hope : Shenmue for psp

**bacalacadaca** · May 6th, 2008, 04:26

no shenmue 3

**khalid-neo** · May 6th, 2008, 11:24

Originally Posted by reizencroft

we will have a problem, DC has 8MiB@100MHz while PSP has 2MiB@166MHz. Though the psp has extra 66Mhz extra, I don't think we can offset, the missing 6MiB in VRAM. It is possible to emulate DC games since it has the computing power to boot, but it graphics rendering will not be enough..

dude loooooooooook at what u just said, you just give us a new hope and you know what i really love you dude (don't understand me wrong

) from what i see we don't need the full FPS that the DC use and as the bro dangee have told us we can have the lost 6MiB from the main ram add to that (0.5 resolution, single frameskip , interlaced display @15-20 fps) & the small screen that the psp have which i think may use less of the VRAM and also i think that a lots of games use lower than the full Potential of the DC system (i mean the VRAM memory) so at the very bad luck we can at least port the 2d fighting games ,right ? am waiting for your answer :thumbup:

**reizencroft** · May 6th, 2008, 11:50

Originally Posted by khalid-neo

dude loooooooooook at what u just said, you just give us a new hope and you know what i really love you dude (don't understand me wrong

) from what i see we don't need the full FPS that the DC use and as the bro dangee have told us we can have the lost 6MiB from the main ram add to that (0.5 resolution, single frameskip , interlaced display @15-20 fps) & the small screen that the psp have which i think may use less of the VRAM and also i think that a lots of games use lower than the full Potential of the DC system (i mean the VRAM memory) so at the very bad luck we can at least port the 2d fighting games ,right ? am waiting for your answer :thumbup:

oh, i forgot to consider the resolution of the PSP and DC. Thinking about it, we can lessen it to fit the PSP. Seeing the success of the ps1 emus, IMHO, it is possible to emulate DC games.

But now where do we start. Personally, I just started out on the homebrew scene, I don't own a DC and didn't played that much on it. And not familiar with many of its games. I'm just stating my opinion to the best of my knowledge. But it is feasible.

**khalid-neo** · May 6th, 2008, 19:49

ooooooooooook now we can play our old great DC games again

immmmmmm, damit i am new too to the homebrew scene but old DC & PSP Fan ( i know that isn't helping) , ok i have an idea can you code a homebrew for the psp as much complicated as the exist one's because my idea is to ask for help from the DC programmer and also from the psOne emulator's creator & also from the professional PSP devs in here sooo what in your mind ???

**yaustar** · May 6th, 2008, 23:45

It isn't going to happen. A playable DC emulator is not feasible on a PSP. There is barely a playable DC emulator for the PC and the minimum specs for the said emulator completely outclasses PSP. Again, a playable DC emulator is not feasible on the PSP, end of story.

The PS1 'emulator' wasn't homebrew, it is a hacked version of the Sony's PS1 'emulator' for the PSP.

**khalid-neo** · May 7th, 2008, 09:01

Originally Posted by yaustar

The PS1 'emulator' wasn't homebrew, it is a hacked version of the Sony's PS1 'emulator' for the PSP.

No its not its a homebrew & also for information it wasn't one only but i think there was three of them as i remember and i will look for them to prove what am saying . here is the link see and make sure for what i am saying : http://www.psp-hacks.com/category/42

yaustar why your so damn negtive about this, it could work because the psp have enough power to boot the DC games and the minimum specs you r talking about is for the pc to play the emulator to play the DC games and at the last chance i am talking about is to convert in some how the DC games as we do in the PSX games by the POPstation so they work at the dc specs which the psp have them, i dont know a lot about homebrew scene but i think that could be done if we got enough ppl and coders too & ambition too

**dangee** · May 7th, 2008, 12:11

Yaustar's just being realistic. And look, a hint.

Originally Posted by YAUSTAR

There is barely a playable emulator for the PC

That might be a starting point for the disassembler you'll need.

By the time the nosound alpha is ready, there could be a PSP
model powerful enough to host a Dreamcast emulator.

**yaustar** · May 7th, 2008, 12:13

Originally Posted by khalid-neo

No its not its a homebrew & also for information it wasn't one only but i think there was three of them as i remember and i will look for them to prove what am saying . here is the link see and make sure for what i am saying : http://www.psp-hacks.com/category/42

Correct, there were three PS1 emulators except no-one uses them. Everyone uses the hacked official PS1 'emulator' because it is the only one that plays at full speed.

The Dreamcast is arguably technically superior then the PS2 let alone the PS1 (they were still using the NAOMI base hardware in arcades up to a short while ago). So trying to 'convert' them to work with any PS1 emulator based on specs alone is impossible (let alone the fact to do the conversion itself to is impossible to a target platform with vastly different hardware).

Even speculation to do a Dreamcast emulator on the Pandora handheld which has higher specs then the current PSP is deemed impractical to do.

**khalid-neo** · May 8th, 2008, 10:42

yaustar you have my respect as a coder & as a psp dev & as a friend , ok i am newbie at this but if see what i am thinking of, you will understand and now lets answer you speech :
first it doesn't matter wether every body use the emulators or no body uses them the important thing is that the emulators work and they are exist end of story (hint: look at the download numbers for the 3 homebrew).
second who said that we will try to convert them to work on ps1 emulators nop we will make our own DC emulator and also who said that we will only depends on the specs information we just want to know at the beganning if the psp has enough power to boot up the DC games (so if the psp cant it will be the end of the story and no body will gonna talk about it again) but its clearly that the psp can do the job.
third the writer of the pandora form did not mention the DC emulation and he also said its all speculation so nothing is in the real world yet

**yaustar** · May 8th, 2008, 16:45

first it doesn't matter wether every body use the emulators or no body uses them the important thing is that the emulators work and they are exist end of story (hint: look at the download numbers for the 3 homebrew).

Not at full speed they don't and that is the key difference.

second who said that we will try to convert them to work on ps1 emulators nop we will make our own DC emulator and also who said that we will only depends on the specs information we just want to know at the beganning if the psp has enough power to boot up the DC games (so if the psp cant it will be the end of the story and no body will gonna talk about it again) but its clearly that the psp can do the job.

As I said in my post, the conversion process you are talking about is extremely difficult to the point of where it isn't practical. The two platforms (DC and PS1) are vastly different for it to be done.

third the writer of the pandora form did not mention the DC emulation and he also said its all speculation so nothing is in the real world yet

Really?
http://pandorawiki.org/FAQ#Will_Pand...hing_recent.3F
http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php...opic=41026&hl=