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PSP/Emulation List
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These emulators are for use on CFW or LCFW. The latest and most stable/compatible emulators are at the top of the lists.
The specific emulator versions compatible with the Half-Byte Loader can be found listed on the official site. Emulators for OFW are meant to run on unmodified firmware, a list for that is also on the HBL forums.
Please note that some emulators may require BIOS files from the original machine, we cannot supply those files.
Entry Format
* <Name of Emulator> <Version Number> ~ <Date of Release YYYY-MM-DD> -> DOWNLOAD <add link> - AUTHOR: <Name of Author and link>
: <any notes required to run the emulator>
Example:
PSP UAE v0.80 BETA ~ 2008-08-17 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR
Requires the Amiga Kick Start ROM, Kickstart 1.3. Rename it to "kick13.rom" and copy that to the PSP/GAME/PSPUAE/KICKS directory. Game disks are typically distributed in adf format and they're copied to the DISKS directory. Start PSPUAE and press select to open the main menu.
First and Second Generation (Pre-Video Game Crash)
Magnavox Odyssey
Atari 2600
PSP2600 v1.2.0 ~ 2008-07-28 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR - SOURCE CODE
StellaPSP v0.2 ~ 2005-10-08 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Bradford Mott - SOURCE CODE
Atari 5200
See Atari 800.
Colecovision
Akop's ColEm v.2.6.1 ~ 2010-09-12 -> DOWNLOAD AUTHOR: Akop Karapetyan - SOURCE CODE
ZX-81's PSPColem v1.3.1 (fw 5x) ~ 2009-08-21 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81
Intellivision
PSPInt v1.1.0 -> DOWNLOAD
Vectrex
PSPVE v1.0.2 -> DOWNLOAD
Third Generation (Post-Video Game Crash)
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
NesterJ v1.13 Beta 2 by Rukka -> DOWNLOAD
More official compatibility than previous versions (Mother, etc.).
NesterJ 1.12 AoEX r3 -> DOWNLOAD
Based on NesterJ 1.12 Plus 0.61 RM, so it includes features like rewind mode, rotated/mirrored screen, sepia palette, support for rare mappers (the NES hack FF7 works on it), etc.
NesterJ 1.12 Plus 0.61RM -> DOWNLOAD
A modification of NesterJ to add rewind support and flipped graphics.
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
Famicontest v0.31 -> DOWNLOAD
FCEU PSP v0.3 -> DOWNLOAD
Based on FCEUltra Mappers Modified, supports obscure mappers (163/164, etc).
InfoNES v0.94J for PSP r0.3 -> DOWNLOAD
NES for PSP v0.5 -> DOWNLOAD
Sega Master System
Masterboy 2.10 -> DOWNLOAD
Often regarded as the best choice, emulates a few other systems (Game Gear and Game Boy / Color) as well. Can change the clock rate down, saving on battery life. Does not support cheats.
SMS Plus 1.3.1 -> DOWNLOAD
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
Atari 7800
Atari 7200 v1.0.2 ~ 2008-10-26 -> DOWNLOAD AUTHOR: zx-81 - SOURCE CODE
Fourth Generation
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
HuE v0.70 -> DOWNLOAD
The final product of xPCE 4 PSP, HuE is a huge update from its predecessor and emulates most PC Engine ROMs perfectly
PCE for PSP v0.83D6 -> DOWNLOAD
PCE for PSP v0.83uo1 -> DOWNLOAD
PSP Hu-Go v1.3.1 fw5x -> DOWNLOAD
Sega Genesis/Megadrive and Sega CD
PicoDrive v1.51b -> DOWNLOAD
There's a button bind to change rendering engines. One is faster but not as visually-accurate, while one is more accurate but slower. In the majority of situations, the faster engine is still just fine, only some specific special effects need the accurate one now.
DGen v1.7 -> DOWNLOAD
Generator PSP v0.01.1 -> DOWNLOAD
PSPGenesis v0.18c -> DOWNLOAD
Super Nintendo (SNES)
Snes9xTYLmecm 11-17-09 -> DOWNLOAD
Fullspeed on most games with some hacks, will even run Super Mario RPG and Star Fox properly. If a game seems to run slow at parts (and you know it wasn't slow like that on the original SNES, then go into the hacks menu and set it to show rendering passes. If it's more than 0 or 1, then try out some of the hacks, the palette write issue seems to be the most common. Settings are saved per-game, and if you ever change settings to where a game will no longer load (for example some games don't like some rendering engine settings), press SQUARE to override the game's settings with the default ones again.
SNES9x Euphoria R5 Beta 3 -> DOWNLOAD
A viable alternative. See the above entry for info on speedhacks and settings.
Neo Geo
See "Neo Geo Compatible" under Arcade.
