What's on your mind?
04-20-2017, 09:43 PM
For Playstation emulation, I had been using ePSXe for years. It was good, could upscale, and had fairly few bugs depending on the game.
However, I recently discovered an emulator called Retroarch, that worked like a charm. It took a while to get all of the necessary files, update every database, etc. However, when all was said and done, the emulator played Final Fantasy 8, a game known to have a TON of glitches and annoyances in ePSXe.
It played FF8 with ZERO emulator-caused glitches! Unfortunately, I encountered a problem that I needed to fix regarding being able to use the same save file for all 4 discs. However, once I worked through that with a clever solution I came up with, it all worked out.
Retroarch doesn't seem to work with iso files very well, especially without the cue file. Also, I'm not sure how the upscaling on it is. And it can't play Tales of Phantasia after being patched with an English patch, likely because it's trying to use the JP BIOS file and it's causing problems. It selects BIOS files automatically, soooo
Ultimately, I feel like Retroarch has been great. There are a lot of problems that one needs to work through with it, and it doesn't seem to want to play everything unless it's a specific file type. If you're tired of glitches with ePSXe, you can try Retroarch. Otherwise, it can be a bit of a hassle to set up, and might not be worth it depending on the situation.
However, I recently discovered an emulator called Retroarch, that worked like a charm. It took a while to get all of the necessary files, update every database, etc. However, when all was said and done, the emulator played Final Fantasy 8, a game known to have a TON of glitches and annoyances in ePSXe.
It played FF8 with ZERO emulator-caused glitches! Unfortunately, I encountered a problem that I needed to fix regarding being able to use the same save file for all 4 discs. However, once I worked through that with a clever solution I came up with, it all worked out.
Retroarch doesn't seem to work with iso files very well, especially without the cue file. Also, I'm not sure how the upscaling on it is. And it can't play Tales of Phantasia after being patched with an English patch, likely because it's trying to use the JP BIOS file and it's causing problems. It selects BIOS files automatically, soooo
Ultimately, I feel like Retroarch has been great. There are a lot of problems that one needs to work through with it, and it doesn't seem to want to play everything unless it's a specific file type. If you're tired of glitches with ePSXe, you can try Retroarch. Otherwise, it can be a bit of a hassle to set up, and might not be worth it depending on the situation.