Emulation

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Introduction

Links

Compatibility lists, etc...

Common Stuff

XMB settings related with PS1 and PS2 emulators

PS1 Native resolution

Games are always 4:3 with any resolution between 640x480 NTSC / 640x512 PAL (the bios initialisation screen) and lower:

  • Horizontal: 256 (rare e.g. Dragon Warrior VII), 320, 368 (occasionally 384 e.g. SF Zero 3 but not X-Men vs SF which was shrunk to 368), 512 or 640
  • Vertical: 240 (NTSC), 256 (PAL), 480 (NTSC), 512 (PAL)

Tekken 3 uses a strange pixel area of 368x480. Regardless of the screen area, the aspect ratio is still 4:3 for all PlayStation games. Very common resolutions : 320x240 for NTSC and 320x256 for PAL.

PS2 Native Resolution

Video output resolution: variable from 256x224 to 1280x1024 pixels

PS/PS2 Upscaling & smoothing

Options added to XMB since 1.80++ Both options can be set individually. See the info in the official user guide and some samples

  • In XMB Settings[Game Settings][PS/PS2 Upscaler]
    • [Off] - Disable upscaled output.
    • [Normal] - Upscale and display at a size that matches the screen size (keep 4:3 aspect ratio)
    • [Full] - Upscale and display at full screen by changing proportions and stretching the image (to widescreen)
  • In XMB Settings[Game Settings][PS/PS2 Smoothing]
    • [Off] - Disable smoothing
    • [On] - Use smoothing to reduce the roughness of the displayed image (note: when titles that support progression scan have this option turned on, they revert back to 480p with no alterations)