step by step Installation of Epsxe emulator (English)

English tutorial of using PSX emulator “EPSXE”

About PSX

PSX A.K.A Sony Playstation A.K.A Ps one was a console video game using a standard cd format which took the market of console video game in the mid of nineties. Not only that the Psx was capable of displaying a full 3D environment in the video game, it also supported the Video and CG format which was quite rare for that time (the competitor for using CD format was Panasonic 3do)

About Epsxe

Epsxe is a Sony Playstation emulator run in Window, Linux, and Android environments. The Epsxe have been around for years and the compatibility as well as the stability of the emulator have been proven to be the best of its peers. Almost all games can work in Perfect state or even better in a modern computer. Hopefully using this article, audience can do the installation of epsxe and start playing their favorite oldies title in a High Definition ^-^

This tutorial will explain how to setup the emulator in the Microsoft windows.

In order to get the emulator please visit www.epsxe.com. In that site you can find a download tab under the news word. Up to this article made, the emulator is already come in a version of 1.9

There will be many choice of epsxe versions available. Click the left mouse button in the epsxe v1.9.0 windows and you will be given the choice to save the zip file. Save the file inside your computer /download folder

To extracting the zip file, you can install a winrar (demo version) or you can find a 7z program (which is free). Find them in www.winrar.com or www.7zip.org or you can extract the zip file directly (in win7) by clicking the right mouse button and click the open tab then extract.

In order to get the program up and running, you need to get two additional download. You need to download the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) as well as the plugins for the epsxe since the original epsxe software doesn’t provide with either of them.

Reader can visitwww.pbernert.com/html/gpu.htm and find the psx gpu plugin tab. Please find the video plugins that supported in windows. In this example, we will download Pete Windows psx GPU

In order to get the audio plugin, reader can click the tab of Psx Spu Plugin. We will download P.E.Op.S. DSound PSX SPU

In addition, we also need the CD Rom plugin for the epsxe. Please go to the tab of Psx cdrom plugin and download P.E.Op.S. PSX CDR

In order to get the BIOSes, you can search the google by typing PSX bios. Most of the emulator site will provide the bios download or you can also dump your own Bios using a bios dumper.

Extract the zip file epsxe 1.9 to the new folder (it is better if you create a separate folder like games or emulation to save the time later). Inside the folder epsxe 1.9, you will find a folder plugin and bios. Please extract the Pete windows PSX plugin, P.E.Op.S. DSound PSX SPU, and P.E.Op.S. PSX CDR to the plugin folder

and put or extract the bios in the bios folder

Just click the left mouse button in the epxe 1.9 application. It will start the configuration wizard, which ask you to set the epsxe first. Click config

Chose the bios that you want to use then click next

Chose the video plugin. If you already have a modern graphic card and your computer can play graphic heavy video games, try the D3D driver or Pete’s Open GL driver. If not you can opt to use the pete’s soft graphic which is not as flashy/smooth but take less CPU Power

Click Config to configure the video

In order to get the quality of high definition with the resolution of 720p, change the desktop resolution to 1280x720 or even higher if you like.

In addition, if you want softer and better texture (especially if you are playing a 3D games) change the texture quality to R8G8B8A8 dan texture filtering to extended + smoothed sprites

Klik Ok then click next