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While [[Xbox_360:RetroArch|RetroArch]] covers most bases when it comes to emulation, you have the option to install standalone emulators listed below. There are two main types of emulators: XEX and ELF emulators. Keep in mind that ones that sound "too good to be true" likely will run very poorly on the system.
Emulators are applications that act/behave like a completely different system in order to play games released before / not natively made for PS4. On the PS4, there are two types of emulators: official emulators (either made by Sony or the company that made/owns the rights to the emulated console) and emulator ports (fan-made emulators ported to PS4).


==Emulators==
* Officially, the PS4 can emulate: PS1, PS2, PSP and Sega Saturn.
* Emulator ports allow the PS4 to emulate: MSDOS, NES, every GameBoy, MAME, Atari Lynx, Neo-Geo Pocket, SNES, VirtualBoy, WonderSwan, Nintendo 64, PS1, Sega Genesis/MegaDrive, Nintendo DS, FB Alpha Arcades, Capcom PS1,2 &3, MSX, NEC PC-FX, NEC PC Engine, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, old PC games, Atari 2600, Atari Jaguar, Vectrex, PSP, various ports, and 3DO.


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== Emulators ==


==Homebrew Games==
=== Official ===
* PS2 (with creation tools such as PS2-FPKG 0.6)
* PS1 (with creation tools such as PSX-FPKG 0.2)
* PSP (with creation tools such as PSP-FPKG v1.0.1 )
* Sega Saturn (with creation tools such as SATURN-FPKG 1.1)
 
=== Native ===
* RetroArch (multiple systems - unofficially ported)
* mGBA (Game Boy Advance)
* PCSX-R (PS1)
* GBemu (Game Boy / Game Boy Color)
* Cinoop (Game Boy / Game Boy Color)
* PS4NES (NES)
* PNES (NES)
* Reicast (Dreamcast)
* Yabause (Saturn)
* fMSX (MSX)
* Chip8 (CHIP8)
* OpenBOR (Open Beats of Rage engine)
 
=== Via PSP Package ===
SMSPlus (Master System)
 
=== Via PS2 Package ===
SNESStation (Super Nintendo)
FCEUX (NES)
DOSBox (MS-DOS)
 
=== Via RetroArch for PS2 ===
ReGBA (Game Boy Advance)
DaedalusX64 (Nintendo 64)
QuickNES (NES)
PicoDrive (Genesis / Master System)
PGEN (Genesis)
 
== Homebrew Games ==
* Lapy Game Collection
* Lapy Game Collection
· River Raid by Lapy
* River Raid by Lapy
· Console Wars by Lapy
* Console Wars by Lapy
· Brain Splitter by Lapy
* Brain Splitter by Lapy
· Nanospeed Gamer by Lapy
* Nanospeed Gamer by Lapy
· PS4 Doom ps4 port of DOOM
* PS4 Doom ps4 port of DOOM
· PS4 Snake ps4 port of Snake
* PS4 Snake ps4 port of Snake
· PS4 Pacman ps4 port of Pac-Man
* PS4 Pacman ps4 port of Pac-Man
· ShepHard by MasterTurkey
* ShepHard by MasterTurkey
· The Enchanted Forrest by RetroGamer74
* The Enchanted Forrest by RetroGamer74
 
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 5 August 2023

Emulators are applications that act/behave like a completely different system in order to play games released before / not natively made for PS4. On the PS4, there are two types of emulators: official emulators (either made by Sony or the company that made/owns the rights to the emulated console) and emulator ports (fan-made emulators ported to PS4).

  • Officially, the PS4 can emulate: PS1, PS2, PSP and Sega Saturn.
  • Emulator ports allow the PS4 to emulate: MSDOS, NES, every GameBoy, MAME, Atari Lynx, Neo-Geo Pocket, SNES, VirtualBoy, WonderSwan, Nintendo 64, PS1, Sega Genesis/MegaDrive, Nintendo DS, FB Alpha Arcades, Capcom PS1,2 &3, MSX, NEC PC-FX, NEC PC Engine, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, old PC games, Atari 2600, Atari Jaguar, Vectrex, PSP, various ports, and 3DO.

Emulators

Official

  • PS2 (with creation tools such as PS2-FPKG 0.6)
  • PS1 (with creation tools such as PSX-FPKG 0.2)
  • PSP (with creation tools such as PSP-FPKG v1.0.1 )
  • Sega Saturn (with creation tools such as SATURN-FPKG 1.1)

Native

  • RetroArch (multiple systems - unofficially ported)
  • mGBA (Game Boy Advance)
  • PCSX-R (PS1)
  • GBemu (Game Boy / Game Boy Color)
  • Cinoop (Game Boy / Game Boy Color)
  • PS4NES (NES)
  • PNES (NES)
  • Reicast (Dreamcast)
  • Yabause (Saturn)
  • fMSX (MSX)
  • Chip8 (CHIP8)
  • OpenBOR (Open Beats of Rage engine)

Via PSP Package

SMSPlus (Master System)

Via PS2 Package

SNESStation (Super Nintendo) FCEUX (NES) DOSBox (MS-DOS)

Via RetroArch for PS2

ReGBA (Game Boy Advance) DaedalusX64 (Nintendo 64) QuickNES (NES) PicoDrive (Genesis / Master System) PGEN (Genesis)

Homebrew Games

  • Lapy Game Collection
  • River Raid by Lapy
  • Console Wars by Lapy
  • Brain Splitter by Lapy
  • Nanospeed Gamer by Lapy
  • PS4 Doom ps4 port of DOOM
  • PS4 Snake ps4 port of Snake
  • PS4 Pacman ps4 port of Pac-Man
  • ShepHard by MasterTurkey
  • The Enchanted Forrest by RetroGamer74
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