Playstation emulator?

[Gunslinger08]

Hey guys, I'm wondering if any of you play your playstation games on an emulator? I've got all the final fantasy games I want to play, but my old first gen psx is borked to hell. Can you recommend a good psx emulator that runs reasonably well with Squaresoft games?

 

[MegaloManiaK]

I used bleem once upon a time, you can have the CD for free if you want it. If you have win98 i have a USB-Playstation adaptor you can have too. I was going to throw them both out. PM me if you're interested.

As for how well it worked, i can't remember, i think i wanted to play one of the games that wasn't supported or something like that.

 

[mchammer187]

i think i have one called ePsX or something like that i cant remember because i am at work but it works great just pop in a psx game into your drive and your set

 

[Schadenfroh]

wasnt there a thing called bleem

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK
I used bleem once upon a time, you can have the CD for free if you want it. If you have win98 i have a USB-Playstation adaptor you can have too. I was going to throw them both out. PM me if you're interested.

As for how well it worked, i can't remember, i think i wanted to play one of the games that wasn't supported or something like that.

YGPM.

 

[Lonyo]

I'm thinking of getting FF7 for PSX - to run on PC, so if you manage to find a good emu, it would be nice. PSX versions of FF7 are about 1/3 the cost of PC versions (£45 for PC, £15 for PSX, totally stupid!)

 

[NTB]

bleem! doesn't work very well with the FF games. Last time I looked 8 & 9 had never been tested, and you have to play 7 without the menues at the bottom of the screen (I know about the last one; I tried it myself. High-res FF is cool, but it's a real pain to play w/o seeing the controls.) IMO, you're better off scraping together $50 and getting a new PSOne.

Nate

 

[Nohr]

ePSXe

 

[Instan00dles]

bleem sucks, very incompatible with games even if you can get them to work. Get epsxe, it plays just about every game perfect. you can get it from www.epsxe.com and the plugins and other info at www.ngemu.com

 

[aircooled]

ePSXe

 

[Gunslinger08]

I guess the next question is: What's a good controller for these emus? Assuming I can't get the adaptor MegaloManiaK has to work under XP, what controllers should I look at?

 

[Instan00dles]

I use the interact axis pad as seen herehttp://www.gamespy.com/e3/awards/e3controller.shtm

 

[DavidTan]

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
bleem sucks, very incompatible with games even if you can get them to work. Get epsxe, it plays just about every game perfect. you can get it from www.epsxe.com and the plugins and other info at www.ngemu.com

bleem went out of business.. haha

 

[Howard]

ePSXe is th best, IIRRC,,

 

[DavidTan]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I guess the next question is: What's a good controller for these emus? Assuming I can't get the adaptor MegaloManiaK has to work under XP, what controllers should I look at?

get the sidewider for $5.00 at walmart (clearance). It work under window xp fine. I played nes, snes, n64 emulator with no problem with the siderwider.

 

[mchammer187]

i got a super joybox 5 for about $25 and it takes normal PSX controllers and PS2 controllers and it has 4 ports for controllers and uses only 1 usb port

great for mame and epsxe

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I guess the next question is: What's a good controller for these emus? Assuming I can't get the adaptor MegaloManiaK has to work under XP, what controllers should I look at?

Gravis Gamepad Pro USB.

Nate

 

[Instan00dles]

Originally posted by: DavidTan

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
bleem sucks, very incompatible with games even if you can get them to work. Get epsxe, it plays just about every game perfect. you can get it from www.epsxe.com and the plugins and other info at www.ngemu.com

bleem went out of business.. haha

yea it went belly up awhile ago.

 

[DavidTan]

If yall interested, I have the best website for emulator download including xbox, dream, ps2, etc. even old school emulators.

 

[mchammer187]

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=160&products_id=3172

if anyone wants to know that is the super joybox 5 i was referring to

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I guess the next question is: What's a good controller for these emus? Assuming I can't get the adaptor MegaloManiaK has to work under XP, what controllers should I look at?

Gravis Gamepad Pro USB.

Nate

I have that and the game-port version as well...the Gamepad Pro hast the worst d-pad I've ever used in my entire life. :|

Now I use USB/PSX adapters and PlayStation controllers.

 

[NTB]

Thanks for pointing out the ePSXe, guys - I'll try it out tonight when I get home.

Nate

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: ObiDon

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I guess the next question is: What's a good controller for these emus? Assuming I can't get the adaptor MegaloManiaK has to work under XP, what controllers should I look at?

Gravis Gamepad Pro USB.

Nate

I have that and the game-port version as well...the Gamepad Pro hast the worst d-pad I've ever used in my entire life. :|

Now I use USB/PSX adapters and PlayStation controllers.

The d-pad does suck, but these are still the best ones that I have found. Where can I get the USB adaptors for the real PS controlers?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: NTB
Thanks for pointing out the ePSXe, guys - I'll try it out tonight when I get home.

Nate

Yep, thanks for all the suggestions guys. I'll try them all out and see which one gives me the best performance.

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: DavidTan

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I guess the next question is: What's a good controller for these emus? Assuming I can't get the adaptor MegaloManiaK has to work under XP, what controllers should I look at?

get the sidewider for $5.00 at walmart (clearance). It work under window xp fine. I played nes, snes, n64 emulator with no problem with the siderwider.

As good of a gamepad that the sidewinder is, you don't want it for psx games. Why? No analog sticks. Some games don't use them, some games do though.