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The Godfather · 01:17 PM

Woo. I didn't think it would work but I had a little hope, since Crossover supports a few 3D games. Here is PCSX2 running under CrossOver (temporary free beta). The console reports a 2GHz machine, so it MIGHT have no performance hit. I am going to rent a PS2 game to test it.

Mediaman_12 · Nov 19, 2006, 10:03 AM

Unfortunately very few games run at all in that emulator, and even fewer run at a playable speed.

Tuoder · Nov 19, 2006, 10:19 AM

Reported CPU running through WINE probably doesn't mean too much. It found SSE, SSE2, SSE3, and MMX, so that is fine. Also, Wine Is Not an Emulator. There is not a performance hit. The trick is running anything in the first place. I don't trust an emulator running through WINE very much. I'd rather have a port. Actually, I'd rather have a PS2.

nonhuman · Nov 19, 2006, 10:20 AM

What's an Intel Nac?

rickey939 · Nov 19, 2006, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

What's an Intel Nac?

I think he meant to say Intel Vac.

nonhuman · Nov 19, 2006, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

I think he meant to say Intel Vac.

Ah, that makes more sense. The Intel VAC, Vertiginous Automated Compumancy at it's finest.

The Godfather · Nov 19, 2006, 01:19 PM

This forum doesn't let you correct title mistakes, I think.

TheoCryst · Nov 19, 2006, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by The Godfather

This forum doesn't let you correct title mistakes, I think.

Not after someone else has posted in the topic, no.

Salty · Nov 19, 2006, 01:31 PM

Is Crossover commercial or freeware? Anyway, I'd like a PS2 Emulator, or even just a PSone emulator.

Gossamer · Nov 19, 2006, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

Is Crossover commercial or freeware? Anyway, I'd like a PS2 Emulator, or even just a PSone emulator.

It's commercial, but there's a free public beta for like a month or two or something.

willed · Nov 19, 2006, 05:39 PM

Surely someone's figured out a PS1 emulator by now? Considering Connectrix had that one which ran on iMac G3s under OS9?

Sbtrfuge · Nov 19, 2006, 06:56 PM

Connectix, not Connectrix. I still have that disc. It works great.

olePigeon · Nov 20, 2006, 12:38 AM

Virtual Game Station, I have that one, too.

Salty · Nov 20, 2006, 12:40 AM

I broke mine. Did it run under classic? It used to always screw up FF5 for me.

CharlesS · Nov 20, 2006, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by willed

Surely someone's figured out a PS1 emulator by now? Considering Connectrix had that one which ran on iMac G3s under OS9?

emulation.net

Disclaimer: I have never used any of these emulators and have no idea whether they work well or not.

Mediaman_12 · Nov 20, 2006, 06:50 AM

The Connectix Virtual Game Station worked fairly well, Except with the more 3d intensive stuff.

It's not the PC virtualisation (Crossover) that will cause problems, it's the PS2 emulator, which even on a high spec Windows PC it ain't to hot.
Remember a game 'running' and being 'playable' are two completely different things.

drnkn_stylz · Nov 20, 2006, 09:41 AM

PCSX - a PS1 emulator for OSX and Windows. Works great.

Sbtrfuge · Nov 20, 2006, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Mediaman_12

The Connectix Virtual Game Station worked fairly well, Except with the more 3d intensive stuff.

It's not the PC virtualisation (Crossover) that will cause problems, it's the PS2 emulator, which even on a high spec Windows PC it ain't to hot.
Remember a game 'running' and being 'playable' are two completely different things.

Such as what? I ran gran turismo, metal gear, driver, and tons of other games on it. It ran perfectly fine.

TheoCryst · Nov 20, 2006, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by drnkn_stylz

PCSX - a PS1 emulator for OSX and Windows. Works great.

Yep, and if you search hard enough out there, there's an early-ish Universal build floating around. Works pretty well; I was just playing MGS on it the other day, actually.

Mediaman_12 · 05:33 PM

Maybe the newer builds of the PS2 emulator have got better? Will give it a go with Burnout 3. Or where you talking about the PS1 emulator?

How did you get it to select a sound plugin? My List comes up blank, and I get an error when OK'ing the config window?

Mediaman_12 · Nov 20, 2006, 05:33 PM

.db

drnkn_stylz · Nov 21, 2006, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by TheoCryst

Yep, and if you search hard enough out there, there's an early-ish Universal build floating around. Works pretty well; I was just playing MGS on it the other day, actually.

Link for the lazy?

Sbtrfuge · Nov 22, 2006, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Sbtrfuge

Such as what? I ran gran turismo, metal gear, driver, and tons of other games on it. It ran perfectly fine.

Still wondering...

vmarks · Nov 22, 2006, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by The Godfather

This forum doesn't let you correct title mistakes, I think.

Fixinated™.

nonhuman · Nov 22, 2006, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by vmarks

Fixinated™.

Aww...

The Godfather · Nov 23, 2006, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by vmarks

Fixinated™.

Thank you

OwlBoy · Nov 23, 2006, 12:16 PM

There are lots of PS1 emulators to be found for many systems (I run one on my XBox).

PS2 emulators… those are still very early is developent compaired to PS1.

Think of it this way, the more recent the system the less likely it will be emulated any time soon.

Where as emulators for this 10 years old and more or such have nearly perfect emulators

It also has to do with how complicated consoles are becoming, but still. Give it time!

-Owl