PSP gets incredibly slow Dreamcast emulator

Posted Jul 28th 2008 10:42PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Homebrew

The PSP homebrew scene continues to expand to new, uncharted territories. This time, it appears drkIIRaziel of DCEmu has created a Dreamcast emulator for the PSP. Considering how powerful the hardware is, this seems like a rather futile effort, as evidenced by the first footage (seen above). While it will unlikely prove to be fruitful, this exercise shows the incredible skill and talent found in the community.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: dreamcast, emulator, homebrew

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7-28-2008 @ 10:53PM

Roundhouse Dude said...

oh my, headless Ryu!

7-28-2008 @ 11:04PM

cafecito said...

Heh, "incredibly slow" is an understatement. But, IMO it's great the thing even runs! To my knowledge, the DC is pretty similar in power to the PSP, so making the thing run is a great deed in itself.

7-28-2008 @ 11:21PM

anarkhy said...

Nah, Dc is much more power than psp. Wish we had a portable dc, the games would look fantastic.

Why are people spending time with this? I want a decent working MAME for psp.

7-28-2008 @ 11:42PM

cafecito said...

Well the DC has a 200 Mhz CPU and 100 Mhz GPU, so that's why I said they're "kinda" similar.

Anyway, a MAME would be great. A 100% SNES emu too!

7-29-2008 @ 12:07AM

Extinction said...

Actually PSP is more powerful than the Dreamcast.

Whoever said DC is much more powerful knows nothing about either system.

7-29-2008 @ 9:20AM

Christopher said...

Extinction, you should show ignorance with such bliss. You make yourself look like an idiot. Anybody who knows technology should know that the CPU speed is only ONE component of how a console performs.

I'm not saying that you're wrong, but making the statement you did so flatly automatically drives me to conclude that you don't know for sure.

7-29-2008 @ 9:49AM

Jtenma said...

ok, im confused now...

(i'm new to this...) So the DC IS stronger right? I mean it's a fukken console!

Also, say a computer with a 1.8ghz (dual core) were to try to run this...would this (old) computer have trouble running an application like this? Obviously this computer is WAY more powerful than the DC right?

Not that I would try this...

7-29-2008 @ 2:34PM

Lars said...

"So the DC IS stronger right? I mean it's a fukken console!"

That has little to do with it. They are right that pure clock speed isn't the only thing that makes a system. The PSP has a more powerful processor, but whether it has a better video processor, more memory, faster bus speeds, etc. I don't know. I would guess more likely than not though.

The fact that it's a console vs handheld doesn't mean much when they were created years apart. The hardware of the PS1 can fit on one chip the size of your pinky nail now.

But also, emulation is a tricky business. The hardware for which these games were originally designed could be less powerful, but also unique enough to make emulation impossible. With PC's it's definitely easier because it's just a question of brute force rather than elegance.

7-28-2008 @ 11:50PM

Danny F. said...

That guy is a monster... his coding on the dreamcast scene has been heavy duty since way back. Can't believe this was even possible, its like he defies nature or something...o_O

7-28-2008 @ 11:57PM

Maverick Saturn said...

PAINFULL, wonder how long it would take to complete the game :) At least they can boast longest play time in history :)

7-29-2008 @ 12:38AM

omgitsthepope said...

the dreamcast was weaker then the ps2 right? so how exactly is the psp stronger then it?

7-29-2008 @ 12:41AM

Dreadhead541 said...

ps2>psp>dreamcast

at least on paper anyways

7-29-2008 @ 1:32AM

BLee said...

I wonder if the n64 emulator works well now.. I remember it was really slow and buggy when I tried it a while back..

7-29-2008 @ 2:16AM

Jeremy said...

The thing with the DC though, is you had some full budget games on it. On the PSP, though, almost all games, even PSP only ones, are done on the cheap.

Also, the DC had built in texture compression, so actually generally had really nice looking textures in games. The PSP doesn't and doesn't have much video memory, so a lot of textures are dithered.

The PSP is probably more powerful, but a lot of DC games just looked better.

7-29-2008 @ 3:12AM

bryanson said...

ps2>psp>dreamcast

that is correct, the psp is closer to the ps2 then the dreamcast the ps2 was a weak system xbox>gamecube>ps2>dreamcast so the psp is not that far off the dreamcast was considered outdated in its own generation.

7-29-2008 @ 5:09AM

Dr Haisook said...

Very interesting. However, I wonder how efficient it can get. The game I'm interested in is 'Virtua Striker' which heavily lags on Chankast, an emulator on the PC. I think the DC is pretty difficult to emulate.

7-29-2008 @ 8:30AM

Alien said...

The thing is that people debate here nothing .... yeah nothing . Why ? Because you cant tell which one is more powerfull : the PS2 , PSP or DC . Most coders would probably agree that the PS2 has a slight advantage over the other two , but then the DC and PSP are built on such different technology that its hard to compare them ....

7-29-2008 @ 9:33AM

Christopher said...

That's true. The PSP will certainly never be able to run DC games at a playable speed. Too much CPU power being taken up by the emulation.

It DOES make one wonder if a DC emulator will run successfully on PS3. I say this blissfully unaware if there is a project going or not. I just haven't checked.

The Dreamcast was an amazing system and I have to smile when people here say the PS2 was better since "better" is an opinion. Somebody else mentioned about the texture compression. That's what made the DC a thing of beauty. The games just -looked- better. I remember looking at DC and PS2 side by side and thinking there was no way I was going to buy a PS2 at the time with DC games looking as nice as they did.

A lot of people blame Sony for killing the Dreamcast. I actually think that Sega killed the Dreamcast. The SegaCD and then the Saturn just ruined their credibility.

7-29-2008 @ 10:03AM

anarkhy said...

DC games is much more fluid and have better look than PSP.

PSP have a higher clock but in the system specifications DC hardware is superior.

Sony should at least had put some antialiasing in their system so the games wont have the look of saturn or ps1 games.

Anyway i heard SEGA is planning to launch DC 2 in 2012.

7-29-2008 @ 1:23PM

gurbinder said...

Is that true? or just a false rumor? I really want a system other than from nintendo, microsoft, and sony. They have all dissapointed me. PSP could be good in homebrew scene...

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