In the past, these boards have had no rules regarding which PS1 emulators are acceptable and which aren't. Some recent discussions, along with some submissions on emulators known to be innacurate (namely pSX), have prompted a change to this policy.

From now on, ePSXe 1.7 and higher are allowed for PS1 games. All other emulators are banned.

We understand that with the existence of FDS and VFDS, almost every PS1 emulator is slower than the fastest official release. Loading times, however, are not the only factor. PSXfin and PCSX-r have known innacuracies in Spyro 3, and we simply don't have enough knowledge of other emulators to justify allowing them.

Feel free to respond to this thread if you have any issues with this ruling, we welcome any and all input from the community. -Dact

Use of the PS2 Fast Disc Speed setting will now be allowed for Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Previously, this setting was disallowed as a result of functionality issues directly caused by enabling the setting; however it is possible to consistently correct these issues when they occur.

Here is an estimated comparison of Standard Disc Speed and Fast Disc Speed (credit to Breakingu):

¤This post will be edited to include more relevant information soon.