Fifth Generation
The fifth generation is the physical limit of the PSP's emulation prowess. The PSP itself is a Seventh Generation handheld, (comparable in power to the PS2, a sixth generation console), making such emulation infeasible.
Sega Saturn
Yabause 0.9.10 for PSP -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR - SOURCE CODE
You must obtain the SEGA Saturn BIOS yourself; a simple Google Search will turn that up. This emulator only works for a PSP 2000 or 3000, it needs the extra RAM.
Nintendo 64
DaedalusX64 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR - SOURCE CODE
Check the compatibility list.
Atari Jaguar
Virtual Jaguar for PSP ~ 2006-02-17 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: PLynx
It's not very fast.
Sony Playstation
The PSP includes native support for Playstation games, though POPSLoader may be required to get them working.
Handhelds
Nintendo Gameboy and Gameboy Color
Masterboy 2.10 -> DOWNLOAD
Often regarded as the best choice, emulates a few other systems (Game Gear and Master System) as well. Can change the clock rate down, saving on battery life. Does not support cheats.
Unofficial RIN 1.32 RM -> DOWNLOAD
A modification of RIN to add rewind support and flipped graphics. Supports cheats.
GeMP (Homer's RIN) v3.3 DOWNLOAD
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
Sega Game Gear
Masterboy 2.10 -> DOWNLOAD
Often regarded as the best choice, emulates a few other systems (Game Boy / Color and Master System) as well. Can change the clock rate down, saving on battery life. Does not support cheats.
SMS Plus 1.3.1 -> DOWNLOAD
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
Neo Geo Pocket/Color
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
NeoPop PSP 0.71.15 -> DOWNLOAD
ngPsp v1.3.1 -> DOWNLOAD
RACE! 2.16 -> DOWNLOAD
"Don't use the BIOS option for RACE!PSP. It breaks more things than it fixes e.g. Metal Slug 1st and 2nd Mission, Puyo Pop and Mini Puzzle Bobble all break when the emulator attempts to utilise the NGP BIOS. "
Regarded as the best Neo Geo Pocket EMU.
Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance emulation on the PSP is primarily based on Exophase's gPSP, which prided itself on quality and range. However, a few unofficial modders from Japan took it on themselves to add more features, resulting in a mess of variations of differing quality. The family tree has been a mess ever since.
We recommend takka's UO gpSP Kai.
UO gpSP Kai 3.4 Test 3 Build 92 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: takka - SOURCE CODE
Takka's famous unofficial Japanese version of gPSP, which has been the preferred fork for generations. Translated into multiple languages by DarkSpace. Slightly slower in some games, but retains 16:9 stretching and cheats. You may need to turn "Fake FAT" on to avoid crashes.
gPSP-J ~ 2012-06-16 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: anonymous
Based on gPSP v0.91. A new edition of the UO gPSP-kai emulator made by an anonymous Japanese coder, following from v3.1.
Bit more speed in some games, but some features were removed such as 16:9 fullscreen stretching support and cheats. You may need to turn "Fake FAT" on to avoid crashes.
The emulator will start in the Japanese language. To switch to English:
Select a ROM and press O.
Press the HOME button.
On the first menu go to the 5th option.
On the next menu go to the last option and press > or < on the control panel.
Exit gPSP-J and start it over again. gPSP-J will now work in English!
Fullscreen has been removed, but use these options to get as close as possible.
Display mode: USER GU
Magnification: 165%
Bilinear Filter: On
gPSP v0.9 ~ 2007-07-08 (signed 2012-07-08) -> DOWNLOAD - [AUTHOR: Exophase] - SOURCE CODE
The original by Exophase, with a greater focus on compatibility over features. This newest edition was signed by Dovahkiin, with quite a few bug fixes, to boot.
Atari Lynx
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: E
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
Handy v0.95.1-1.0 (fw 3.xx) -> DOWNLOAD
This might be the same as PLynx below.. not sure
Nintendo DS
DSonPSP Unofficial v0.1 -> DOWNLOAD
Other Handhelds
PLynx 0.9 ~ 01/29/2006 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: PLynx
Pokemon Mini
PokeMini v0.5.2 -> Download
Supports Pokemon Mini ROMs and Homebrew
Virtual Boy
Red Dragon Experimental PSP 10/19/2007 -> DOWNLOAD
Compiled for CFW 1.5, has about an 85% VB ROM compatibility.
Bandai WonderSwan
Cygne v0.00 -> DOWNLOAD
A port of the Cygne WonderSwan emulator for PC, this emulator developed by Rei has save states, frame skip, fullscreen and zip support.
