• [Update] PPSSPP A portable PSP emulator.

    General, PS3 Hacks, PSP Hacks , 03.11.2012

     

    Nice find by @zecoxao It’s an open source project and FREE works on almost any platform ;)

    To quote:

    PPSSPP is an open source project, licensed under the GPL 2.0. Anyone is welcome to contribute their improvements to the code, and the hope is that over time this will resolve the compatibility problem.

    Fast and portable
    PPSSPP is written in C++, and translates PSP CPU instructions directly into optimized x86, x64 and (soon) ARM machine code, using an efficient JIT compiler.

    PPSSPP can thus run on quite low-spec hardware, including stronger Android phones and tablets, as long as there’s support for OpenGL ES 2.0.

     

     

    [Source] = http://www.ppsspp.org/

     

    UPDATE

    A little video of me (GregoryRasputin) playing around with some files:

    Discuss in Forums (25)


  • 25 Comments

    1. concretecork
      11-03-2012
      11:07 PM
      1

      Wow I'll be playing psp games on my evo soon! Exciting

    2. hellsing9
      11-03-2012
      11:15 PM
      2

      Already trying it. Nice app

    3. synce
      11-03-2012
      11:16 PM
      3

      Interesting, some competition for jpcsp

    4. tjhooker73
      11-03-2012
      11:39 PM
      4

      Finally. Someone made it so our 512MB-2GB RAM In our Phones can Run the games that ran on What was it like 16-32MB RAM on the PSP xD
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      Can it run Homebrew though?

    5. wizardfingers
      11-04-2012
      12:00 AM
      5

      apspemu is been a better name, they were probably too eager lol

    6. vgturtle127
      11-04-2012
      01:05 AM
      6

      The emulator is on par with Soywiz or PCSP. In other words, it plays simple games and homebrew. I will say that the Android port sucks because of the controls. I wouldn't want to play PSP games on an Android device (nor do I want to play any emulators on touchscreen devices). Leave this one alone, it's loader has a bug where it can corrupt the header of an elf file. At least from my 20-30 elfs I tried.

    7. SuperDre
      11-04-2012
      01:18 AM
      7

      Hmm.. maybe the code can also be used to create a PS3 version of it.. hehe..

    8. sahibunlimited
      11-04-2012
      01:33 AM
      8

      OMG this is awesome!

    9. 3esah
      11-04-2012
      01:51 AM
      9

      Love the news.

    10. tjhooker73
      11-04-2012
      02:07 AM
      10

      Originally Posted by SuperDre View Post
      Hmm.. maybe the code can also be used to create a PS3 version of it.. hehe..
      The code from the Java version can be used to make a PS3 version >.> Just no one but Team Cobra has the time to **** around with it.

    11. hellsing9
      11-04-2012
      02:49 AM
      11

      Yeah i see that a little bit complicated.
      Meanwhile we can enjoy this great piece of code on our phones/etc.

    12. VIRGIN KLM
      11-04-2012
      05:08 AM
      12

      The good thing with it is that, if the developer does the effort on staying loyal on developing it, ARM JIT for Androids has groundbreaking potential since ARM is a tiny variation of RISC and PSP has a RISC processor, pretty like most instructions are native on our Android processors so the recompilation process would be really easier and lightweight to the point that the possible minimum specs would be very low compared to x86/x64 versions plus the compatibility would make fast jumps since you won't have to debug/enhance as much stuff as in a x86/x64 recompiler.
      Now a big issue is the ATRAC3+ decoder which is not open source and the only available decoders for it are hardware recorders in MiniDiscs/MP3s/PSP/PS3 by Sony and SonicStage, meaning that you have to do the effort to decode the files yourself and transfer them on your device.
      I really hope people get interested in the project and help him.

    13. jalaneme
      11-04-2012
      10:19 AM
      13

      i have a real psp, i don't need this POS, not even the pc psp emulator can play any games, i higly doubt this will either.

    14. SuperDre
      11-04-2012
      11:33 AM
      14

      Originally Posted by tjhooker73 View Post
      The code from the Java version can be used to make a PS3 version >.> Just no one but Team Cobra has the time to **** around with it.
      As far as I understand, team cobra is using the emulator provided by Sony, just like de PS2 emulator, they haven't written their own emulator or something, they just made it available so Sony's emulator starts with a file given by the user..

      Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM View Post
      Now a big issue is the ATRAC3+ decoder which is not open source and the only available decoders for it are hardware recorders in MiniDiscs/MP3s/PSP/PS3 by Sony and SonicStage, meaning that you have to do the effort to decode the files yourself and transfer them on your device.
      ffmpeg/libav has ATRACT3 support..

    15. VIRGIN KLM
      11-04-2012
      11:56 AM
      15

      Originally Posted by SuperDre View Post
      ffmpeg/libav has ATRACT3 support..
      Those are RIFF, it doesn't support the oma streams encoded with a specific encoder for PSP/PS3 games, try it yourself.

    16. GregoryRasputin
      11-04-2012
      08:41 PM
      16

      I updated the front page with a video i created:
      PPSSPP Aka Portable PlayStation Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably For Android - YouTube

      Also the Developer says that it is possible to port to the PS3

    17. Annelies
      11-05-2012
      03:22 AM
      17

      Not only a PS3 port possible but it's ideal.

      Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

    18. KitsunePaws
      11-05-2012
      06:47 AM
      18

      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      I updated the front page with a video i created:
      PPSSPP Aka Portable PlayStation Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably For Android - YouTube
      Had to mute my audio to watch the video.

    19. R3QU13M
      11-05-2012
      08:26 AM
      19

      Something with potential.

    20. tjhooker73
      11-05-2012
      09:03 AM
      20

      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      I updated the front page with a video i created:
      PPSSPP Aka Portable PlayStation Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably For Android - YouTube

      Also the Developer says that it is possible to port to the PS3
      If He could Port it to Android, Then a Linux Port should be No problem, Then Because Android-Linux-And PS3 OS Are Very similar (PS3 OS is Just Custom Linux) then It would be fairly simple to do, And the PS3 Has Native Drivers and a PSP Emu It would Work Much better.

    21. GregoryRasputin
      11-05-2012
      09:15 AM
      21

      Originally Posted by tjhooker73 View Post
      If He could Port it to Android, Then a Linux Port should be No problem, Then Because Android-Linux-And PS3 OS Are Very similar (PS3 OS is Just Custom Linux) then It would be fairly simple to do, And the PS3 Has Native Drivers and a PSP Emu It would Work Much better.
      Going by your theory, then every Linux app would be easy ported to the PS3, so how come we don't have a native XBMC application on the Ps3 yet ?

    22. tjhooker73
      11-05-2012
      04:03 PM
      22

      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      Going by your theory, then every Linux app would be easy ported to the PS3, so how come we don't have a native XBMC application on the Ps3 yet ?
      I guess no one has the time to work on it?
      Or no one wants to, Or the Drivers needed could be a tough Port? Who knows, I only know so much about Linux and PS3..

    23. vgturtle127
      11-07-2012
      12:04 PM
      23

      Originally Posted by jalaneme View Post
      i have a real psp, i don't need this POS, not even the pc psp emulator can play any games, i higly doubt this will either.
      JPCSP can currently play about 75% of games...
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      Originally Posted by SuperDre View Post
      As far as I understand, team cobra is using the emulator provided by Sony, just like de PS2 emulator, they haven't written their own emulator or something, they just made it available so Sony's emulator starts with a file given by the user..



      ffmpeg/libav has ATRACT3 support..
      First part is true, second part kind of but not really. ATRAC3+ is not open source, and no current software can decode it except SonicStage. JPCSP devs have been trying to reverse it though.
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      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      Going by your theory, then every Linux app would be easy ported to the PS3, so how come we don't have a native XBMC application on the Ps3 yet ?
      Well, as someone who has written for both, I beg to differ that development for both are the same. They aren't really even similar. Especially when you get into system tasks.

      What Gregory says is right, if they were so similar we would probably have more apps like LibreOffice and VLC ported over quicker. However, I do think since a very limited amount of people know how to jailbreak a PS3, and the very limited amount of people who have actually done so, is one cause.

    24. underball
      11-07-2012
      12:24 PM
      24

      It would be nice to see this ported to the PS3, if for no other reason than to get all of the fantastic PSP console emulators that have been ignored or abandoned by current PS3 devs.

      PicoDrive with 32x support? Yes please.

      Atari 5200 & 7800 Emulators? Yes please.

    25. GregoryRasputin
      11-07-2012
      12:28 PM
      25

      I wonder if [MENTION=245329]libretro[/MENTION] would be interested in implementing this into RetroArch, when it gets more stable of course.