PPSSPP is a fast and portable PSP emulator released under an open source license.
PPSSPP simulates the BIOS and the internal OS. It does not currently emulate enough of the hardware for the actual PSP operating system to run.
Default settings balance good compatibility and speed.
Features include:
- Run your PSP games on your PC in full HD resolution.
- Customize on-screen touch controls or use an external controller or keyboard
- Save and restore game state. There’s support for multi-savestate slots.
- Anisotropic filtering and texture scaling.
- Simple Discord integration.
- Multithreaded OpenGL backend.
- Hardware tesselation of PSP Beziers and Splines.
- Full Vulkan support on Linux/SDL.
- Support for 4xSSAA,8xSSAA,FXAA,MSAA,SMAA,HQ4X filtering.
- Retroarch support.
- High DPI display support.
- UI option to run PPSSPP in fullscreen from startup.
- Game recording / TAS.
- Built-in support for sound adjustment
- Capture snaps in PNG format.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android operating systems.
Website: www.ppsspp.org
Support: FAQ, Forums, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Henrik Rydgård and many contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

PPSSPP is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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