Emulator v0.82f -> DOWNLOAD
An excellent multiconsole emulator that emulates the NES, GameBoy, WonderSwan, GameGear, Master System, NEOGEO Pocket, and Lynx
eSwan v0.09 -> DOWNLOAD
oSwan v0.7 for PSP v0.01 -> DOWNLOAD
pSwan v0.07 -> DOWNLOAD
Arcade Systems
Neo Geo Compatible
MVSPSP 2.3.1 (Multi Video System a/k/a Neo Geo Arcade) -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: NJ
Requires .ZIP MAME v0.120 ROMs.
MVSPSP 2.3.1 Unofficial -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: BoomerCE
An unofficial build by BoomerCE that fixes support for Samurai Shodown V / Samurai Spirits Zero (set 1) and The King of Fighters 2003. It also fixes the PSP model detection. This build includes updated sound system calls compatible with MinPSPW 0.11.2. Finally it adds support for both releases of unibios v2.3.
MVSPSP 2.3.1 DaveX -> AUTHOR: DaveX
CPS1PSP 2.3.1 (Capcom Play System 1) -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: NJ
CPS2PSP 2.3.1 (Capcom Play System 2) -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: NJ
FBA4PSP 20110319 (Final Burn Alpha) -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR
NCDZPSP 2.3.1 for PSP slim (Neo Geo CD) -> DOWNLOAD - [http://web.archive.org/web/20071011004934/http://nj-emu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ AUTHOR: NJ
PSP MAME4ALL v4.9r2 Hires -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: TTYMan
PSPMAME r0.6 (Arcade Machines) -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: tmk2000
pspMame Deathrash Vol I II & III (MAME v0.97 modified port) -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Repuken2
This special mod comes in 3 eboots each with their own specified game list.
XMAME v0.1.2 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Inao-sama
8-bit Computers
Amstrad CPC464
PSPCAP32 v1.5.1 ~ 2009-08-21 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81 - SOURCE CODE
Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE, 5200
Atari800 PSP v2.1.0.1 ~ 2009-08-11 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Akop Karapetyan - SOURCE CODE
Besides the 3 computers mentioned this EMU also emulates the Atari 5200
Jum52 PSP v1.1 ~ 2010-02-28 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: James
BBC Micro
PSPBEEB v1.1.0 ~ 2007-10-29 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81 - SOURCE CODE
Commodore 64
VICE PSP v.2.2.15 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Akop Karapetyan - SOURCE CODE
c64psp v0.3 ~ 2005-12-20 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: urch.in
Dragon32/64-Tandy Coco
PSPDragon v1.0.3 ~ 2008-04-26 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR - SOURCE CODE
MSX
fMSX PSP v3.5.41 ~ 2010-03-17 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Akop - SOURCE CODE
fMSX PSP emulates the MSX, MSX2, and MSX2+ 8-bit home computers.
PSPMSX v1.5.1 ~ 2009-08-22 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81 - SOURCE CODE
HitBit v0.05 -> DOWNLOAD
Sam Coupe
PSPSIM v1.2.1 ~ 2008-01-28 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81 - SOURCE CODE
Thomson MO5
PSPMO5 v.120 -> DOWNLOAD
Thomson TO7
PSPTO7 v1.2.1 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81 - SOURCE CODE
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Fuse PSP 0.10.0.21 -> DOWNLOAD
PsPectrum v1.0.4 -> DOWNLOAD
A fork of Fuse 0.7.0, has about a 95% compatibility.
16-bit Computers
Commodore Amiga 500
PSP UAE v0.80 BETA ~ 2008-08-17 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR
Requires the Amiga Kick Start ROM, Kickstart 1.3. Rename it to "kick13.rom" and copy that to the PSP/GAME/PSPUAE/KICKS directory. Game disks are typically distributed in adf format and they're copied to the DISKS directory. Start PSPUAE and press select to open the main menu.
UAE4ALL r1 - AUTHOR: TTYMan
Atari ST
CaSTaway PSP r006 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: CodeJedi - SOURCE CODE
NEC PC-9801
Neko Project 2 (NP2) for PSP .38 -> DOWNLOAD
Developed by Sakahi, Neko Project 2 perfectly emulates the PC-9801 by IBM and all its games.
Miscellaneous Emulators
Chip8
PSPChip8 v1.0 ~ 2005-07-28 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Vanya A. Sergeev (APSD) <vsergeev@gmail.com> - SOURCE CODE (said would be released)
Infocom Z-Machine
Frotz-PSP v0.1 ~ 2009-12-05 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: Norman Lancaster
DOSBox
Java
PSPKVM v0.5.5 -> DOWNLOAD
Calculators
HP-48
PSPX48 v1.1.0 ~ 2007-10-07 -> - AUTHOR: ZX-81 - SOURCE CODE
TI-92
PSPXTI v1.3.0 -> DOWNLOAD
TI-99
PSPTI99 v1.0.3 -> DOWNLOAD - AUTHOR: ZX-81
Sources
DJ91990's Tip for fullscreen on gPSP-J
Wololo.net - PSP Emulator's Bible