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d0ct0rteeth · Apr 22, 2002, 07:56 AM

Does anyone know if there is a playstation emulator for osx?

I remember bleem was out a year or two ago; but I havent seen much recently.... There was talk of a PS2 emulator called grinch... seems to be vaporware...

any ideas?

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willed · Apr 23, 2002, 09:31 AM

Virtual Game Station was the answer for OS9, but that came out years ago; there are no plans to bring it to OSX I think.

tr · Apr 23, 2002, 10:37 AM

yeah, i believe the 'grinch' PS2 emulator is vaporware. the guys that were doing it were hoping to work with sony on it, but i'm sure sony wouldn't give them the time of day. oh, well, it would've been cool...

there is PSX emulator for X, but it's still being worked on.

check out this thread from the xlr8yourmac.com forums:
http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/001562.html

it's called Flarestorm. In order to run it, you need to find a PSX BIOS on the web.

i installed it, and got the PSX startup screen, but couldn't read any of the games i had. i don't really care that much, i have CVGS, so if i really want to play, i can just boot into 9.

Flarestorm is still in it's infancy; it's good to know that someone out there is working on it, though.

tr

Osirisis · Apr 23, 2002, 10:38 AM

Here ya go:

Flarestorm

Not sure how well it works, haven't tested it myself. Better than nothing at all

Hopefully you have some luck with it. It's still in the early stages of development.

Forgot to mention this requires a Playstation ROM.

Edit: Looks like I was just beaten to the punch

[ 04-23-2002: Message edited by: Osirisis ]

d0ct0rteeth · Apr 23, 2002, 01:03 PM

thanks guys...

is flarestorm taking donations?

Any idea where a brother can get his hands on VGS?

ebay is going for >50 bucks... and any input on USB controllers?

thanks again... I'll keep you posted.

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x user · Apr 23, 2002, 10:48 PM

How to get the Bios?

tr · Apr 25, 2002, 08:24 AM

Originally posted by x user:
<STRONG>How to get the Bios?</STRONG>

well, since it is technically illegal to have...do a web search for 'playstation BIOS' or something like that, see what you come up with.

tr

Danny Ricci · Apr 25, 2002, 09:01 AM

It's legal to have playstation BIOS if you own a Playstation. Just like with ROM files.

tr · Apr 25, 2002, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by Danny Ricci:
<STRONG>It's legal to have playstation BIOS if you own a Playstation. Just like with ROM files.</STRONG>

whoops! well, then, i should clarify: it's technically illegal for ME to have the psx BIOS.

tr