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fusionx · 12-03-2005, 01:59 AM

We are finally ready to announce to restart of Project pcPSP. This homebrew will be an emulator to emulate .exe files. With confilcts such as website revamp and examinations we can now begin.

The current Specs are:
- screen size optimization
- selecting of .exe files
- controls at the moment(anolog = mouse, Square = LMB, Circle = RMB)
- Speed at 333mhz
- Only 1.0 / 1.5 versions psp
- No windows shell, except a file explorer type for choosing .exe files

For more info and pictures, please see: 2life.co.nr

**KINGOFNOOBS** · 12-03-2005, 02:01 AM

well when its dont and working i will believe that.. until then your just a phony *no offense*

**Art** · 12-03-2005, 02:38 AM

I've always wanted an emulator for the .exe platform.
I can't wait to play it.

Quote:

- No windows shell, except a file explorer type for choosing .exe files

What if the .exe file happens to be Explorer.exe?
Art.

**flappie** · 12-03-2005, 02:56 AM

Is it just me or am I the only one not trusting people who are claiming to have a psp emulator (in the works) and linking to a file.

Plz don't open it guys, I think it's the guy from ePSP. So mod's, plz delete the link and let him post a link if the program is done and when he shows us proof, like pics etc.

fusionx · 12-03-2005, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Art

What if the .exe file happens to be Explorer.exe?

Then it will most likely show an Error.

- I posted this to tell people that there is a development of this accord is happening.
- I have only started and do not yet have an emulator running
- If no-one wants this then I'll abandon this project and leave the PSP to other 'Reliable' developers.
- If you can run windows and play GBA then obviously .exe emulation is possible.
- I am making this to get games like worms and half-life 1 working.
- Oh and by the way, where is this: Linking to file? If it says 2life.co.nr that happens to be the website name and for if you want more info/news.

**modcase** · 12-03-2005, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fusionx

- If you can run windows and play GBA then obviously .exe emulation is possible.
- I am making this to get games like worms and half-life 1 working.

Good luck. I can't say I agree with your logic on exe emulation, but I dont want to discourage you either. If you think its actually possible to do something like this and have the time to spend, people will listen, however there have been quite a few people who post news such as this and 99% of the time it turns out to just get hits on their site that doesn't offer anything new/unique making it short lived and rather pointless. That is the reason everyone is being cautious when they hear people claiming (n64/psx/exe/finalburn "emulators").

**cyanide** · 12-03-2005, 05:31 AM

other platform emulation has been possible because of there being loads of open source examples to port...
i dont believe emulating exes is easily possible for the simple reason that you would have to code most of the windows backend to run an exe (yeah right)...
and frankly, that is just about a hair's breadth away from being impossible...

show us what have you coded in the past...
or stfu and do some homework before crapping all over the psp forums...

**Fanjita** · 12-03-2005, 06:23 AM

It's possible, just extremely hard. Make sure you understand what you're letting yourselves in for

**cyanide** · 12-03-2005, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fanjita

It's possible, just extremely hard

now thats an understatement man

**IchigoKurosaki** · 12-03-2005, 07:23 AM

basicly porting Wine over to PSP Wine Headquarters

**iball®** · 12-03-2005, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IchigoKurosaki

basicly porting Wine over to PSP Wine Headquarters

I was going to say the same thing but you beat me to it.

**Nevada** · 12-03-2005, 07:48 AM

you'd need a way to process the instructions in a way the psp would understand (mips yey!), Basically you'd be doing wine, and as far as i know, the psp doesnt have the resources or speed to handle that level of emulation, Sure someone ported bochs and got win95 running, but it's not like the thing ran at a usefull speed, also in order to run an emulated environment with which to run that exe in, you'd need to write something to support everything the emulator needs, and given that most applications have fixed sizes (which for wine doesnt really matter), the psp would have great difficulty in handling it, unless of course all the 'exe's you plan on running are the same size, or smaller than the psp's screen size.

You're also linking to your site (which in addition to containing very little information about the project), also seems to look like you plan on offering full games, and full movies, which would be a big nono in posting here.

**Nytrix** · 12-03-2005, 08:00 AM

do you need anyone else on the dev team?

i can do gfx for the gui for the app.

i can also beta test

lemme know.

NytriXpsp@gmail.com

**cyanide** · 12-03-2005, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IchigoKurosaki

basicly porting Wine over to PSP

easier said than done...

**Master Inuyasha** · 12-03-2005, 08:27 AM

Let me get this straight, your making a windows .exe explorer for the PSP? Or, your making a PSP emulator for the computer?

**cyanide** · 12-03-2005, 08:46 AM

hes making a windows emulator for the psp

**Master Inuyasha** · 12-03-2005, 08:55 AM

Thank you, for a second, I thought he was going to make a .exe emulator for the PC! I was like, why dont you just run the .exe?

fusionx · 12-03-2005, 09:19 AM

Right so Everyone says it's hard...
You cannot say it is hard if you barely know how to code or just think it's that way, becuase of all the funky numbers, varibles etc.

