RmDebArc_5 ( RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip ) to Emulation@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDuckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up171file-text
arrow-up171imageDuckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.lemmy.mlRmDebArc_5 ( RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip ) to Emulation@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJames R Kirk ( Kirk@startrek.website ) Banned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoSurprised to hear that with the popularity of Retroarch on the Steam Deck
minus-squareRmDebArc_5 ( RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoAFAIK retroarch uses swanstation, a hard fork specifically for retroarch created in 2024 when duckstation switched from GPL to a source available license. Also retroarch alternatively has the beetle core which is also a pretty good ps1 emulator
minus-squareJames R Kirk ( Kirk@startrek.website ) Banned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoDid not realize swanstation was not the same as Duckstation! In my experience Beetle is good for accuracy but does not run well on lower end systems.
minus-squareprocapra ( procapra@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoSo then, really, swanstation is better anyway.
minus-squareRmDebArc_5 ( RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWell, swanstation doesn’t work standalone and some people have said it performs worse, but it’s not like you need a very powerful system anyway
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent ( NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agodeleted by creator
Surprised to hear that with the popularity of Retroarch on the Steam Deck
AFAIK retroarch uses swanstation, a hard fork specifically for retroarch created in 2024 when duckstation switched from GPL to a source available license. Also retroarch alternatively has the beetle core which is also a pretty good ps1 emulator
Did not realize swanstation was not the same as Duckstation! In my experience Beetle is good for accuracy but does not run well on lower end systems.
So then, really, swanstation is better anyway.
Well, swanstation doesn’t work standalone and some people have said it performs worse, but it’s not like you need a very powerful system anyway
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