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General discussionPlayStation 1 (PS1) games are being emulated on Steam(136 posts)(136 posts)
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Posted June 30, 2015
This is great news, I just bought FF 7,8, 9 and Vagrant Story on PSN (Big in Japan Sale), so hopefully there will be another avenue of curatorship (is that a word?) for PS1 stuff.
Posted June 30, 2015
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bpsilvia: snip
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ericmachado70: Wish GOG would start selling PS1 games on here especially jrpgs
You can wish all you want but it is not the point of the subject.

Wouldn't mind some ps1 games that is for sure. Not the JRPG's though. The market is already too full with them.
Posted June 30, 2015
So they are selling emulated software for a bios they probably don't own via a rental system. Sounds great!
Posted June 30, 2015
Fantastic news!

More classic games a new generation can enjoy, and hopefully help conserve some more games for the future. Will be interesting to see how good the emulation is.

At a quick glance at the list, I am looking forward to Loaded, ReLoaded and Koudelka.
Posted June 30, 2015
With the BIOS? Yeah this will end in a Sony lawsuit.

I bet the emulation is sub-par as well, as is usually the case with commercial releases.
Posted June 30, 2015
If they have the rights to the game and use a HLE BIOS I suppose it could work.
It'll be interesting to see if they get sued into oblivion.
Posted June 30, 2015
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ReynardFox: With the BIOS? Yeah this will end in a Sony lawsuit.

I bet the emulation is sub-par as well, as is usually the case with commercial releases.
Hmmmm.... this might not be true, but here is what one of the people say on game's Steam forum:

They are using PCSXR, a GPLed emulator with no release of the source changes the company made. There is no license acknowledgement, nor release of sources like Wisdom Tree did for its Super Noah's Ark engine port.

So no, its not legal at all.
Posted June 30, 2015
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Grargar: Hmmmm.... this might not be true, but here is what one of the people say on game's Steam forum:

They are using PCSXR, a GPLed emulator with no release of the source changes the company made. There is no license acknowledgement, nor release of sources like Wisdom Tree did for its Super Noah's Ark engine port.

So no, its not legal at all.
That sounds pretty much like what I expected, I would not be surprised to see these games quietly disappear before long.
Posted June 30, 2015
Some pics revealing the underlying PCSXR:

https://twitter.com/opcode_raeg/status/615796065556525056

https://twitter.com/opcode_raeg/status/615796865099919361
Posted June 30, 2015
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park_84: Some pics revealing the underlying PCSXR:

https://twitter.com/opcode_raeg/status/615796065556525056

https://twitter.com/opcode_raeg/status/615796865099919361
Well that's that, they're officially shameless thieves.
Post edited June 30, 2015 by ReynardFox
Posted June 30, 2015
On their site there's Koudelka, does this means they can release it on Steam?
Posted June 30, 2015
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Grargar: They are using PCSXR, a GPLed emulator with no release of the source changes the company made. There is no license acknowledgement, nor release of sources like Wisdom Tree did for its Super Noah's Ark engine port.
So no, its not legal at all.
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park_84: Some pics revealing the underlying PCSXR:
https://twitter.com/opcode_raeg/status/615796065556525056
https://twitter.com/opcode_raeg/status/615796865099919361
(-_-)
Posted June 30, 2015
Well, I guess it's off to report them to VALVe and PCSXR.
Posted June 30, 2015
Oh wow, this is going to be good. Can't wait for the lawsuits and refunds.
Posted June 30, 2015
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Fenrir007: Interesting, but usually those officially emulated games have absolutely awful emulation quality that pales in comparison to any of the emulators already out there in the market.

Why don't they just make a deal with emulator developers so that they may use the emulator on their official release? It's so much better developed.

Also, if they are using the psx bios, I wonder if they got the rights for it.
Is that true of the Sega Classics Mega Drive / Genesis games too? Is it best to download the game from Steam and then take the ROM and run it in another emulator? - which one?
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