My original plan was to port Wine. This program which is used to run Windows .exe on Linux. This has already been ported to OS X through Darwine, Link.

So if I follow these guidelines, follow ideas such as the Quake, bochs and GBA emulators then this emulator becomes very possible. This App will not use the Windows shell but as WINE defines you can run the apps through other means ie: by itself.

Yes I will be looking for help and not de-moralizing posts of how hard it is, because I know that this is hard and will take a lot of time to get this to work. So the more hands the faster and the better.

Please give ideas, examples of code, programs here for development use.

My site has just been launched so don't think much of it as content/catgories are there to say something is there. I will be changing this as I can.

Thanks for all your concern and de-moralizing messages but I am determined and will continue. For those who do care thanks and would really appreciate any help.

**TeamOverload** · 12-03-2005, 09:22 AM

it is pretty hard. also some of the games would be way too intense if you got it to actually work, and the framerate would be very slow

**cyanide** · 12-03-2005, 09:31 AM

can you list one project of yours apart from this exe emulator ?
what have you worked on in the past ?

fusionx · 12-03-2005, 09:37 AM

Yes I have done only one and that is a Rock, paper and scissors game, which i made quite complex. I won't be able to upload it as it was deleted off my Drive along with every other file at college.

**TeamOverload** · 12-03-2005, 09:39 AM

lets see here rock, paper, scissors (pretty basic and simple game to make) and now you are going to try and make a exe emulator for the psp. good luck..

**KINGOFNOOBS** · 12-03-2005, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fusionx

Yes I have done only one and that is a Rock, paper and scissors game, which i made quite complex. I won't be able to upload it as it was deleted off my Drive along with every other file at college.

how do we know you really made it and just not lying.

**cyanide** · 12-03-2005, 09:44 AM

i shall say no more...
my point has been proved...

**Garp** · 12-03-2005, 09:44 AM

fusionx...take the comments here to heart...at least the ones that matter. Fanjita is a VERY accomplished PSP coder by all accounts, including my own. So is TeamOverload and others that have posted. While the concept might be solid, the reality is that you're dealing with an extremely limited processor speed, sections of the board that are STILL locked off from general access (unfortunately) and limited memory that can be accessed or is even available in any way, shape, or form. Anything running above, say, Windows 3.1 level is going to be next to impossible to get to run in any kind of useable fashion.

I'm not saying not to do it...I'm just saying that many of the people providing some of the insight in this thread are actually pretty accomplished on their own and are worth listening to.

**TeamOverload** · 12-03-2005, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KINGOFNOOBS

how do we know you really made it and just not lying.

we don't. how convinient that his hard drive, just happened to get deleted.

12-03-2005, 01:59 AM	#1
fusionx Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SA Posts: 5 Trader Feedback: 0	pcPSP Begins We are finally ready to announce to restart of Project pcPSP. This homebrew will be an emulator to emulate .exe files. With confilcts such as website revamp and examinations we can now begin. The current Specs are: - screen size optimization - selecting of .exe files - controls at the moment(anolog = mouse, Square = LMB, Circle = RMB) - Speed at 333mhz - Only 1.0 / 1.5 versions psp - No windows shell, except a file explorer type for choosing .exe files For more info and pictures, please see: 2life.co.nr

12-03-2005, 02:01 AM	#2
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12-03-2005, 05:31 AM	#7
cyanide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: meh Posts: 2,799 Trader Feedback: 0	other platform emulation has been possible because of there being loads of open source examples to port... i dont believe emulating exes is easily possible for the simple reason that you would have to code most of the windows backend to run an exe (yeah right)... and frankly, that is just about a hair's breadth away from being impossible... show us what have you coded in the past... or stfu and do some homework before crapping all over the psp forums... Last edited by The Pope!; 12-03-2005 at 07:00 AM..

12-03-2005, 06:23 AM	#8
Fanjita Muppet Magnet Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 2,388 Trader Feedback: 0	It's possible, just extremely hard. Make sure you understand what you're letting yourselves in for __________________ Using firmware v2.00-v3.50? Open up a whole world of homebrew here The PSP Homebrew Database needs YOU! Your ISP may be illegally wiretapping all your web activity. Stop Phorm Now! Visiting the Edinburgh Festivals? Get practical advice from experts.

12-03-2005, 07:23 AM	#10
IchigoKurosaki Party at Las Noches! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,648 Trader Feedback: 0	basicly porting Wine over to PSP Wine Headquarters __________________ .:Nobis Development Group:. .:Personal Portfolio:. Playstation Portable - PSP1001 - 3.90 M33-2

12-03-2005, 02:56 AM	#4
flappie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57 Trader Feedback: 0	Is it just me or am I the only one not trusting people who are claiming to have a psp emulator (in the works) and linking to a file. Plz don't open it guys, I think it's the guy from ePSP. So mod's, plz delete the link and let him post a link if the program is done and when he shows us proof, like pics etc.

