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:A high level emulator that's expected to run fifty games,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCJsV6ez0LQ spine - Still Alive] on YouTube.</ref> after the publicly released demo was the first to go in-game on two titles. In a stark contrast from other closed source emulators, Spine is Linux-exclusive;<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/byohyx/spinedemo_20190609/eqoruje devofspine] on Reddit. "No source code at the moment though I plan to make it open source at some point."</ref> the creator has opted not to release the source code out of caution.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/bwz7we/spine_ps4_emulator_another_fake_more_info_in/eqakwsz/ devofspine] on Reddit. "I wouldn't mind open sourcing it at some point in time but there are several things that stop me from doing this in the near future: a) there are some parts in the code that are a mess and I wouldn't feel comfortable releasing them for public consumption, b) I enjoy the freedom to develop it in the way I want to, c) I would be a bit afraid of losing control, open source brings with it a risk of forks for example and I wouldn't like to see my work used to do for example a Windows exclusive variant, and d) PS4 is still a current gen console." (Edited)</ref> It uses a [[Wine]]-like approach, and its authenticity was verified by lead Orbital developer AlexAltea.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/bz4ikp/orbital_a_playstation_4_emulator_that_is/eqq6lxt/ AlexAltea] on Reddit. "I've analyzed the Spine demo in IDA Pro (reverse engineering tool), and everything checks out. It's obviously a very early release, lots of unimplemented parts, but it's real. More importantly, we have tested it locally and it works."Spine is still in active development and as of 2021, the developer claims that Spine is able to launch around 181 games, and around 30 are playable.</ref>(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/422097916920987661/841676948257112104/unknown.png)

:A compatibility layer for the PlayStation 4. Currently, it can show the logos in Nier: Automata and ran its first commercial game called ''We are Doomed'' in February 2020. Appears to be only a side project to test 3D graphics and may or may not become anything serious. Reasons to follow this project are the growing pool of contributors; and that it works on Windows, unlike Spine. The project shows no signs of development for at least a year, and no real progress has occurred thus far, unfortunately.

:A compatibility layer for the PlayStation 4. It's currently unable to boot any commercial games. There's a [https://discord.gg/yVbPkmc Discord server] to discuss in, however most talk Development has stopped and the project is being done in private between the developerscurrently archived on Github.

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