Emulators on PSP

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PlayStation Portable
PSP-1000 (White).jpeg
Developer Sony
Type Handheld game console
Generation 7th generation
Release date 2004
Discontinued 2015
Successor PlayStation Vita
Emulated
For software that emulates the PSP, see PlayStation Portable emulators.

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console made by Sony.

The PSP Custom Firmware 6.61-Pro-C2 (installation guide, latest version) will work on all PSP models from the original PSP to the PSP Go and even the E1000, all you need is to be running the official 6.60 or 6.61 firmware to install and use this custom firmware.

Note: on the 15/01/2015 Sony released PSP firmware 6.61, some three and a half years after the last 6.60 update. It's of no benefit to you updating to 6.61 after all this time, however the custom firmware has now been updated to support 6.61.

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.

Contents

Multi-Systems[edit]

RetroArch[edit]

Stable

Nightly

GitHub

Cores

BIOS

Available cores
Cores Game/System list PPSSPP Recommended Working?
Consoles
gpSP GameBoy Advance ? (Blue Screen/Slow)
mGBA ~
TGB Dual GameBoy/GameBoy Color
GearBoy
Gambatte
Snes9x 2005+ SNES ~
Snes9x 2005 ~
FCEUmm NES/FDS
QuickNES
Nestopia
SMS Plus MasterSystem/GameGear/SG-1000
GearSystem
PicoDrive Sega MegaDrive/Genesis/GameGear/MasterSystem/32x/Sega CD
RACE NeoGeo Pocket/Pocket Color
Mednafen NGP
Mednafen PCE Fast PCE/PCE CD/SuperGrafx (Blue Screen)
Mednafen PCE (Blue Screen)
Quasi88 NEC PC8801
Neko Project II Kai (猫Project II改) NEC PC9801 (crash)
Mednafen Lynx Atari Lynx
Handy
ProSystem Atari 7800
Atari800 Atari 5200
MAME 2003+ Multiple Arcade ~ (Slow) ~
MAME 2003 ~ (Slow) ~
81 ZX81
FUSE ZX Spectrum
O2EM Magnavox Odyssey 2
FreeChaf Fairchild Channel F
FreeIntv IntelliVision
GW Game & Watch
Theodore MO5/TO7
X1 Sharp X1/X1 Turbo
fMSX MSX/MSX2/MSX2+/MSXTurboR (Fast)
BlueMSX ColecoVision/SG-1000/MSX
Frodo C64
BK Electronika 10/11
CrocoDS Amstrad CPC
Lutro Lua Game Engine
Uzem Uzebox (Super Slow) ?
Games Engines
LowresNX Game Engine
ECWolf Wolfenstein 3D
NXEngine Cave Story
mrboom Mr. BomberMan
prboom Doom
2048 2048 Game

e[mulator] for PSP[edit]

Version 0.82f PPSSPP ~ Recommended

x86 CPUs[edit]

Name Version 8086 emulation 286 emulation 386 emulation 486 emulation Pentium emulation Pentium II emulation Celeron emulation Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
DOSBox git Low
Bochs 1.0 Low ~
UniPCemu x.x Low
† Bochs
Windows Operating Systems Supported

Sony[edit]

PlayStation[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended Required
PS1P Alpha 1 Low ~ BIOS
PSX-P Alpha 2 Low ~ BIOS
PSPSone Alpha ? BIOS

PSX2PSP Official eboots do not work on PPSSPP!

PSX2PSP - Official Eboots

Nintendo[edit]

Game Boy Advance[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended
Uo gpSP kai (Uo gpSP改) † (unofficial) 3.4 test 4 build 230
git
Mid ? (blue screen (fixed)
TempGBA4PSP-mod (based on gpSP) git Mid ? (blue screen)
gpSP 0.91 fix 3
git
(libretro) Mid ? (blue screen) ~
TempGBA4PSP (based on gpSP) 26750221 Mid ? (blue screen) ~
gpSP-J 12/06/16 Mid ? (blue screen) ~
gpSP-mod 2009/07/20
git
Mid ? (blue screen)
PSPVBA 1.2.4 Low
PSPGBA 1.2 Low
GBA Emulator for PSP 0.01 Low

Game Boy / Color[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
RIN (unofficial) git
RX
1.32n1.2
Mid
PlutoBoy git Mid ~
Gambatte-SDL gitSDL ~ Mid ~
MasterBoy 2.10/02
git
Theelf mod
Mid ~
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on RIN) 0.82fgit Mid ~
GeMP 3.3 Finalgit Mid ~
SpiceBoy r2 Low
PSP-gnuboy r1 Low
Cinoop git Low

Nintendo 64[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Vita Recommended
DaedalusX64 git ~ Mid (crash/freezes)
Monkey 64 git Low ?

