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Editor's Choice

Editor’s Choice emulators stand out for delivering a gaming experience unrivaled by any other emulators on their platform. Emulators in this category are professionally reviewed by our staff and are the recommended starting point for most gamers.

ePSXe
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To date, ePSXe is the best PSX emulator available, and unlike many others of the past, it’s also free of charge. For the best compatibility, ePSXe takes the crown, hands down. For more information on this great emulator, please see the Editor’s Choice Review.

v1.7.0 for Windows (5/24/2008)

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Recommended Emulators

Recommended emulators provide good compatibility, performance and stability. Emulators in this category are suitable for gaming.

AdriPSX ILE Visit Homepage	AdriPSX is a very reliable and compatible PSX emulator developed by Roor Makurosu and Juan Fazzini. AdriPSX has full PSEmu Pro plugin support as well as a simplified GUI for ease-of-use. AdriPSX also includes a decent set of default plugins, with the exception of a few quarks in the Gamepad plugin. Definitely worth a look to any PSX gamer. v1.0.5 for Windows (4/22/2002)
PCSX Visit Homepage	PCSX is a fairly advanced and compatible open-source PSX emulator written by Linuxappz. PCSX features an internal HLE BIOS which means it will be able to run most supported titles “out of the box” without the need for a real PSX BIOS ROM. A drawback to PCSX is a slightly un-intuitive interface and the fact that no default plugins are included. As a result, to use PCSX, you will need to download Graphics, Audio, CDROM, Gamepad and Netplay (if you choose to use Netplay) plugins. As a side-note, PCSX also has the option to change the default language to Italian. v1.5 for Windows (5/14/2003) v1.5 Source (5/14/2003)
pSX Visit Homepage	pSX is a Playstation emulator for Windows and Linux. It is able to run many commercial titles playably. A complete compatibility list can be found on the pSX website. pSX also contains a R3000 debugger which may be of interest to developers v0.13 for Windows (8/27/2007)
PSXeven No Homepage	PSXeven is a Playstation emulator by Xeven with great compatibility and fairly good speed. PSXeven features a very nice GUI and the usual PSEmu Pro plugin system. The default set of plugins could best be described as the “failsafe” configuration, seeing as just about anything will run using them. The only plugins you may want to replace are the GPU and input plugins. Plugins and GUI aside, this emulator has excellent compatibility and is quite stable. The only downside to PSXeven is that at times, it’s slightly more demanding than some of the other emulators in terms of system requirements. To use PSXeven, you’ll also need a PSX BIOS ROM. Also available is a work-in-progress build. This build is akin to a beta, and as such may exhibit instability and may contain incomplete features. Most users should download the current v0.18 build. v0.19 WIP for Windows (4/29/2005) v0.18 for Windows (7/9/2004)

Other Emulators

Emulators in this category are generally considered early in development or have not reached a level of compatibility, performance and stability that would be suitable for gaming. These emulators are considered works-in-progress.

PSinex
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PSinex was written by Psychojak in C. Like many others, PSinex has full support for PSEmu Pro compatible plugins. Compatibility is somewhat limited compared to other available emulators, and stability leaves a lot to be desired. To use PSinex, you’ll need a full set of plugins and a BIOS ROM seeing as no default plugins are provided and BIOS emulation is not available.

Revision 5 for Windows (11/24/2001)

1.8GHz Single Core Processor
Mid-Range Dedicated Video
1GB of RAM

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