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what systems can be emulated on PC? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to c/emulation@lemmy.ml
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So, I've been wondering. On the average desktop PC, what systems can be emulated. Without power being a concern. What aew the other limiting factors?

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[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Nearly all of them.

A better question would be,
which systems can not yet be emulated on PC.

E.g.

  • PS4 emulation is still in it's infancy stage,
    barely runs games, and has high demands
  • PS5 emulation does not exist yet afaik
[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

PS5 runs an x64 AMD CPU and GPU, meaning it really shouldn't take much to emulate. Modern game systems are just customized desktop PCs, unlike systems like the PS3 which had very specialized hardware that's notoriously difficult to emulate

[–] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How much does ps4 demand? Getting a midrange gaming PC soon

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't tested out the PS4 emulators myself yet,
due to them still being in their infancy, so I'm not expecting great play-ability yet.

shadPS4 currently is the most promising PS4 emulator though,
in their FAQ they mention the minimum system requirements:

However, these requirements likely will not suffice / appear very low to me,
which they also do mention in their FAQ.

Also, if you're interested,
I've collected all the open source emulators which I know of
and/or used in the past in a Github list (currently has 111 entries):
https://github.com/stars/Rikj000/lists/emulation