SNES (Super Famicom)[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
SNES9x TYL Mod (based on Snes9x 1.39) git Mid ? (glitch screen, TYLcm mod runs games on ppsspp)
Snes9x Euphoria R5 Beta 3
git
Mid (freeze when load a roms) ~
Uo Snes9x (unofficial) 0.02y33 Build 34
0.02pd2
Low-Mid
snes9x/1.52.81 for PSP wip/1 Low
Snes9x unofficial 0.2b Low
SNES9x TYL Mod
  • SNES9xTYL(mecm)/cm Mod is a port of SNES9x 1.39 to PSP. Inaccuracies everywhere, especially with sound, but it's the best thing available for PSP for SNES emulation. Use the mecm build where possible, unless you use the PSP emulator on Vita, in which case use the s9xTYLcm build.Use the s9xTYLme version for best performance on an actual PSP

NES (Famicom) / Famicom Disk System[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Nester-J AOEX r3 SP
0.3 CN
RX Mod
1.12 加强版 0.80
3D
unofficial
git
Mid
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on Nester J) 0.82f Mid
NES for PSP 0.5 Low ~
InfoNES 0.95J Low ~
Famicontest 0.31 Low ~
FCEUltra-PSP (FCEUPSP) 0.3j
0.3
git
Low ~
PSPFceUltra r2 Low
Little John PSP POC Low/poc
Nester-J

NesterJ AoEX R3 SP is based on NesterJ 1.12 Plus 0.61 RM, so it includes features like rewind mode, cheat codes support, rotated/mirrored screen, sepia palette, support to rare mappers (the pirate bootleg FF7 works on it), etc, but its compatibility is inferior to 1.13 Beta 2.

Game & Watch[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
MaDrigal PSP 1.0 Mid

Pokémon mini[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PokeMini 0.6.0 Mid

Nintendo DS[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
DeSmuME PSP V5
git
Low-Mid ~
DSonPSP Beta 0.7 Kayliah Edition
mod
0.1 (unofficial)
Low
NooDS PSP git Low
DeSmuME PSP 2007 Low

Virtual Boy[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Red Dragon (Experimental) 0.38 Exp. Low ~ (very slow)

SEGA[edit]

Dreamcast[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
nullDC PSP 1.2.1git Low-Mid (Crash) ~ (WIP)

SEGA CD / Mega CD[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PicoDrive git
1.92.3
Russian
Chinese
Mid
Pico-Drive A14 Mid ~

SEGA 32X / CD 32X / Genesis 32X[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PicoDrive git
1.92.3
Russian
Chinese
Mid
Pico-Drive A14 Mid ~

MegaDrive / Genesis[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PicoDrive git
1.92.3
Russian
Chinese
Mid
DGen PSP 1.7b
Chinese
RX
Mid
Pico-Drive A14 Mid
MegaDrive for PSP 0.22 Low-Mid ~
PSP Genesis 0.18cChinese Low
Generator PSP 0.01.0 Low ~

MasterSystem / GameGear[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended
PicoDrive git
1.92.3
Russian
Chinese
Mid
SMS Plus PSP git Theelf mod
1.3.1jp2
1.2
Ad-hoc
(libretro) Mid
MasterBoy 2.10/02
git
Theelf mod
Mid
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on SMS Plus/SDL) 0.82f Mid
Pico-Drive A14 Mid ~
PSPMaster 0.0.9 Beta 4 Low
MMS Plus 1.1 Low
SMS PSP 0.5 Low
emuGG 1.0 Low
emuSMS 1.0 Low

SG-1000[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended
blueMSX* libretro (libretro) Mid
SMS Plus PSP git
Theelf git
Theelf mod
1.3.1jp2
1.2
Ad-hoc
Mid

blueMSX is only available as a seperate LibRetro core.

