PPSSPP - a fast and portable PSP emulator ========================================= Created by Henrik Rydgård Additional code by many contributors, see the Credits screen Originally released under the GPL 2.0 (and later) in November 2012 Official website: http://www.ppsspp.org/ No BIOS file required to play, PPSSPP is in many ways a "HLE" emulator. To contribute, see [the development page](http://www.ppsspp.org/development.html). For the latest source code, see [our github page](https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp). For build instructions and other development tutorials, see the [wiki](https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/wiki). What's new in 1.0.1 ------------------- * Bugfixes like the save state scroll issue, cosmetic issues like overscroll * Some cheat code bugfixes * Adler32 and Mersenne Twister modules added (fixes some obscure games) * Fix for Jak & Daxter slowdown * Graphics hack for Phantasy Star Portable 2 for Direct3D9 * Fix compatibility with some PowerVR devices broken since v0.9.5-959-g4998044 What's new in 1.0 ----------------- * Many, many bug fixes in JIT and elsewhere, improving compatibility * Proper fix for Zenfone and related devices * Direct3D 9 supported as a rendering backend on Windows, helps on old GPUs and can be faster than OpenGL in many cases * You can now create specific configs per game * FPU rounding modes much better supported, fixes the Peace Walker boss that was undefeatable. NOTE: This breaks saves in Gods Eater - you must turn off the better rounding, load your save game, turn it on and save. * The JIT now uses SSE on x86, improving speed considerably. This does not affect ARM devices, that's for the next version or two. * Improved audio output code on both Windows and Android, reducing audio latency on Windows and on some Android systems * FFMPEG upgraded, fixed some music hangs ("GHA phase shifts") * Some Ad Hoc improvements, coldbird.net is now default adhoc server. Ad Hoc still unfinished and hard to use. * Graphics fixes: Bezier/spline drawing fixes, vertex position fixes, DanganRonpa on Adreno fixed, flat shading fixed, vertex cache improved, some PowerVR blockiness issues fixed, screen scaling filter added, Google Cardboard support * Simulate UMD speed better, fixing hangs in several games * More Atrac3 fixes, fixing hangs * Somewhat better disk full handling * Fixes to dynamic unloading of code, fixing problems in GEB and TRM 2/3 * Updated to SDL2 where applicable (Linux, Mac) * Some new features, like analog/dpad-swap hotkey, graphics hack for Phantasy Star, show last bit of debug log in dev tools, etc What's new in 0.9.9.1 ------------------- A few issues have been discovered in the release that need fixing, the Star Ocean fix had a bug and there are some unexpected slowdowns. Improved sceMpegRingbufferAvailableSize - UFC© Undisputed​™ 2010 now playable Improved ISO File System - Bleach Soul Carnival 2 now in-game (but freeze when in menu) What's new in 0.9.9 ------------------- * CLUT (paletted) texturing from framebuffers supported, fixing many graphical issues like the shadows in Final Fantasy: Type-0 * More types of framebuffer copies are now handled correctly, fixing a variety of graphical issues, like the sun in Burnout and many more * Better savedata compatibility with the real PSP * Support for more codecs used by "Custom BGM" and sometimes regular music in games: MP3, AAC * PMP video format support * Implemented some strange blending modes like ABSDIFF as shaders, fixing the outlines in DBZ Tag Team and more. * Emulation of the vrot CPU instruction improved - it caused cracks in FF3 graphics before * Many bugfixes around the UI, touch D-pad now works better when scaled large * Workaround implemented to support Star Ocean's stencil trickery as efficiently as possible on all platforms * Major corrections to module loading and memory management, fixing further games * Bulgarian and Thai language translations were contributed * Many, many more game fixes and bug fixes What's new in 0.9.8 ------------------- * OpenGL ES 3 detection bug on Xperia devices fixed, graphics work again. * More accurate audio mixing and emulation * Software rendering and display list performance improvements * Workaround for timing issue hanging Crash Tag Team Racing * Galician language * Built-in ARM disassembler improvements (dev feature) * Fix for immersive mode volume key issue on Android Kitkat * And more minor tweaks and fixes as always. What's new in 0.9.7.1 --------------------- * Some critical bugfixes (rotation, haptic feedback on Android, etc) What's new in 0.9.7 ------------------- * Several scheduling and audio fixes, fixing black screens in Yu Gi Oh games among other things. * Screen rotation and immersive mode support on Android * Large improvements to the software renderer (still not really playable, but looks right more often than not) * New VPL allocator and bugfixes, fixing Pangya Golf performance problems. * Some mpeg/video playback fixes, fixing Parappa The Rapper and others. Some issues remain. * Fix save state bugs causing incompatibility between 32 and 64-bit platforms. * Symbol map/debugger improvements * Depth buffer copy, fixing Jeanne D'arc. May cause minor slowdowns though, this will be worked around in the future. * MsgDialog fixes. Saving fixed in numerous games. * Initial multitouch support on Windows 8 for on-screen controls. What's new in 0.9.6 ------------------- * Large general speed improvements and assorted bug fixes * "Software Skinning" option which speeds up many games with animated 3D characters (but may slow down a few, like Monster Hunter games - experiment with turning it off) * Various fixes around stencil/alpha, reducing glow problems in Wipeout and Gods Eater Burst. * Timing improvements making more games run at the correct FPS, also fixing some audio issues * More debugger features * Option for four-way touch dpad, avoiding diagonal dpad issues * Better looking and individually resizable touch controls * Add ability to switch UMD in multi-disc games (works for most) * Emulate PSP-2000 rather than the 1000 model by default. Not much different in practice. * Automatic install of games from ZIP files, like demos and many homebrew. * VERY basic ad-hoc online play support, to be improved in future versions. See below. * Software renderer improvements What's new in 0.9.5 ------------------- * Many, many emulation fixes: - bezier/spline curve support, fixing LocoRoco and others - stencil clear emulation, fixing Final Fantasy IV text * Performance improvements in some games * Post-processing shaders like FXAA, scanlines, vignette * More solid save states (we will try to keep them working from now on. Save states only upgrade forward, not backward to older versions though). * Change render resolution independently of window size * Massive debugger improvements * Win32 menu bar is now translatable * Multiple UI bugs were fixed, and the UI instantly changes when a new language is selected * Win32: Ability to store PPSSPP's config files and memory stick files in places other than the same directory * Android-x86 support * Unofficial port for modified Xbox 360 consoles * Atrac3+ plugin no longer required. Symbian now supports Atrac3+ audio. * Symbian audio and ffmpeg is now threaded for more consistent media processing. * Haptic feedback support for mobile devices. * Accurate system information for mobile devices. * Qt audio has been fixed. * Analog controller support for Blackberry. ADHOC SUPPORT (by Igor Calabria) ================================ This is based on coldbird's code: http://code.google.com/p/aemu/ All credit goes to him! Status ------ Code is a bit of a mess and it's not fully functional yet, I still need to implement some functions and add a upnp lib(really important for people with routers). I did test it with some games(emulator <-> real psp with the server running locally) and it's looking good: * Worms Open Warfare: Ran just fine, I was able to play a whole match without problems * Monster Hunter Freedom Unite: Runs fine too. Gathering Hall and embarking on quests works * Dissidia Duodecim 012: Doesn't work. It requires some functions that I haven't implemented yet. Also, it uses a port < 1000 and thats reserved for admin apps on linux, running the emu as sudo "solves" it, but it's far from ideal. * Pacman World Rally: Works too. Update (Kyhel) : --------------- * Now compiles on both Mac OSX and Windows. For more details on how to play and build go to see there http://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?tid=3595&pid=59241#pid59241 * Got it tested windows <-> mac osx <-> psp, it works * Monster Hunter 3rd HD works too, as well as God Eater Burst.