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===Comparisons===
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;[[DuckStation]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H66MxViRjjE5f8hOl5RQmF5woS1murio2dsLn14kEqo/edit#gid=0 compatibility]) ([https://github.com/duckstation-unoff-issue-tracker-admin/duckstation-unofficial-issue-tracker/issues unofficial-compatibility])</small>
:Quickly became a top contender on the basis that it has high compatibility and a built-in GUI. Its stated goal is to be "as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for low-end devices." While PCSX-R has long dethroned ePSXe in features, DuckStation is the first to actually address all the shortcomings of plugin-based offerings thus far, as all of its features are available out-of-the-box, and no configuration is necessary to get games running outside of obtaining the original system firmware. The graphics emulation core<!-- is a brand new, from-scratch implementation (todo: verify) and--> has modern enhancements built-in like PGXP, upscaling, texture filtering, hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan) and software rendering (both of which have true colour (24-bit) support). It also natively supports MAME's Compressed Hunks of Data (CHD) format, which shrinks the size of CDs losslessly while also storing all of its data under a single file. An Android version is also available, but doesn't have feature parity with the desktop builds. The unofficial libretro core (swanstation) and standalone version is Retroachievements compatible.
