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    Whats best PSP emulator?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by devilcm3, Nov 3, 2008.

  1. devilcm3

    devilcm3 Notebook Deity

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    i have some PSP ISO in my computer and i wanna find which emulator is the best?

    because many of them only can play a few games...
    and i would like to play final fantasy psp on my laptop...any ideas which emulator can play it? :D
     
  2. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

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    uhhhhhhhh its hacking T_T
     
  3. adyingwren

    adyingwren Notebook Evangelist

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    *Cue locking and deleting of topic*
     
  4. jcm4

    jcm4 Notebook Evangelist

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    Emulators=legal
    Downloading ROMs to use on emulators=not
     
  5. Satyrion

    Satyrion Notebook Deity

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    same as using steroids is legal but its illegal to sell and buy em, it makes totally sense!
     
  6. devilcm3

    devilcm3 Notebook Deity

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    oh...its illegal?

    ah....sorry then...i hope mods can close this topic :D
     
  7. Necromas

    Necromas Notebook Deity

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    Emulators are legal if...

    -You are using the BIOS of a console/device you legally personally own.

    -You are using the ISO's/discs of games you legally personally own.

    It is illegal to...

    -Pirate a BIOS, even if you legally own the system already.

    -Pirate a game, even if you legally own a physical copy.

    -Lie about either of the above, even though it's more convenient to pirate a BIOS/game and just say you got it off the system you already own than to actually go through the tedious process of getting the BIOS and ISO's from your system/games.

    It is not illegal to...

    -Download an emulator or plugins and utilities related to emulators, so long as they do not have a BIOS.

    So, I am within the confines of the law when I say I downloaded PCSX2 and various plugins for it, dumped the BIOS off of my old PS2, and put my Final Fantasy X PS2 disc in my laptops drive to play it on the emulator. (which, by the way, is true)
     
  8. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Sadly, there are no fully working PSP emulators for the PC, which I would really really like.

    The ones that are out there are extremely buggy, beta, can only play a couple of games and probably not even that well, etc.

    I haven't seen any progress on the PSP emulation scene since the Potemkin emulator was announced back in 2007.
     
  9. Age of wind

    Age of wind Notebook Consultant

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    This might be slighty off-topic...I'm thinking about getting a PSP but I heard Sony's new 3000 series suffered from a serious LCD problem from numerous review sites and users from Official Playstation forum. Sony made a official statement after that bascially saying they are aware of this problem but they are not going to do anything about it.

    So should I get a 2000 instead ? Is this a good time to get a PSP ?


    Thanks in advance :)
     
  10. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    its better to run the games off an ISO, thats what i did with my copy of FF10 runs perfect, shame about FF12 though it stutters like crazy :(
     
  11. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    I think it would be better to get the 2000 series or if you can get to see the 3000 series in person, maybe you won't find it so bad. The 3000 uses a different LCD, the pixels are arranged differently so when playing games, people are reporting it suffers from interlacing and it looks quite serious. Its a hardware issue, so no firmware update can fix it.

    Funny, because the improved LCD with its better color reproduction was the main selling point but now people are scared off because of the interlacing issue. The other benefits of it over the 2000 series are its built-in microphone and ability to output games on a TV with composite and component cables.
    For the 2000 series, you could only output games with component, the rest with composite.
     
  12. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Because discussion on emulators usually lead to talk about software piracy(which NBR prefers not to be associated with), this thread is now closed.