Zinc to emulate PSX?

[Robert]

Source - R.Belmont

 

Running in reverse

As most people understand by now, the ZiNc arcade emulator runs games based on varients of the original 1995 Sony PlayStation hardware. For a variety of reasons (one being just to see what happened), I’ve done some initial work towards having it also emulate the base home console itself. The 3 major points of difference are the CD-ROM drive’s type (custom Sony vs. IDE or SCSI in the arcade boards that used CDs), the memory cards, and the joypads. I hooked up a CD-ROM capability by loading and calling out to an ePSXe-compatible CD plugin and almost immediately started getting some cool things to happen. Here’s a few:

 

Silent Hill: Boot warning Title

Wipeout XL: Title In-game

Tekken: Galaga (loading)In-game

Crash Bandicoot: Title

Time Crisis: Title In-game

Madden NFL ‘97: Main menu In-game

 

Please note that the final fate and design of this feature are not yet decided, so if you’re definitely interested in shaking things up a little in PSX emulation (it’s been kinda dead for a while, hasn’t it?), voice your support on the official ZiNc forum at bannister.org.

[Agozer]

I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a new PSX/Arcade hybrid emulator. Well, ZiNc isn't exactly new, but you know where I'm getting at.

[flowrent]

Is there any progress with Namco System 11 and 12 emulation?