PlayStation Portable emulators
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| Developer | Sony |
|---|---|
| Type | Handheld game console |
| Generation | Seventh generation |
| Release date | 2004 |
| Discontinued | 2014 |
| Predecessor | PocketStation |
| Successor | PlayStation Vita |
| Emulated | ✓ |
- For other emulators that run on PSP hardware, see Emulators on PSP.
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console made by Sony. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005. It was retailed for $249. It had a MIPS R4000 CPU at 333 MHz with 32 MBs of RAM. Later revisions of the PSP came with 64 MBs of RAM, allowing for faster load times.
Emulators
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Texture replacement |
Retro Achievements |
FLOSS | Active | Recommended | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||||||||
| PPSSPP |    
|
Dev Builds Dev Builds (Artifacts) libretro core[N 1] 1.17.1 |
✓[N 2] | ~[N 3] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| JPCSP | 
|
SVN | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗* | ~* | ||||||
| cspspemu |
|
git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||||
| jspspemu | 
|
git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||||
| PCSP |
|
0.5.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||||
| Potemkin |
|
1.00 Alpha | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||||
| PSPE |
|
0.9b | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||||
| Mobile / ARM | |||||||||||||
| PPSSPP |       
|
Dev Builds Dev Builds (Artifacts) 1.17.1 0.1 Pyra libretro core[N 1] |
✓[N 2] | ~[N 3] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| PSPe+ (PPSSPP fork) |
|
3.2.1 | ? | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ||||||
| Console | |||||||||||||
| Adrenaline | 
|
6.61 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| PPSSPP |     
|
Switch Xbox 360 Wii U libretro core[N 1] |
✓[N 2] | ~[N 3] | ✗ | ~[N 4] | ✓ | ||||||
| PSP PlayStation®Portable REMASTER Launcher |
|
v2.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ~ | ||||||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 This build using upstream repo for libretro from now on.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 PPSSPP Texture Packs
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Libretro core already supported RetroAchievements. Standalone version's RetroAchievements support is currently in development for the upcoming v1.16.0, available for testing since revision v1.15.4-313 on 2023-06-27. Original RA request page for the standalone version. Remaining RA features to be implemented in the standalone version.
- ↑ Libretro core is still active.
Comparisons
- PPSSPP (compatibility, AdHoc compatibility, AdHoc compatibility#2)
- Released in November of 2012. Compatibility is higher than JPCSP and games runs significantly faster. The emulator is currently capable of playing the vast majority of the PSP library, with 2971 (83%) out of 3590 reported titles can be played from start to finish. Unlike JPCSP though, PPSSPP has NO support for XLink Kai or PSP menu (XrossMediaBar & XMB) at the moment. And just like PCSX2 for DVD movies; PPSSPP has NO support for UMD movies/UMD Video Games either.
- JPCSP
- Requires the Java Runtime Environment to be installed. It is also slower compared to PPSSPP. JPCSP was built around debugging and was never really meant to be a standard emulator. They made it so they could understand the PSP's inner workings better. Thanks to the JPCSP team, and other PSP homebrew teams, PPSSPP developed at breakneck speeds. Both teams communicate a lot and contribute with each other. Unlike PPSSPP, JPCSP does support XLink Kai. On top of that there is partial PSP menu (XrossMediaBar & XMB) and UMD movie support.
Hardware features
| Name | PPSSPP | JPCSP |
|---|---|---|
| PS2 communication |
✗* | ✗* |
| PS3 communication[N2 1] |
✗* | ✗* |
| Ad-Hoc | ✓[N2 2] | ✓[N2 3] |
| Infrastructure | TBD* | TBD |
| Game Sharing | TBD | TBD |
| Camera | TBD* | TBD |
| Microphone | TBD* | TBD |
| External Controller Vibration [N2 4] | TBD | TBD |
| PSOne Classics* | ✗ | ✗ |
| UMD Movie UMD Music UMD Video UMD-PG |
✗[N2 5] | ~* |
| XMB | ✗* | ~[N2 6] |
- ↑ Using remote play (via the PS3 system's wireless LAN), Copying games to play on a PSP system that can be played on either PS3 or PSP systems
- ↑ Supports multiplayer on the same network and multiplayer over the internet but no support for XLink Kai at the moment.
- ↑ Just like PPSSPP, JPCSP supports multiplayer on the same network and multiplayer over the internet but only JPCSP supports XLink Kai.XLink Kai: JPCSP PSP Tutorial
- ↑ Only used in Resistance: Retribution.
- ↑ UMD Movie request for PPSSPP
UMD Video and UMD-PG request for PPSSPP - ↑ JPCSP is able to boot the official PSP VSH interface, though the menus are not yet working properly, it is currently only an alpha release. Booting VSH in JPCSP Guide.
