Does anyone have any resources or guides on how to get into emulation?
It's literally easy (and I don't mean this in an insulting way): You get the emulator you want (RPCS3 in your case), install/run it. You go to a site that contains the .rom/.iso of what you're looking for (Demon's Souls in your case) and download it. Then you load the .rom/.iso via the emulator program to run the game.
You do need at least a 2013-esque gaming PC to run PS3 titles semi-satisfactorily on RPCS3, before I forget. Demon's was able to run on an i5, IIRC. But it was like 15-20FPS. If you want 30 (which was what the console targeted bar blighttown) you'd need at least an i7, IIRC. Then 60 is the newer processors but honestly, forget the 60 right now.
Especially how to do it safely so I don’t get caught or get a virus
Run a VPN if you're that paranoid, but honestly: Most ISPs won't really give a shit if you're only pirating 1-2 titles at a time. You won't get a virus from the .rom unless someone is injecting stupid shit, which would change the MD5. Windows 10 now has the ability to check the file-hash integrity/MD5 so you could just confirm the MD5 somewhere else and then check, or just run a file-scan. But most ROM sites aren't going to be doing that shit because that's how you lose patronage. Just run an adblocker on the sites.
It's literally easy (and I don't mean this in an insulting way): You get the emulator you want (RPCS3 in your case), install/run it. You go to a site that contains the .rom/.iso of what you're looking for (Demon's Souls in your case) and download it. Then you load the .rom/.iso via the emulator program to run the game.
You do need at least a 2013-esque gaming PC to run PS3 titles semi-satisfactorily on RPCS3, before I forget. Demon's was able to run on an i5, IIRC. But it was like 15-20FPS. If you want 30 (which was what the console targeted bar blighttown) you'd need at least an i7, IIRC. Then 60 is the newer processors but honestly, forget the 60 right now.
Run a VPN if you're that paranoid, but honestly: Most ISPs won't really give a shit if you're only pirating 1-2 titles at a time. You won't get a virus from the .rom unless someone is injecting stupid shit, which would change the MD5. Windows 10 now has the ability to check the file-hash integrity/MD5 so you could just confirm the MD5 somewhere else and then check, or just run a file-scan. But most ROM sites aren't going to be doing that shit because that's how you lose patronage. Just run an adblocker on the sites.
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It's a hack, but it's possible to run it at 60: https://rpcs3.net/blog/2019/08/12/new-demons-souls-60fps-patch/