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2PCSX-ReARMed - yet another PCSX fork
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4http://notaz.gp2x.de/pcsx_rearmed.php
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7About
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10PCSX ReARMed is yet another PCSX fork based on the PCSX-Reloaded project,
11which itself contains code from PCSX, PCSX-df and PCSX-Revolution. This
12version is ARM architecture oriented and features MIPS->ARM recompiler by
13Ari64. It was created for Pandora handheld, but should be usable on other
14devices after some code adjustments.
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16PCSX ReARMed features GPU plugin from PCSX4ALL project.
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19Usage
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22This version features a framebuffer driven menu that can be used to run
23games and configure the emulator.
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25Supported CD image formats:
26- .bin/.cue
27- .bin/.toc
28- .img/.ccd/.sub
29- .mdf/.mds
30- .Z/.Z.table
31- .bz/.bz.table
32- .ZNX/.ZNX.table (partial)
33- EBOOT.PBP (PSP, partial)
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35CDDA (CD audio) support requires .cue/.bin format.
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37The emulator can simulate BIOS, which means BIOS files are not required,
38however implementation is not complete and some games still need real BIOS
39to work. To use real BIOS, copy uncompressed BIOS files to
40[sd card]/pandora/appdata/pcsx_rearmed/bios/
41then select the BIOS you want to use in Options->BIOS/Plugins menu.
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44Plugins
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47GPU (graphics) and SPU (sound) plugins can be selected in
48[BIOS/Plugins] menu:
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50builtin_gpu - the P.E.Op.S. GPU plugin, most accurate but slow.
51gpuPCSX4ALL.so - plugin from PCSX4ALL project. Faster but has some glitches.
52gpuGLES.so - experimental port of P.E.Op.S. MesaGL plugin to OpenGL ES.
53 Occasionally faster but has lots of glitches and seems to
54 be rather unstable (may crash the system).
55builtin_spu - P.E.Op.S. SPU plugin, most accurate but slow.
56spunull.so - NULL plugin, i.e. no sound emulation.
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58
59Changelog
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61
62r4 (2011-01-15)
63+ added real BIOS support (and various things for it to work)
64* fixed various recompiler issues
65+ added interpreter option (useful to overcome dynarec bugs)
66* fixed some memory card related issues with HLE bios
67* rewrote frame limiter (old was sometimes sleeping needlessly)
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69r3 (2011-01-05):
70+ added Pickle's port of gpu-gles from psx4m project
71+ added PCSX4ALL gpu as a plugin
72* improved gpu plugin support
73+ added savestate preview
74* various frontend fixes
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76r2 (2010-12-29):
77* fixed memcard paths
78* fixed a keybind copy-paste bug
79* properly implemented pad handling
80 (inputs no longer control both emulated pads at once)
81* fixed a crash caused by framebuffer out of range access
82* fixed SWL/SWR handling (usually resulted in graphic glitches)
83* fixed BxxZAL (Medal of Honor)
84* fixed alignment crash in color space conversion code (Lunar)
85* fixed SWC2 occasional use of wrong address register (Parasite Eve)
86* fixed firstfile() handling in HLE BIOS (broken memory cards in some games)
87+ added per-game configs (controls still not saved though)
88+ added simple plugin select interface to the menu
89
90r1 (2010-12-25):
91* initial release
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94Credits / License
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97Emulator core:
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99(C) 1999-2003 PCSX Team
100 (c) 1998 Vision Thing
101 Linuzappz <linuzappz@pcsx.net>
102 Shadow <shadow@pcsx.net>
103 Pete Bernett <psswitch@online.de>
104 NoComp <NoComp@mailcity.com>
105 Nik3d
106 Akumax <akumax@pcsx.net>
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108(C) 2005-2009 PCSX-df Team
109 (c) Ryan Schultz <schultz.ryan@gmail.com>
110 (c) Andrew Burton <adb@iinet.net.au>
111 (c) Stephen Chao <schao@myrealbox.com>
112 (c) Marcus Comstedt <marcus@mc.pp.se>
113 Stefan Sikora <hoshy@schrauberstube.de>
114
115(C) 2009-2010 PCSX-Reloaded Team
116 edgbla (Root counters, various core/plugin fixes)
117 Firnis (GTE code from PCSX-Revolution Project)
118 Gabriele Gorla (MDEC decoder)
119 Peter Collingbourne (Various core/psxbios fixes)
120 Dario, NeToU, siveritas (Various bugfixes)
121 shalma (GTE Divider, various core fixes)
122 Wei Mingzhi (Maintainer, input plugin, iso/cheat support, misc stuff)
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124PCSX4ALL GPU plugin:
125 (C) 2010 PCSX4ALL Team
126 (C) 2010 Unai
127 Franxis <franxism@gmail.com>
128 Chui <sdl_gp32@yahoo.es>
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130GLES plugin (psx4m project):
131 (C) 1999-2009 by Pete Bernert
132 EQ
133 Olli Hinkka
134 Proger
135 Pickle
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137builtin GPU/SPU plugins:
138 Pete Bernert and the P.E.Op.S. team
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140MIPS->ARM recompiler:
141 (C) 2009-2010 Ari64
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143integration, optimization and frontend:
144 (C) 2010-2011 notaz
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146Source code is released under GNU GPL license, version 2 or later.
147See COPYING included in the archive (.pnd can be extracted using unsquashfs).
148The source code is available in a GIT repository at:
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150git://notaz.gp2x.de/~notaz/pcsx_rearmed.git
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