It's so ridiculous that PS5 doesn't have a PS1 and PS2 emulator with disc and previous digital purchase support. Sony got a really good PS1 emulator working on the fucking PSP. There's obviously no technical limitation (I get that there might be for PS3). It sucks. I've got my old Champions of Norrath and Timesplitters PS2 disks desperate to get played. And I no longer have my PS1 disks, but I bought like 25 PS1 games digitally for my PSP, PS3, and Vita; those purchases transferred across those systems without any issue (for the most part) and now they're just thrown out. I miss the glory days of the PS3 where I could play any PlayStation game on one system, where I got to fuck with a digital multitap.
Exactly, they could probably get a PS1 emulator that can internally upscale games to like 8k 120fps running on PS5, but at the very least just a basic, no-frills emulator would not be a challenge for them.
If you have the money you could get a second hand PS3, any model of PS3 can play PS1 disc games with a bit of anti aliasing (called ps smoothing) and in full screen or 4:3. If you jailbreak it (it's possible to jailbreak all ps3s now I think) you can play your own PS1 and PS2 isos and all. If you have a PC PS1 emulaton should be very doable, I play PS1 games on my phone sometimes.
Yeah I love emulation, my potato pc isn't powerful enough to run PCSX2, but I use my jailbroken PS3 for PS2 emulation. My PC and phone both have the PS1 emulator and dolphin emulator on them, as well as PPSSPP, and that's a ton of fun. My phone sometimes emulates games better than my PC lol, but it's fun to play need for speed underground 2 on my phone while waiting for the bus or something.
There is definitely a PS1 emulator (as well as PSP and PS2 emulator) on the PS5 in order to play playstation classics (old PS1, PS2 and PSP games available for digital purchase on the playstation store). It just isn't unlocked for the user to do what they want with it for a ton of reasons I explained in another comment. Also the official Sony PSP emulator hasn't been worked on in a while, they only configure it to work for a few games, look at the sad state of these lists:
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps4/PSP_Emulator_Compatibility_List
Fuck, why not even have a PSP emulator, too? Vita could be weird with the touch screen + back panel but plenty of games on there would also work - there was a home console version of the system, after all.
There are ways to get around the touchscreen issue. There are a lot of games for the WiiU that depended on having the second screen on the gamepad that were able to be ported to the Switch with minimal difficulty.
It's so ridiculous that PS5 doesn't have a PS1 and PS2 emulator with disc and previous digital purchase support. Sony got a really good PS1 emulator working on the fucking PSP. There's obviously no technical limitation (I get that there might be for PS3). It sucks. I've got my old Champions of Norrath and Timesplitters PS2 disks desperate to get played. And I no longer have my PS1 disks, but I bought like 25 PS1 games digitally for my PSP, PS3, and Vita; those purchases transferred across those systems without any issue (for the most part) and now they're just thrown out. I miss the glory days of the PS3 where I could play any PlayStation game on one system, where I got to fuck with a digital multitap.
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Exactly, they could probably get a PS1 emulator that can internally upscale games to like 8k 120fps running on PS5, but at the very least just a basic, no-frills emulator would not be a challenge for them.
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If you have the money you could get a second hand PS3, any model of PS3 can play PS1 disc games with a bit of anti aliasing (called ps smoothing) and in full screen or 4:3. If you jailbreak it (it's possible to jailbreak all ps3s now I think) you can play your own PS1 and PS2 isos and all. If you have a PC PS1 emulaton should be very doable, I play PS1 games on my phone sometimes.
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Yeah I love emulation, my potato pc isn't powerful enough to run PCSX2, but I use my jailbroken PS3 for PS2 emulation. My PC and phone both have the PS1 emulator and dolphin emulator on them, as well as PPSSPP, and that's a ton of fun. My phone sometimes emulates games better than my PC lol, but it's fun to play need for speed underground 2 on my phone while waiting for the bus or something.
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I just think Intel HD graphics ™️ is the problem lol
There is definitely a PS1 emulator (as well as PSP and PS2 emulator) on the PS5 in order to play playstation classics (old PS1, PS2 and PSP games available for digital purchase on the playstation store). It just isn't unlocked for the user to do what they want with it for a ton of reasons I explained in another comment. Also the official Sony PSP emulator hasn't been worked on in a while, they only configure it to work for a few games, look at the sad state of these lists:
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps4/PSP_Emulator_Compatibility_List
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/PSP_Emulator_Compatibility_List
Isn't the PS1 emulator actually running inside the PSP emulator?
Yes, it does on Vita.
The Vita system only does partial emulation of the PSP as there is a MIPS R4k CPU like the PSP auxiliary on the Vita system.
The PS3 system does not.
Not on the PS3 or PS4 as far as I'm aware, that could be the case for the vita
I do appreciate good PS4 BC on PS5, at least (if I'm ever able to get one)
Fuck, why not even have a PSP emulator, too? Vita could be weird with the touch screen + back panel but plenty of games on there would also work - there was a home console version of the system, after all.
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I'm confident Sony could get one working given that they designed the system. Mark Cerny could do it himself if he had the time.
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I suppose I'm honestly surprised it's not a profitable revenue stream, selling classic games.
There are ways to get around the touchscreen issue. There are a lot of games for the WiiU that depended on having the second screen on the gamepad that were able to be ported to the Switch with minimal difficulty.
On that note, everyone go play The Wonderful 101
Yeah even as I said I remembered the PSTV, which was a Vita that used a DS3 and a TV, so Sony already got around it.
As you can see OP, my ass is also burned on this subject