Game problems FAQ

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Here is a list of games that are frequently cited as being problematic to emulate. Solutions are provided if possible.

PS1

Metal Gear Solid

MGS has anti-piracy features, and needs real BIOS to work. Do not use simulated BIOS in PCSX-R. These will just give a blank screen. If you are using BIOS and it is still not working, try different BIOS files.

If the game stutters, enable the relevant fix in your sound plugin.

GBC

Shantae

VBA doesn't emulate the game properly. Use Gambatte or VBA-M instead.

PS2

Metal Gear Solid 3

This game needs a very high end CPU to run at full speed and will run slowly on most CPUs.  All of the various blades of grass are one culprit cause of slowdown.

Shadow of the Colossus=

This game needs a very high end CPU to run at full speed.

Zone of the Enders 1 and 2

This game needs a very high end CPU to run at full speed.

PSP

Dangan Ronpa

Make sure you're using the latest version of PPSSPP.
Go to Game Settings > Graphics. If you use a Nvidia GPU, select Read Framebuffers to Memory (GPU) under "Rendering Mode". If you use an AMD GPU or Android device, select Read Framebuffers to Memory (CPU).

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

As of the latest version of PPSSPP (0.9.7.2) the PC emulation seems perfect minus the online, even if the framerate is locked to 20 FPS, that is until one of the last bosses in the game the level "Peace Walker battle 2", the bug is said boss's life not descreasing from the last 2 bars, making the game unbeatable. The problem has been brought to attention for a while But the only solution seems to use a cheat to defeat the Mech, "_C1 One Hit Kill [Mechs] _L 0x2001B764 0xAE200064" which works ONLY for the US version, thus you will need to have that one, to keep your savegames, open the US version, create and install everything as per the first configuration and then from "...ppsspp\memstick\PSP\SAVEDATA" take the files inside "ULES01372001" and then place them into "ULUS10509003".

Gamecube

Wind Waker

In 4.0+ versions of Dolphin, DSP LLE is set to default for this game, so if you have a slow CPU: right click on the game in dolphin, go to properties and check DSP HLE emulation (fast). DSP HLE will cause random crashes though.