RPCS3

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Current version: 0.0.0.6
Active: Yes
OS: Windows
Authors: RPCS3 Team
Official website: rpcs3.net
Source code: GitHub

RPCS3 is a PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PS Vita emulator that is in very early development. Currently usable only for light homebrew and a very small number of commercial games, with heavy glitches. It aims to one day eventually emulate the PS3 fully. Recent efforts have allowed it to also begin emulating the PS Vita in a basic manner; do note that no games are currently playable however.

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Overview

Development of RPCS3 is early, but promising. As of 22 Mar 2014, it can play the intros to some games with sound[1]. It can also play some of Disgaea 3 and The Guided Fate Paradox, but with heavy graphical glitches and no sprites.[2]

Even on a relatively modern machine, it gets very low framerate. In Disgaea 3's menus it averages less than 3 frames per section[2]. Gameplay usually averages <1 frame per second. The emulator has yet to implement a dynarec (Dynamic recompilation) – instead relying entirely on an interpreter, which means that it runs much slower than what will be possible in the future.

It will be a while before it can play complex PS3 games. However – if the devs keep going at this rate, the wait might be shorter than anticipated.

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