Playstation 3 Emulator?

Was there a successful emulator built for even the PS2? I remember having a good emulator for PS1 and could play games like Tekken 3 comfortably (although with minor issues). I read somewhere that emulators for the PS2 and PS3 are hard to come by and development in this field is going on slowly? Even if it did work, would it be fun playing in front of the PC monitor than in front of the TV??

Hmm looks like I guessed right about the PS2/3 emulator - it's not going to happen perfectly any soon!



I remember reading somewhere that there is a good xbox emulator available for Windows and it runs because they share similar architecture? I'm not sure whether I got that right but it was something like that, and that article said the possibility of successfully emulating xbox and xbox360 games on windows was more than that of the PS series. I wonder how far that is true...

I mentioned I had minor issues while playing Tekken 3. It was precisely this - the graphics rendering wasn't impressive and there wasn't any background music, etc. The only true emulator that emulates everything is available only for Gameboy but there everything is limited so one can't enjoy the game(s) fully.



Typical behaviour from Microsoft. Well in this case I guess one can't blame them for protecting their hardware so carefully. Emulators aren't really supposed to be available, are they? Even if the gamers have bought original discs, using emulators instead of consoles isn't right. (blah blah blah people do it anyway!) Anyway, it would be better if the programmers working on emulators spent their time on some other useful project. They could come up with a fully functional emulator for the PS3, but who knows, by then we could be playing on the PS4

Interesting theory - maybe you should try it out once and post the results for us so that we can decide which machine to buy next

Anyway, you made your point. In the end it's the owner's choice what to do with the disc. Play it, eat it, bite it or smash it. All the company cares is that they got paid for it!

It may not be readable but the special software you mention (I'm guessing you have something like IsoBuster in mind?) manages to read the disc and rip its contents onto the PC or into an iso file, and that is how of course it gets leaked onto the net. After getting the disc's content onto the PC the futile effort of playing it normally in an emulator begins!



The company doesn't care what we do with the disc - all they bother about is that we don't make illegal copies of it. And is that really a contract? Isn't it more like a warning? A warning which scares you by saying that your disc may get damaged unless you use it in the prescribed machine. Whether its a warning or a contract, at least it doesn't put any restrictions like DRM does for music. As long as we use the disc on the correct machine, we can do whatever we want with it.

Rules are meant to be broken anyway It's just too bad that this isn't one of those problems which can be fixed by using some sort of crack/patch. There's no other option but to patiently wait for those tireless developers who are working on a PS3 emulator to finish their job and come out with something that actually works. Our controllers are ready - we just need to wait for the emulator, which unfortunately, is nowhere in sight.

Hey Yordan, I've already sent you a PM regarding this but thought it's best to clear it here as well. First, by the words Rules are meant to be broken, I was only referring to the well-known phrase and was not stating that the forum rules are meant to be broken! Next, I was in no way encouraging the use of c****s! I hardly talked about it all all - it was just a mention in a sentence which wasn't talking about how it is used. I'm sorry if the mere mention of the word is offensive - I'll be careful not to mention it again!

PCSX3? Lol PCSX2 itself wasn't very successful in emulating PS2 games. What hope is there for the PS3?! I got the list of minimum requirements for the PCSX2 from Wikipedia. Take a look:




Now if those are the requirements for PS2 games, one can very well imagine what the requirements will be like for the PS3 games - they're way more advanced than the PS2 ones so it would need very powerful configurations. And people who can afford to get those powerful parts can very well afford to get the PS3 itself, so the whole point of using the emulator is meaningless! One can very well buy the PS3 and enjoy the original experience rather than buying expensive hardware and trying to adjust with dull speeds.