Universal PPSSPP - PSP Emulator (by Henrik Rydgård)

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    Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ppsspp-psp-emulator/id6496972903

    PPSSPP - PSP emulator

    Henrik Rydgård
    Play PSP games on your iOS device, in high definition with extra features! PPSSPP is the original and only PSP emulator…
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    Play PSP games on your iOS device, in high definition with extra features! PPSSPP is the original and only PSP emulator for mobile devices. It can run nearly all PSP games with great performance on iOS. No games are included with this download. Use your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files (see the homepage for instructions), or simply play free homemade games, which are available in the built-in "Homebrew Store". The PPSSPP project is in no way affiliated with Sony. PSP is a trademark of Sony.
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    Seller:Henrik Rydgård
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    Release:May 15, 2024
    Updated:Aug 04, 2024
    Version:1.17.4
    Size:39.6 MB
    TouchArcade Rating:Unrated
    User Rating:Unrated
    Your Rating:unrated
    Compatibility:HD Universal


    PPSSPP Gold - PSP emulator

    Henrik Rydgård
    PPSSPP is the original PSP emulator for mobile devices. It runs a lot of games, and on most modern iOS devices, it will …
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    PPSSPP is the original PSP emulator for mobile devices. It runs a lot of games, and on most modern iOS devices, it will run a majority of games with great performance. No games are included with this download. Use your own real PSP games and turn them into .ISO or .CSO files, or simply play free homemade games, which are available in the built-in "homebrew store". The PPSSPP project is in no way affiliated with Sony. PSP is a trademark of Sony.
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    Seller:Henrik Rydgård
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    Release:May 15, 2024
    Updated:Jun 26, 2024
    Version:1.17.3
    Size:39.6 MB
    TouchArcade Rating:Unrated
    User Rating:Unrated
    Your Rating:unrated
    Compatibility:HD Universal
     
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  3. sebgo

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    Maybe it's because there are no differences between both versions that it's not going through?
     
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    Very impressed with this. Played a fair few
     
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    Bought on iPad but not available on us App Store
     
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    Great emulation so far on my iPhone 13 Pro Max
     
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    Switched to 1080p (PSPx4) on my 15 Pro without a hint of performance loss. Still navigating the system, but so far so good.

    Would gladly pay to support the dev.
     
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    For some reason my games aren’t showing up on the app. They load from my files and play fine. They just won’t go into the app as games.
     
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    Had the same problem. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as with Delta, which automatically copies the file to its own folder. You need to do it manually, either with your Mac/PC or using the File app on iOS (PPSSPP has its own Games folder in your device).
     
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    Ahhh. Thank you. I’ll look for the folder.
    So far for iOS delta is the one for me. It really is the easiest to use.


    Edit: That worked. Thank you!! Still like Delta lol
     
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    Can’t play Final Fantasy Type-O with Delta :).
     
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    Bloodiest FF game I've seen. It has some slight visual issues on Provenance's PPSSPP core, I'll check it on actual PPSSPP and see if it's better.
     
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    So far it looks beautiful on PPSSPP. Do you have the English patched version?
     
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    #14 sebgo, May 15, 2024
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    Yes, that's the version I just checked.

    It somehow runs or feels a bit faster than on Provenance and the visual issue I experienced isn't present now (some "ghost" clone being cast above the character when standing behind debris at the start of the game). Surprised it works so well, given the fact I have an iPotato (iPh8), although I had already noticed the good performance with my go-to PSP game, Rockband Unplugged, although I first set some settings to their lowest values in order to start from the bottom until I can find a better balance between visual quality and performance.

    I forgot to check whether game-specific settings can be applied, so that games that aren't too demanding may be set to higher quality while still performing well and the opposite for demanding titles.

    Edit: Yes, it supports game-specific settings. GoW: Ghost of Sparta runs bad on my phone, no matter the settings. Still, that's a game I already beat looooong ago, twice, and only checked it for testing performance. Maybe if they add Vulkan some games can get better performance (I think that one runs faster than GL or whatever).

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    So it works on iPad just downloaded fight night round 3 on the psp emulator
     
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    Glad to hear that — so far I’ve found Type O to be a very well written game, and it would be a shame to miss that.

    I know you can do Vulkan on Android — that’s what I’m using on my Retroid Pocket 4. That said, I’m getting 60FPS on iOS for Ghost of Sparta, even with OpenGL, but that should not be a surprise on a 15 Pro.
     
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    Miyoo mini plus is the small system I have retroarch on. Much different on that than iPhone. But not powerful enough to play certain, mame games. And can’t do n64 or psp. But for what it’s worth that machine is awesome. Gave me all the nostalgia I needed lol.
    Well I thought so. Now I am just downloading all the same stuff to my phone lol.


    Oops wrong chat lol
     
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    @sebgo Thanks for reminding me of GoW: Ghost of Sparta. Started playing it again on PPSSPP and I’m just blown away. It’s amazing what the ReadyAtDawn team was able to accomplish in such a limited platform. Highly recommended, even if you haven’t played other games in the franchise.
     
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    Cool! I’ll try Test Drive Unlimited ASAP on my iPhone 12. It ran great on a Pocophone F1, so I guess it should be great on the iPhone too.
     
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    #20 VirtualBoyFreak, May 16, 2024
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    So I tested TDU and it works great, at perfect 60fps using the .INI cheat archive. I had one enormous slowdown which I think was due to having the resolution at PSPx2 and the iPhone overheating, but I turned it to PSPx1 and it’s fantastic.

    One weird thing was that I couldn’t copy archives directly from iTunes to the PSP folder. Nonetheless, since I have access to archives through the iPhone, I used another app which accepted archives (Canva) to copy the archives to its folder, and from there move it to PSP using the iPhone internal file explorer (the .ISO to the PPSSPP folder and the .INI to cheats folder inside PSP). on my iPad, which iTunes has detected as a completely new device, I can copy archives to PPSSPP. Therefore, I guess not seeing the PPSSPP archive sharing on iTunes in my iPhone has to do with a wrong setting or similar in my iTunes configuration. Oh well, no worries,

    EDIT: Forget it, I wasn’t scrolling down well enough, doh…

    I’ve already tested Out Run 2006 and Ridge Racer 2 and they both look awesome. It’s great to be able to play these games on iOS. They look so much better than in the original PSP…
     
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