To quote a certain Atlus game I can’t stop playing, “Time marches on, and the age of a new king draws nearer.” This particular king, of course, is the Steam Deck, which has been a retro gamer’s dream since it launched.
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To quote a certain Atlus game I can’t stop playing, “Time marches on, and the age of a new king draws nearer.” This particular king, of course, is the Steam Deck, which has been a retro gamer’s dream since it launched. But unless you’ve been paying close attention to the emulation scene lately, you may have missed the news that PlayStation 4 emulation is now up and running on Steam Deck. And it’s looking very promising!
PS4 Emulation On Steam Deck Just Hit A Surprising Milestone
The wizards behind the ShadPS4 project have given Steam Deck owners yet another gift, and it's one more argument for Valve's handheld being the emulation king.
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replied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm I presume some sort of highlevel emulation?
> "natively executing the x64 code of PS4 binaries" - source: ShadPS4 github
Yup, looks like they are emulating the APIs and running the x86-64 code directly, rather than emulating the CPU. (i.e. It's closer to Wine/Proton than MAME). Neat trick and congrats to the team for the results on SteamDeck
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replied to DrYak last edited by
@dryak I'm on the fringes of understanding the technicalities behind this, and I appreciate the insight! Would this account for potentially better emulation performance than we've seen with PS3? If I understand correctly, the PS3's Power PC-based processor was very, very proprietary and difficult to develop for.
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replied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm I have started Blooodborne as well on ShadPS4. It plays flawlessly and I'm loving it so far! Great job by the ShadPS4 team!
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replied to :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos last edited by
@ReverseModule We live in amazing times. Thanks for sharing!