12-03-2005, 07:48 AM	#12
Nevada Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,848 Trader Feedback: 0	you'd need a way to process the instructions in a way the psp would understand (mips yey!), Basically you'd be doing wine, and as far as i know, the psp doesnt have the resources or speed to handle that level of emulation, Sure someone ported bochs and got win95 running, but it's not like the thing ran at a usefull speed, also in order to run an emulated environment with which to run that exe in, you'd need to write something to support everything the emulator needs, and given that most applications have fixed sizes (which for wine doesnt really matter), the psp would have great difficulty in handling it, unless of course all the 'exe's you plan on running are the same size, or smaller than the psp's screen size. You're also linking to your site (which in addition to containing very little information about the project), also seems to look like you plan on offering full games, and full movies, which would be a big nono in posting here. __________________ [B]Nevada's design blog : [/B][URL="http://www.nyleveia.com/"]http://www.nyleveia.com[/URL]

12-03-2005, 08:00 AM	#13
Nytrix PSP Developer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 371 Trader Feedback: 0	do you need anyone else on the dev team? i can do gfx for the gui for the app. i can also beta test lemme know. NytriXpsp@gmail.com

12-03-2005, 08:27 AM	#15
Master Inuyasha Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA \| Banned: 3 \| Warned: 3 Posts: 2,253 Trader Feedback: 0	Let me get this straight, your making a windows .exe explorer for the PSP? Or, your making a PSP emulator for the computer?

12-03-2005, 08:46 AM	#16
cyanide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: meh Posts: 2,799 Trader Feedback: 0	hes making a windows emulator for the psp

12-03-2005, 08:55 AM	#17
Master Inuyasha Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA \| Banned: 3 \| Warned: 3 Posts: 2,253 Trader Feedback: 0	Thank you, for a second, I thought he was going to make a .exe emulator for the PC! I was like, why dont you just run the .exe?

12-03-2005, 09:19 AM	#18
fusionx Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SA Posts: 5 Trader Feedback: 0	Right so Everyone says it's hard... You cannot say it is hard if you barely know how to code or just think it's that way, becuase of all the funky numbers, varibles etc. My original plan was to port Wine. This program which is used to run Windows .exe on Linux. This has already been ported to OS X through Darwine, Link. So if I follow these guidelines, follow ideas such as the Quake, bochs and GBA emulators then this emulator becomes very possible. This App will not use the Windows shell but as WINE defines you can run the apps through other means ie: by itself. Yes I will be looking for help and not de-moralizing posts of how hard it is, because I know that this is hard and will take a lot of time to get this to work. So the more hands the faster and the better. Please give ideas, examples of code, programs here for development use. My site has just been launched so don't think much of it as content/catgories are there to say something is there. I will be changing this as I can. Thanks for all your concern and de-moralizing messages but I am determined and will continue. For those who do care thanks and would really appreciate any help.

12-03-2005, 09:22 AM	#19
TeamOverload Rock Star FamousLastX Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CT\| FW: 4.01 M33-2 Posts: 11,844 Trader Feedback: 0	it is pretty hard. also some of the games would be way too intense if you got it to actually work, and the framerate would be very slow __________________

12-03-2005, 09:31 AM	#20
cyanide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: meh Posts: 2,799 Trader Feedback: 0	can you list one project of yours apart from this exe emulator ? what have you worked on in the past ?

12-03-2005, 09:37 AM	#21
fusionx Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SA Posts: 5 Trader Feedback: 0	Yes I have done only one and that is a Rock, paper and scissors game, which i made quite complex. I won't be able to upload it as it was deleted off my Drive along with every other file at college.

12-03-2005, 09:39 AM	#22
TeamOverload Rock Star FamousLastX Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CT\| FW: 4.01 M33-2 Posts: 11,844 Trader Feedback: 0	lets see here rock, paper, scissors (pretty basic and simple game to make) and now you are going to try and make a exe emulator for the psp. good luck.. __________________

12-03-2005, 09:44 AM	#24
cyanide Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: meh Posts: 2,799 Trader Feedback: 0	i shall say no more... my point has been proved...

12-03-2005, 09:44 AM	#25
Garp Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,042 Trader Feedback: 0	fusionx...take the comments here to heart...at least the ones that matter. Fanjita is a VERY accomplished PSP coder by all accounts, including my own. So is TeamOverload and others that have posted. While the concept might be solid, the reality is that you're dealing with an extremely limited processor speed, sections of the board that are STILL locked off from general access (unfortunately) and limited memory that can be accessed or is even available in any way, shape, or form. Anything running above, say, Windows 3.1 level is going to be next to impossible to get to run in any kind of useable fashion. I'm not saying not to do it...I'm just saying that many of the people providing some of the insight in this thread are actually pretty accomplished on their own and are worth listening to. __________________ [center][b]Mario WFC Friend Code for Garp 236282 679010 Animal Crossing Friend Code for Garp 1804-4961-5896[/center][/b]

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