Well, the games will dust off, because you don't have to squeeze them into your CD drive to enjoy the retro classics again on the PS1 emulator pSX. We'll explain how to gamble PS1 games on PC.
PS1 Emulator: Play PS1 games on PC
Before you start, we have to say a note: The PS1 emulator pSX contains (as is common for emulators) no games and also not the BIOS file SCPH1001.bin required to run. Downloading this data is also not legal unless you own the game disks you want to download as PS1 roms and a PlayStation console.
Do you want to dive into the nostalgic feeling you had when you gambled with the first PlayStation controller Crash Bandicoot, Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey, Pandemonium, Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer or Metal Gear Solid? With various PS1 emulators (presented below) you get this feeling on the PC monitor.
Download PS1-Roms or create them yourself?
Downloading ROMs (read-only memory) from the Internet, i.e. relevant Rome and emulator pages, is not entirely legal. So where do the games come from?
The only safe and, above all, legal approach is to create your own backup. Of course, you have to own the original for that. It is often stated on The Rome pages that if you have the original, you can download the ROM. However, this is not legal and for this reason we will not give any link tips at this point.
Just slide your PS1 CD into your drive and start the emulator
You can now either play directly from the CD or drag the said backup copy to the hard drive using a burner
You also need to download the SCPH1001.bin and d3dx9_26.dll files (if the latter is an error message) and copy it to the emulator's Bios folder.
The best PS1 emulators
Psx
unfortunately, pSX is no longer being developed, but is nevertheless a tried and tested PlayStation emulator for the PC. In addition to playing PSOne games, you can also determine graphics, sound and keyboard layout yourself and also create cheats and freeze savegames.
pcsX reloaded
The PS1 pcSX emulator has been in existence since 2000 and frequently changed developers in the following years. With the reloaded version, however, the emulator has now found its home under the GNU license and does not require an extra BIOS file to play the files.
