ppsspp
A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org. (by hrydgard)
OpenEmu
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS (by OpenEmu)
| ppsspp | OpenEmu | |
|---|---|---|
| 223 | 225 | |
| 10,404 | 15,807 | |
| - | 0.7% | |
| 10.0 | 8.2 | |
| 7 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
| C++ | Swift | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ppsspp
Posts with mentions or reviews of ppsspp.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-02.
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Weird black boxes for font in system menu for PPSSPP core. I already put all bios/font/lang files in the right spot. Before it was all just blank. Standalone does not do this.
Update: this appears to have been something that broke upstream but only affects libretro. I made a ticket with them and you can follow its progress here: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/18483
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Mobile game recommendation
PSP Emulator (God of War, GTA VC Stories and Metal Gear etc.)
- PPSSPP v1.16.5 Released
- PPSSPP v1.16.3 has released!
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Will there ever be a Steam release for WOTL?
You can play WoTL using RetroArch via the PSP emulator PPSSPP, or you can just download PPSSPP directly.
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Challenge/Hardcore modes and alternate speeds and fixes have been merged into the latest PPSSPP standalone
Checklist
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this happens when i launch a game on ppsspp, how can i fix this or lower the chance of this happening?
Known issue: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/14645
- Retroachievements are now available on PPSSPP standalone!
- Work has begun on adding RA support directly to PPSSPP standalone!
OpenEmu
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenEmu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-07.
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Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store
Tangentially related: if anybody is looking for a good way to organize a library of retro emulators and games on their MacOS laptops/desktop computers then I recommend OpenEmu. It is designed from the ground up to look and feel like a Mac app.
https://openemu.org/
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Mac/OS OpenEmu - Any way to automatically map PS5 controller for all systems?
Just follow the link i posted. Btw you can build OpenEmu in a couple of minutes yourself. Some controllers (PS5 for example) are natively supported, more shader options, and other small stuff..
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Couldn't communicate with a helper application
Download Openemu 2.0.9.1 https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/releases/tag/v2.0.9.1
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Analog Stick AND D-Pad at the Same Time?
As far as I know, devs have no plans to allow multiple bindings to the same inputs. It is apparently too complicated for them to implement. See: https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/issues/4600
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How do I play TurboGrafx 16 in 2023?
The Pocket is a great device, highly recommended, get the Dock if you want to buy one. While waiting, I recommend using https://openemu.org/ on your Mac to run "roms", which are files that represent old games. To get the ROMs, google for "tubrografx roms archive.org". Then for a controller on a Mac, you can use a PS4/PS5 or Xbox (One/Series), if you have one lying around. That said, I recommend buying an SN30 Pro.
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Emulating old bratz games?
Download and Install OpenEmu
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Help PSX / NEOGEO games
Huh? Try http://openemu.org/ and download the experimental version (with arcade support)
- How to completely uninstall openemu
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Lucky Luke Western Fever
Yeah should be pretty easy if you have the ISO or a disc copy, OpenEmu should do it without issue - https://openemu.org
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Emulators
Otherwise you can try OpenEmu: it's a very Mac friendly emulator of a lot of old systems that works by dragging/dropping the roms in it. The "Experimental" (direct link) build includes support of Mame, which means support of Neo Geo roms.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ppsspp and OpenEmu you can also consider the following projects:
duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64
dolphin - Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
rg351p-ppsspp-settings - ⚠️Attention please! We need you help. We are building a list with every PSP game compatible with Anbernic's RG351P. Feel free to contibute and help this community grow!
citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator
RetroArch - Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API. Licensed GPLv3.
desmume - DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
pcsx2 - PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator
xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
Vita3K - Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator
Provenance - iOS & tvOS multi-emulator frontend, supporting various Atari, Bandai, NEC, Nintendo, Sega, SNK and Sony console systems… Get Started: https://wiki.provenance-emu.com |
RetroPie-Setup - Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores
rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger