PPSSPP

Current version:	0.9.1
Active:	Yes
OS:	Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, BlackBerry
Authors:	Henrik Rydgård (a.k.a hrydgard)
Official website:	http://www.ppsspp.org/
Source code:	http://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/

PPSSPP is a PSP emulator written in C++ with the aim of speed and portability. Its development is ongoing and is still in an alpha state, but progress is fast and many games are already playable.

PPSSPP is an acronym for "PlayStation Portable Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably".

PPSSPP releases
Version	Key feature	Date
1.0.0	First release	02012-11-011 Nov 2012
0.31	Many fixes, more games playable	02012-11-2020 Nov 2012
0.4	Graphics improvements, compatibility improvements	02012-12-011 Dec 2012
0.5	large compatibility improvements, much better audio, many graphics fixes, savegames working in many games, and save states too	02013-01-044 Jan 2013
0.6	has a preliminary ARM JIT which greatly boosts speed on Android and other ARM platforms, and vertex caching which likewise improves performance quite a bit	02013-01-2727 Jan 2013
0.7	Compatibility has gone up dramatically, speed has increased drastically (especially on mobile) and everything is just better. horizontal tilt control. Some newly playable games are God of War (very slow though, but this will probably be fixed in the near future), Virtua Tennis, Megaman: Maverick Hunter X, Saint Seiya and games like Ace Combat X go in game	02013-03-1111 Mar 2013
0.7.5	Many more games run and some games run faster - the God of War games should now run well on modest PCs and for example the Monster Hunter games are becoming playable on fast phones (although without sound). improved UI - now there's a recent list and game icons in the game selector.	02013-04-1414 Apr 2013
0.7.6	Serious bug fixed, languages imprevements	02013-04-1414 Apr 2013
0.8	*Full video and audio playback in most games (audio requires an optional plugin). Huge increases in compatibility! Final Fantasy: Crisis Core is fully playable on fast devices, for example. Lots of little things like easy screenshot taking, the beginnings of a cheat feature, etc	02013-06-2323 Jun 2013
0.8.1	Crash fix release, fixing a couple of possible crashes around downloading the Atrac3+ plugin.	02013-06-2626 Jun 2013
0.9	*Much improved control mapping, and autoconfig for a few devices like Shield. Large speed boosts in many games. Improved touchscreen control latency, important for rhythm games. Huge improvements to the internal PSP debugger. A number of new games became compatible, such as Final Fantasy Tactics which just has some audio issues left.. A completely redesigned user interface, unlike the previous static one this one can grow with the emulator and has keyboard/controller navigation support, for the full lean-back experience. Improved frameskipping, increasing playability on slower devices.	02013-08-2020 Aug 2013
0.9.1	Bugfixes	02013-08-2121 Aug 2013

Downloads

• PPSSPP Dev Builds for Windows and Android
• PPSSPP Dev Builds for OS X
• PPSSPP Dev Builds for Linux
• PPSSPP Dev Builds for Blackberry, Symbian, and Meeg

Review

A new emulator, but it has been making tremendous progress. Compatibility is lower than JPCSP, but it is significantly faster. It is only recommended to use JPCSP if the game does not work in PPSSPP.

Recommended Specs

Desktop

Any reasonably modern CPU will be just fine, and any GPU that can handle OpenGL 2.0 should have no issues. You should make sure to install the latest graphics drivers available though. Windows XP or later is required, Windows 7 or 8 is recommended.

Android

least 1GHz single-core with OpenGL 2.0 would be minimum requirements to have any decent performance. It will run with a 600MHz core too but probably not the more complex 3D games.

Common problems and fixes:

1. The Atrac3+ plugin is very important for decoding audio files in PSP games. Download it under Game Settings > Audio.
2. Random VPS drops? Turn Antialiasing off.
3. Weird text? Download these fonts - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38194768/font.rar and place them into the /flash0/ folder. Disabling buffered rendering fixed the no text issue with FF4 for some. The forums say this will only fix it on Nvidia cards.
4. DLC seems to work without any plugins, just place them in memstick\PSP\GAME.
5. Shit doesn't work? Turn on/off Buffered Rendering or MipMapping and try again.
6. Too slow? Turn on/off Hardware Transform and try again.
7. Dangan Ronpa. Make sure you're using the latest dev build of PPSSPP and that Buffered Rendering, Read Framebuffers to Memory and FramebufferCPUConvert are enabled (FramebufferCPUConvert is only necessary on AMD I think, I don't need it on Intel/Nvidia and other Intel/Nvidia users seem to be the same).

Compatibility List

Compatibility List

/v/'s compatiblity list as of 30/06/13

External links

Forums