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download game ps1 for pc How To Play PS1 Games on Your Windows PC. If you are yearning for the past and wanted to relive your PSX memories, the DuckStation emulator will fill your needs, and let you play any PS1 game on your PC! shares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. I n this guide, we will talk about ” How To Play PS1 Games on Your Windows PC”. Bear in mind that there are other emulators out there such as ePSXe, but it’s outdated now and it requires plugins to work properly unlike DuckStation that works very well. After the brutal competition with Nintendo and Sega back in the nineties, who would have thought for one second that Sony was slowly marching in with a console such as the PlayStation? Since Sega was already struggling with the competition, the PS1 brought nothing but more worries and more hardships. Sony wasn’t playing around that time. They made a lot of games that convinced the customer to instantly purchase the console. Such games are Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Spyro, Medievil, and others that are still haunting players to this day. (No wonder why fans are clamoring for remakes every single day). If by chance you had a sudden surge of nostalgia that went through your veins, fear not, because there’s an emulator that is capable of emulating any PS1 game you can think of. This emulator is Duckstation. A fine and easy emulator that will help a lot of people to play any game they want from the platform. Come and read all about this emulator down below. Table of Contents. What is DuckStation? DuckStation is a recent PlayStation 1 emulator that focuses on bringing accuracy, speed, and playability to low-end computers, as well as, high- end ones. While the emulator promises to be as accurate as possible, the developers are trying to put performance as a high priority. The emulator is facile to navigate compared to the once-best PS1 emulator, ePSXe. You can download this fine emulator from the official Github page. To stay up to date with recent updates, it’s highly recommended to bookmark the link. After you download the emulator, you’ll need to get the BIOS in order to launch the program and, of course, play games. Note that mismatching game regions and BIOS regions may sometimes cause compatibility issues, so it’s highly recommended to match the BIOS with its respectable region. How to Install DuckStation? Similar to DeSmuME, Redream, and PPSSPP, DuckStation is a standalone emulator that doesn’t have an installation wizard. Installation is simple, extract the Zip/Winrar which contains the emulator and you are good to go. As always, you need to place the emulator on anything other than the C/drive. How to Configure DuckStation? Just like PCSX2, DuckStation requires plug-ins and a BIOS in order to function, without these, good luck running the emulator. They are essential pieces of software to let the program up and running. Once you get them and set up the emulator, you won’t be required to re-do the processor configure the emulator once again as they’ll be saved into the BIOS directory. Here’s how the BIOS files should look like inside your folder : How Do I Check-Up Which BIOS I’m Using on DuckStation? With DuckStation, it’s easy to detect which BIOS you’re using. The emulator has two executables: The first one is a nogui-x64-ReleaseLTCG , and the other is qt-x64-ReleaseLTCG . Personally, I have seen no major difference between the nogui and qt release, except the different designs. It really depends on what you want to use. See below to check how they look like. As you can see, the emulator is built to detect the BIOS that matches your game’s region. For example, let’s assume you wanted to run an import game, and you possess the Japanese BIOS, then DuckStation will do that for you. This is a nice feature, and it saves you the time of switching back and forth between the bios files each time you want to boot a game from a different region. How to Configure the Controller Using DuckStation? Just like any emulator out there, DuckStation allows you to use your controller, mouse/keyboard, or even a lightgun. To access the controller settings, simply head to Settings on your top right as indicated above. Or, go to Settings ＞ Controller Settings as shown at the top of your left. After you do that, you’ll arrive at the window above you. The emulator is set to play games using your keyboard by default. To change them, simply press the field you desire, and press the button from your controller. I’m using a Logitech F310 for this guide, and it works out of the box. You just press the fields and map your controller. In case if you’re also planning to use the Logitech controller, just flip the switch on the back of your gamepad in case if it doesn’t get recognized. However, personally, it should be recognized whether you’re using DirectInput or Xinput mode. How to Play PS1 Games on Your PC. After you have your game at hand, create a folder, name it whatever you want, and put your game inside. Head on to Settings ＞ Game List Settings . A screen should pop up like this: Basically, what you’re doing right now is adding your game’s directory folder to the emulator. So, next time when you boot up your game, it will show up like this: If you want to run your game manually, just go to Start Disc , and run your game from there. But personally, I prefer the method I showed above. How to Enhance the Graphics Using DuckStation? In this section, we’ll see how you can improve the graphics using the emulator to look better than the real thing. Unlike ePSXe, DuckStation brings many features that make it better than the aforementioned. Check all the information below! Display Settings. In this section, we will be diving into the Display Settings and what each option does. The section is divided into 3 fields: Basic , Screen Display , and On-Screen Display . Let’s see what every single option does. Basic. The first option shows the Renderer you can use on Duckstation. There are 4 renderers in the emulator: Hardware D311 , OpenGL , Vulkan , and Software . If you have a very low-end computer, it’s recommended to stick to D311 or OpenGL. If you’re using an AMD GPU, you definitely opt to tick Vulkan. Secondly, there’s the adapter. This one should have the name of your GPU and not the Basic Microsoft Renderer. Thirdly, there’s the fullscreen mode in which you can choose whatever resolution you want as shown down below: The other options, Optimal Frame Pacing, and use Blit Swap Chain are not very necessary, but if you’re curious what they do, check below: Screen Display. This section doesn’t require much explanation as everything is pretty clear. You got the Aspect Ratio which can reach up to 32:9. There’s downsampling that plays a huge role in improving the overall image quality in mixed 2D/3D games. However, this option is often not advised by the DuckStation emulator when using 3D games, and it only applies to hardware renderers. So, if you’re using Software, you may not see any difference at all. Next, we got Integer Upscaling which sharpens the image quality, Stretch to Fill, Linear Upscaling, and Internal Resolution Screenshots. On-Screen Display. To sum up this section, it’s all about monitoring the performance of your emulator. For example, you can tick Show FPS to check the framerates. There’s also VPS that shows the numbers of frames ( or Vsyncs) per second display by the system on the top right of the program. Additionally, you can tick Show Emulation Speed to check the speed of the system on the top right of your program. Lastly, there’s Show Resolution which is obvious. Enhancement Settings. Rendering Enhancements. One of the features that make DuckStation a recommended emulator over ePSXe is its interesting enhancement settings. These settings not only make PS1 look great, but also better than the original hardware. At first glance, we can see the internal resolution scale . DuckStation is capable of scaling up to 9x , which in this case means 4K resolution . Below, there’s Multisample Antialiasing. The emulator has a plethora of options to choose from as users are capable to choose up to 16x SSAA. Display Enhancements. One of the best features of DuckStation is that it forces PAL games that would usually run below 60hz to the intended frequency. In addition, thanks to the Chroma Smoothing, you can smooth out blockiness between color transitions in 24-bit content, usually FMV (Full Motion Video). PGXP (Precision Geometry Transform Pipeline) Looking back, the PS1 had some wobbly polygons and warping textures that were the norm back then. Unfortunately, people, these days have grown accustomed to sharp textures and fixed polygons. So, many find it difficult to play games that have that kind of stuff. Luckily, DuckStation got you covered with its interesting features. Below, we will see the comparison between Geometry Correction and Texture Correction enabled and disabled. Note that this feature may not work with every game on the system, and you should expect some glitches and bugs with obscure titles, but as far as my test went, these glitches or bugs did not break the game.