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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest<br/>Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest<br/>Version
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! scope="col"|<small><abbr title="remote play (via the PS3 system's wireless LAN), copying games to play on a PSVita system that can be played on either PS3 or PSVita systems etc.">PS3<br/>communication</abbr><ref>[https://manuals.playstation.net/document/gb/psvita/remoteplay/index.html PS3 Remote Play with PSVita], [https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/connectvita.html Connect PS Vita System Using Network]</ref></small>
 
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
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! colspan="7"|PC / x86
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! colspan="6"|PC / x86
 
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|[[Vita3K]]
 
|[[Vita3K]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
 
|[https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/releases git]
 
|[https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K/releases git]
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|{{✗}}
 
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
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|-
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! colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
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! colspan="6"|Mobile / ARM
 
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|-
 
|[[Vita3K]]
 
|[[Vita3K]]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
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|[https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K-Android/releases git]  
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|[https://github.com/Vita3K/Vita3K-Android/releases git]
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|{{✓}}
 
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|{{✓}}
 
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|{{✓}}
 
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|-
 
|-
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!colspan="7"|Consoles
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!colspan="6"|Consoles
 
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|-
 
|[https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos Vita2hos]
 
|[https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos Vita2hos]
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
 
|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
 
|[https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos/releases/tag/alpha-0.3 Alpha 0.3]
 
|[https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos/releases/tag/alpha-0.3 Alpha 0.3]
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===[[RPCS3]]===
 
===[[RPCS3]]===
 
The RPCS3 developers once considered adding Vita emulation support, going as far as displaying a simple 'Hello world' and a basic atomic test sample.<ref name="emunewz">{{cite web|url=http://www.emunewz.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=164933|title=PS Vita emulation progress|publisher=emunewz|accessdate=2018-04-04|date=2014-11-02}}</ref> However, Vita development was completely halted since then and focused exclusively on [[PlayStation 3 emulators|PS3]] emulation down to the website's branding. A Patreon post admitting as much asked users whether they are still interested in Vita emulation. Significant further developments on Vita coming from RPCS3 aren't very likely considering the general lack of developer interest, and those like frangarcj, who went on to join Vita3K. The RPCS3 project has since removed Vita support from the codebase.<ref name="GitHub">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/pull/4160|title=Remove Vita emulation (Nekotekina)|publisher=GitHub|accessdate=2018-04-04|date=2018-02-09}}</ref>
 
The RPCS3 developers once considered adding Vita emulation support, going as far as displaying a simple 'Hello world' and a basic atomic test sample.<ref name="emunewz">{{cite web|url=http://www.emunewz.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=164933|title=PS Vita emulation progress|publisher=emunewz|accessdate=2018-04-04|date=2014-11-02}}</ref> However, Vita development was completely halted since then and focused exclusively on [[PlayStation 3 emulators|PS3]] emulation down to the website's branding. A Patreon post admitting as much asked users whether they are still interested in Vita emulation. Significant further developments on Vita coming from RPCS3 aren't very likely considering the general lack of developer interest, and those like frangarcj, who went on to join Vita3K. The RPCS3 project has since removed Vita support from the codebase.<ref name="GitHub">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/pull/4160|title=Remove Vita emulation (Nekotekina)|publisher=GitHub|accessdate=2018-04-04|date=2018-02-09}}</ref>
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==Hardware features==
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
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|- style="font-weight:bold;"
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! Name
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! Vita3K
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! Vita2Hos
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|-
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| Motion Sensor
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Front and Rear Cameras
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Microphone
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Touchscreen
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Multi-Touch
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Rear Touch Pad
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Ad-Hoc
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Infrastructure
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| GPS
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| Location Data Acqusition Service
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| <abbr title="remote play (via the PS3 system's wireless LAN), copying games to play on a PSVita system that can be played on either PS3 or PSVita systems etc.">PS3 Communication</abbr><ref>[https://manuals.playstation.net/document/gb/psvita/remoteplay/index.html PS3 Remote Play with PSVita], [https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/connectvita.html Connect PS Vita System Using Network]</ref>
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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|-
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| PS4 Communication
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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| PlayStation TV
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| {{TBD}}
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| {{TBD}}
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 11:40, 12 July 2023

PlayStation Vita
Vita.png
Developer Sony
Type Handheld game console
Generation Eighth generation
Release date December 2011 (Japan)
February 2012 (North America)
Discontinued 2019
Predecessor PlayStation Portable
Emulated ✓
For other emulators that run on PS Vita hardware, see Emulators on Vita.

The PlayStation Vita is an eighth-generation handheld game console by Sony Interactive Entertainment, released in Japan on December 17, 2011, and in North America on February 15, 2012. It had a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore at 333 MHz (Boosted to 494 MHz when Wi-Fi is deactivated) with 512 MB of RAM, 128 MB of VRAM, and a quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4+ GPU, which can push 133 million polygons onto the screen every second at a clock speed of 200 MHz.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest
Version 		FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
Vita3K Windows Linux macOS git ✓ ✓ ✓
Mobile / ARM
Vita3K Android git ✓ ✓ ✓
Consoles
Vita2hos Switch Alpha 0.3 ✓ ~ ✗
Vita3K (compatibility)
The amount of games listed as Playable is growing at light speed compared to the earlier days, when development was slow and seemed like it wasn't really going anywhere. 1030 (54%) out of 1911 tested titles that can be played from start to finish with playable performance and no game breaking glitches. This is the best and only Vita emulator for PC and Android.
Vita2hos
An early compatibility layer for Nintendo Switch that runs PlayStation Vita applications natively. Only able to load simple test homebrews such as vita-8 as of December 2022. Appears to only be developed every once in a while.

RPCS3

The RPCS3 developers once considered adding Vita emulation support, going as far as displaying a simple 'Hello world' and a basic atomic test sample.[1] However, Vita development was completely halted since then and focused exclusively on PS3 emulation down to the website's branding. A Patreon post admitting as much asked users whether they are still interested in Vita emulation. Significant further developments on Vita coming from RPCS3 aren't very likely considering the general lack of developer interest, and those like frangarcj, who went on to join Vita3K. The RPCS3 project has since removed Vita support from the codebase.[2]

Hardware features

Name Vita3K Vita2Hos
Motion Sensor TBD TBD
Front and Rear Cameras TBD TBD
Microphone TBD TBD
Touchscreen TBD TBD
Multi-Touch TBD TBD
Rear Touch Pad TBD TBD
Ad-Hoc TBD TBD
Infrastructure TBD TBD
GPS TBD TBD
Location Data Acqusition Service TBD TBD
PS3 Communication[3] TBD TBD
PS4 Communication TBD TBD
PlayStation TV TBD TBD


References

  1. ↑ PS Vita emulation progress. emunewz (2014-11-02)
  2. ↑ Remove Vita emulation (Nekotekina). GitHub (2018-02-09)
  3. ↑ PS3 Remote Play with PSVita, Connect PS Vita System Using Network

External links

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