Saturn[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Yabause 0.9.10 SVN 2599 Low (black screen when start a rom)

VMS / VMU[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
VirtuaMunstaz 1.0 Low ~

Oracle Corporation[edit]

J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition)[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPKVM 0.5.5 FEgit Mid

Atari Inc.[edit]

Atari 130XE / 800 / 800XL[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Atari800 PSP 4.2.0
git
0.1
Mid
PSPAtari 1.1.3 Low ~

Atari 2600[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSP2600 1.2.0 Mid
Stella PSP 0.2 Low ~

Atari 5200[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Atari800 PSP 4.2.0
git
0.1
Mid
Jum52 PSP 1.1 Low
PSPAtari 1.1.3 Low ~

Atari 7800[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSP7800 1.4.0 Mid

Atari Lynx[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Handy PSP git High
pLynx 0.9 Mid ~
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on PLynx) 0.82f Mid ~
Handy-PSP 0.01 Mid ~

Atari ST[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
CaSTaway/PSP r006 Mid ~

Atari Jaguar[edit]

Name Version CD Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
pJag (Virtual Jaguar port) 0.1 Low ~

NEC Home Electronics[edit]

PC Engine / CD / SuperGrafx [edit]

Name Version CD SG-FX Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PCE for PSP 0.83UO1 ~ Mid
PSPHuGo 1.3.1 ~ Mid
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on XPCE) 0.82f ~ Mid ~
HuE 0.70 ~ Mid ~

PC9801[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
NP2 0.39 Low ~

Emulates V30 and 80286 CPUs.

PC9821[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
NP21 0.39 Low ~

Emulates an i486 CPU.

PC8801[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Quasi88 0.6.3 r3 Low ~
Q88PSP 0.7 Low ~

SNK Corporation[edit]

NeoGeo Pocket / Color[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended
RACE! PSP git
Theelf mod git
Theelf mod
2.16jp
High
NeoPop PSP git Mid
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on NeoPop) 0.82f Mid ~
ngPSP 1.3.1 Low-Mid ~

MicroSoft[edit]

DOS[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
DOSBox git Low (slow)
DOSBox 0.71 Low ~
DOSBox 0.71
  • DOSBox 0.71 is an old version and doesn't run that well with the more demanding games and Windows 9x on the PSP. The DOSBox Navigator packs linked above are for easy navigation through the DOSBox menus on the PSP screen.

MSX series[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
fMSX PSP 5.4.2
git
Mid
PSPMSX 1.5.1 Mid
fMSX for PSP 0.62b+ Mid ~
uMSX 0.2 Low-Mid ~
HitBit 0.05 Low ~

Bandai[edit]

WonderSwan / Color[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
e[mulator] for PSP (core based on Oswan) 0.82f Mid
eSwan 0.09 Low-Mid ~
OswanPSP 0.2.0 Mid
pSwan 0.07 Low
OSwan 0.01 Low
Cygne 00.0 Low

Watara[edit]

SuperVision[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Potator git Mid

Arcade System Board[edit]

Name Version CPS1 CPS2 CPS3 MVS/AES CD Other Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
NJEMU gitmvs/ncdz theelf mod Mid (glitch menu)
Uo NJEMU mod git Mid (glitch menu)
FBA4PSPmod Psikyo Core Mid ~
PSP-MAME4ALL git Low (crash) ~
MAME4ALL for PSP 4.9 r2 JP Low (crash) ~
PSPMAME 0.97- Repuken2 git Low ~
PSPMAME 0.97- MTK git Low ~
XMAME 0.1.2 Low ~
NeoCDPSP 0.9.1 (unofficial)
0.5 (official)
Mid (vertical and horizontal lines showing in screen) ~
NeoCD/PSP 0.01b Low ? ?

Coleco Industries[edit]

ColecoVision[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPColem 1.3.1 Mid
ColEm PSP 2.6.1 Mid
emuCOL 1.0 Low

Mattel Electronics[edit]

Intellivision[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPInt 1.1.0 Mid

Fairchild Semiconductor[edit]

Channel F[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended
FreeChaF libretro (libretro) Mid

Only available as a seperate LibRetro core.

Magnavox[edit]

Odyssey²[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
EmuODD 1.0 Low

• Executing this emulator several times results in no sound anymore until a cold reboot of the PSP.

