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DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is to be as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for low-end devices. «Hack» options are discouraged, the default configuration should support all playable games with only some of the enhancements having compatibility issues.

A «BIOS» ROM image is required to to start the emulator and to play games. You can use an image from any hardware version or region, although mismatching game regions and BIOS regions may have compatibility issues. A ROM image is not provided with the emulator for legal reasons, you should dump this from your own console using Caetla or other means.

Features

Fully-featured frontend built using Qt, as well as a fullscreen/TV UI based on Dear ImGui.
CPU Recompiler/JIT (x86-64, armv7/AArch32, AArch64, RISC-V/RV64).
Hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal) and software rendering.
Upscaling, texture filtering, and true colour (24-bit) in hardware renderers.
PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation.
Adaptive downsampling filter.
Post processing shader chains (GLSL and experimental Reshade FX).
«Fast boot» for skipping BIOS splash/intro.
Save state support.
Windows, Linux, macOS support.
Supports bin/cue images, raw bin/img files, MAME CHD, single-track ECM, MDS/MDF, and unencrypted PBP formats.
Direct booting of homebrew executables.
Direct loading of Portable Sound Format (psf) files.
Digital and analog controllers for input (rumble is forwarded to host).
Namco GunCon lightgun support (simulated with mouse).
NeGcon support.
Qt and «Big Picture» UI.
Automatic updates with preview and latest channels.
Automatic content scanning — game titles/hashes are provided by redump.org.
Optional automatic switching of memory cards for each game.
Supports loading cheats from existing lists.
Memory card editor and save importer.
Emulated CPU overclocking.
Integrated and remote debugging.
Multitap controllers (up to 8 devices).
RetroAchievements.
Automatic loading/applying of PPF patches.

System Requirements

A CPU faster than a potato. But it needs to be x86_64, AArch32/armv7, AArch64/ARMv8, or RISC-V/RV64.
For the hardware renderers, a GPU capable of OpenGL 3.1/OpenGL ES 3.1/Direct3D 11 Feature Level 10.0 (or Vulkan 1.0) and above. So, basically anything made in the last 10 years or so.
SDL, XInput or DInput compatible game controller (e.g. XB360/XBOne/XBSeries). DualShock 3 users on Windows will need to install the official DualShock 3 drivers included as part of PlayStation Now.

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