Hi guys, I see there is a similar thread but its like 2 years old so I thought I rather make a new topic.
So I was wondering why the only accepted emulators are epsxe, Xebra and Mednafen. I dont know any emulator at Spyro2 that doesnt run considerably slower than a PS2 with Fast Disc loading. I made some runs using pSX 1.13 and I already lose 5s from leaving glimmer until gaining control in summer forest over a console run so why is that run not legit for submission.
The problem I have with the suggested emulators in the rules is that they lag like mad, especially epsxe. The input lag is horrific and when Im streaming or starting a local recording this is amplified making it very hard to play properly. pSX is a rather lightweight emulator that doesnt have those issues and at least at Spyro2 it is way slower than console so I wonder why it is not allowed to use it.
Also I wonder if the rule on epsxe version 1.9 is intentionally banning the current version 2.05 or if it is outdated. Thank you!
Well the main reason is that spyro 2 is a PS1 game, so the only accepted emulators are ones that emulate a playstation 1 console the best, the accepted emulators are the only ones that are known to be accurate and emulate a playstation the best. We are not looking for a 'PS1 FDS loads' emulator.
I see I wonder why that i so given that fds is allowed. In my eyes the only thing that makes sense is allowing emulators as long as they are slower than console counterparts. pSX is exactly the same in speed as epsxe at this particular game, btw epsxe is in no way an accurate psx emulation. epsxe is like the least precise emulator out there it is good for playing because it allows plugins that produce nice audio and video but its load times, input lag and also its behavior in critical situations where a real console would already freeze are little to do with consoles. If you want a good emulation of a gray fat psx the only option is Mednafen but well since ps2 fds is allowed why are other emulators not good for submission as long as they are not faster. I dont understand that I guess thats pretty much my initial question.
There's more to emulation than just emulating load times- specifically for Spyro 2, attempting to swim underwater (with Sparx) in Dragon Shores will crash the game on console but not on emulator. Emulators also have a lot of trouble getting lag right and usually end up lagging less. There has to be a standard somewhere for emulation accuracy, and it has to be what the emulator is trying to emulate. For a PS1 emulator, that's a PS1.
PS2 FDS is allowed because it's official hardware and that's as good a distinction as there's going to be for what is/is not allowed.