General Consumer Electronics[edit]

Vectrex[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPVE 1.0.2 Mid
PSP VecX 1.51 Low ~ ~

Commodore International[edit]

Amiga[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPUAE UE 0.90 Beta 5git Mid ~ (Slow) ~
PSP-UAE 0.41 Low-Mid ? ?
PSP UAE4All r1 Low ? ?

C64[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
VICE PSP git ~ Mid-High
PSPVICE 1.2 Mid ~
C64PSP 0.3 Low-Mid ~

VIC20[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPVIC20 1.1 Beta Low-Mid ~

Plus/4[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPYape 1.0.3 Mid
PSPPlus4 1.1 Low-Mid ~

Apple[edit]

Apple II/ll+/lle[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Apple II Portable 0.1-0173 Low-Mid ~ ~

macOS 0.x[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
Basilisk II git Low ~ ~

Acorn Computers[edit]

BBC Micro[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPBeeb 1.1.0 Mid

Joseph Weisbecker[edit]

Chip8 / Super Chip8[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSP-Chip8 1.0 Mid ~
Chip-8 Emulator 1.0 Beta Low ~ ~
DreamChip 4.0 Low

Amstrad[edit]

CPC / CPC464[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPCap32 1.5.1 Mid
Caprice32 PSP 4.2.0.3git Mid-High
CPCPSP 0.1 Low ~

Sharp Corporation[edit]

X68000[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended Required
PX68K 0.10
git
(libretro) Mid BIOS

X1 / X1 Turbo[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Libretro PPSSPP Recommended Required
X1 millennium libretro (libretro) Mid BIOS

Sinclair Research[edit]

ZX81[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPZX81 1.2.0 Mid ~

ZX Spectrum[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
FUSE PSP git Mid
PsPectrum 1.0.4 Low ~ ~
Unreal Speccy Portable 0.0.62 ~ Low ~ ~
PSP Spectrum 0.01 ~ Low ~

Pyūta / Grandstand Tutor[edit]

Pyūta / Tomy Tutor[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
InfoPyuta (Infoぴゅう太) 0.02j Low

Miles Gordon Technology[edit]

SAM Coupé[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPSim 1.2.1 Mid

Thomson SA[edit]

MO5[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPMO5 1.2.0 Mid

TO7-70[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPThom 1.2.1 Mid

Texas Instrument[edit]

TI99 / 4A[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPTI99 1.0.3 Mid

TI92[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPXTI 1.3.0 Mid

Tandy Corporation[edit]

Tandy Color Computer & Dragon 32 / 64[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPDragon 1.0.3 Mid

Hewlett Packard[edit]

HP48[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
PSPX48 1.1.0 Mid

Game Engines[edit]

ScummVM[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
ScummVM 2.7.1 Mid

Open Beats of Rage[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
OpenBOR PSP git Mid

Source ports[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy Game PPSSPP Recommended
AGS Runtime 3.21 r9 Mid AGS Games Runtime Engine ~
Cave Story current Mid Cave Story ~
DDLC-LOVE git Mid Doki Doki Literature Club! ~
Digger Remastered git Mid Digger ~ [N 1]
Doom PSP 1.4 Mid Doom ~
FNaF 1 PSP 1.3.1 Fix 1 Mid-High Five Nights at Freddy's
hode 0.4.9 ? Heart of Darkness ?
Insomnia Proquake Rev 4 Mid Quake ~
Minecraft PSP 3.3.0 Mid-High Minecraft
Minecraft PSP (Lamecraft Mod) 1.3.1 Mid LameCraft mod for Minecraft ~
OpenHCL git High Hydra Castle Labyrinth
OpenTyrian PSP+ +b4 Mid Tyrian ~
PSP Minecraft 3.0.0 Mid Minecraft ~
Spelunky® Classic remake git Mid-High Spelunky
  1. Audio does not work.

Visual Novels[edit]

ONScripter[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
ONScripter for PSP 270206 Mid ~

CPyMO[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
CPyMO for PSP git Mid

Game Creation Systems (GCS)[edit]

Digital MZX[edit]

Name Version Active Accuracy PPSSPP Recommended
MegaZeux git Mid

See also[edit]


External links[edit]