Alternatives to PCSX-ReARMed
A PlayStation emulator forked from PCSX-Reloaded and optimized for ARM devices and handhelds. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
PCSX-ReARMed
A PlayStation emulator forked from PCSX-Reloaded and optimized for ARM devices and handhelds.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as PCSX-ReARMed.
DuckStation
A fast, accuracy-focused PlayStation 1 emulator. Excellent software, but licensed non-commercial and no-derivatives.
DuckStation is a PS1 emulator for Windows, macOS and Linux with recompilers for ARM and x86-64 plus upscaling, but it needs a BIOS image and is licensed CC BY-NC-ND.
Mednafen
Command-line multi-system emulator covering Saturn, PlayStation and more.
Mednafen is an open-source GPL-2.0 multi-system emulator covering PlayStation and more on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it is command-line driven and not optimized for ARM handhelds.
PCSX-Redux
A PlayStation 1 emulator forked from PCSX, built with debugging and reverse engineering tools.
PCSX-Redux is an open-source GPL-2.0 PlayStation 1 emulator from the same PCSX lineage, with debugging and reverse engineering tools, aimed at developers on desktop systems rather than ARM handhelds.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
RetroArch
One front end for dozens of emulators, with unified settings, shaders and a controller setup you only do once.
PCSX2
The PlayStation 2 emulator, twenty years in development, now running most of the library at full speed.
PPSSPP
A PSP emulator that needs no BIOS file and runs handheld games in HD on phones and PCs.
KNULLI
Batocera-based custom firmware that turns retro gaming handhelds into emulation devices with RetroArch and standalone emulators.
ROCKNIX
An immutable Linux distribution for handheld gaming devices, focused on retro game emulation.
