I was just wondering if you can play playstation games through a normal PC?
Cheers

Techicaly, its possible. You need the Bleem! emulator or an equivalent and a load of computer power, although todays average machine should manage it.

Legally, Bleem! got sued into oblivion over the inclusion of the BIOS ROM although Sony would hae jumped at any excuse to shut them down. I don't know whether there are any current sources of it or whether there are any equivalents, but PS emulation is legally dubious at best.

PS... but I have heard PS 2 might cause some problems for PC systems...

Oh, if its not legal better try and find an old playstation then!1
Oh, dose anyone one know if PS1 memory cards will work in PS2's?

Quite sure they do (only for PS1 games of course)... think I've had some problems with some of the fancier cards though (there are some 'quite-a-few in one' cards around).

Gnarf is correct, only on PS1 games, though. As far as the fancier ones, I'd just go with a "Sony" made card. They're like, what, $5 now?

Actually it's quite easy to do, all you have to do is copy your PS game onto a regular cd on your computer. Works pretty well, it has for me anyway.

You can also use vgs141. it works almost the same way as Bleem.

http://www.epsxe.com/

epsxe is brilliant for playing PS1 games on your PC. the only problem is the leagal 'issues' surrounding getting the bios. you will need to find one to use it, and although im not going to point you to one, google is very helpful.

i really dont see the harm in emulating games. i own a PS1, and my brother owns a PS2. but the graphics on my pc are far far better than those from either platform at playing my ps1 games. you just need to tinker with the plugins :D

[ 12-29-2003, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: Zero Alpha ]

I only use emulators for NES, Atari, and Sega Genesis, so i dont get sued into oblivion like Bleem!