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Meet RetroArch RetroArch isn’t an emulator in and of itself – think of it as a hub for emulators and media accessible under a single, unified interface. Emulating games on PC usually means a full emulator and different program per platform, but RetroArch can actually emulate quite a large number of systems, all within a single program.

RetroArch’s emulators, called “cores,” are generally ported emulators from other developers in the scene. Some emulators, however, are actually made just for RetroArch, and because of this they may even be better than modern standalone emulators on the scene. This is the case for leading RetroArch PS1 core, Beetle PSX, which we’ll be teaching you how to install and use in this article. Related: PS1 BIOS, Gamepad, and Other Things You Need For optimal RetroArch PS1 emulation, you’ll want the following: •.

I recommend a PS3 pad for that authentic control experience or an Xbox One pad for better support. If using a non-Xbox pad, make sure you have an XInput driver/wrapper enabled.

• A modern Windows PC for best performance (and the most accurate guide) though RetroArch is cross-platform enough for this guide to work on other platforms. • PS1 bios file corresponding to the global region of the game you want to play (US, Japan and Europe being the most common), placed into the ‘system’ folder of Retroarch Expanding slightly on the note of BIOS files, we can’t legally tell you where to download these. What we can tell you is that the most common bios files are: • scph5500 (NTSC – Japan) • scph5501 (NTSC – US) • scph5502 – (PAL – Europe) • scph5552 (PAL – Europe) You can check the default directory that Retroarch scans for BIOS files under “Settings -> Directory -> System/BIOS”. Note that the BIOS file names are case-sensitive, so need to be written without caps, and suffixed with ‘.bin’.

A Few Settings to Tweak As long as you have an XInput-enabled gamepad, you won’t need to do too much to have a good RetroArch PS1 emulation experience. However, there are a few things you’re going to want to tweak for an optimal experience. First, head over to “Options -> Input.” Now, use Left/Right on your D-Pad to select a Menu Toggle Gamepad Combo. I recommend setting L3 + R3 as your shortcut. If you’ve followed up to to this point, your controller is ready to use, and you’ve acquired the PS1 bios file(s) that you’ll need to play your games. Some games may work without a BIOS, but for full compatibility we highly recommend one.

Now, let’s get to the juicy stuff: installing the emulation core. Having problems with Retroarch? Take a look at. Create “.cue” Files for Your PSX Games When you rip a PS1 game, you should always make sure that you do it into the BIN or BIN/CUE format.

This will essentially divide the output files into the BIN file, which stores most of the game data, and the CUE file, which is what Retroarch searches for when you scan for PS1 games. If for whatever reason you don’t have the “cue” file accompanying your “bin” file, or if your ripped PS1 game is in another format like “img”, then you’ll need to create a “cue” file for that game and put it into the same folder as the main image file. Creating a CUE file is simple enough, and to make it even simpler you can use to generate the text for a cue file. Just drag-and-drop the game’s img or bin file into the box on the site, and it will generate the “cue” file text for it. Note that if the ripped PS1 game is divided into different audio tracks, you should copy them all into the online tool as well, so all the game files are contained in one “cue” file. Then copy-paste the cue file text into a Notepad file, save it using the exact same file name as the game’s main image file, and save it in the same folder as the main image file. Now, when Retroarch scans for your PS1 games (which we’ll move onto shortly), it will find them by the “cue” files you created, and add them to your library.

Install Beetle PSX (HW) First, head to the Main Menu, then select Online Updater. Within Online Updater, select Core Updater. Scroll down to Playstation (Beetle PSX HW). You can also choose the non-HW version, but I recommend using HW instead. Select it to install it.

Once installed, head back to the Main Menu and Load Core. Find PlayStation (Beetle PSX HW) and select it! This will load the Core into RetroArch. You’ve installed the core. Now, how do you get your games into RetroArch proper?