
I've heard other people make similar claims, but I've never had a problem with speed on my 1.6Ghz Celeron.

>> No.568845

Just put PCSXr on my mac and the graphics are shiiiiiiiiitty for some reason. n64 emulator looks crisp and awesome though.

>> No.568854

>>568845
Configure the graphics plugin.

>> No.568859

>>568845
If you haven't done so already, latest OSX builds are here:

http://consoleemu.com/emulator/pcsx-reloaded

>> No.568863

For anyone interested in Xebra, /emu/'s wiki has a link to it already setup with BIOS and 360 controller config
http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/XEBRA

>> No.568981

>>568854
There's not a whole lot of options. Just options for showing frame rate and weird "hacks" that don't appear too useful. I should probably just update OS and get the newest build.

>> No.572134

>>567370
Wow. Thanks. I also tried Vagrant History but the intro FMV keeps chopping and looping, never reaching the game menu.

Same with Silent hill, choppy FMVs. I used latest version R84229

>> No.572257

GUYS GUYS HEAR ME EVERYONE

i have the solution
its called

PSXFIN
http://psxemulator.gazaxian.com/

and it needs ABSOLUTELY NO CONFIGURATION

emulates like a charm, like playing on your old psx
used it to play lots of jrpgs

enjoy

>> No.574556

>>572257
You're late: >>563276. Also, this (>>568863) emulates better and needs to configuration too.