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compatibility of games for psx4droid

One of the reasons why I bought an Android - psx4droid, but well, it DOESN'T work. I've tried everything and even different psx4droid versions - none of them work! I still get that black screen and it throws me back at menu. My phone is Samsung Galaxy Spica (GT-i5700). I tried compressing in eboot format too - didn't work either. Can somebody please help?

same problem :( (strange -with 800mhz it should be possible)
 
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eedijs: Sadly the Samsung Spica isn't compatible with psx4droid and psx4droid v2. I need to get the phone in hand to see why. I think it's due to the instruction cache not being able to be flushed properly. If this is the case, then GameBoid won't run either on it. Is that the case? If so, I will have a hard time fixing this. :(

looks like its not the case, Gameboid v1.79 works ok with no problem
 
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So here are the results of my test. I noticed we can no longer specify the size of the screen and that the app changes it randomly which sometimes is bad in the case of Castlevania and sometimes good in Valkyrie Profile. A lot of people will run into issues with CDDA it does seem to be working at least somewhat (some issues in Tomb Raider 1 and 2) however people will need the Sub and possibly CCD file in the same folder as the game, additionally I have not had any success getting a a game to start which needs CDDA in EBOOT format. .IMG works ok. I also had to turn the cycle multiplier down to 2 on tomb Raider
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>> Twisted Metal 2: Still crashes at main menu for me.
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>> Thousand Arms: This game is ALMOST playable. Basically the audio loads now but there are still graphical errors with the ground and text does not load in the text boxes.
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>> Rayman: Works. Turn on CDDA and make sure the .Bin and .cue files are in the same folder. Did not need to lower Cycle Multiplier
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>> Tomb Raider: CDDA supported BUT whenever you push Start to pause the game it will freeze. Must have Cycle on 2 to start. I noticed that this start issue bug also happens on some normal PC PSX emulators like PSXfin
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>> Tomb Raider 2: Game still will not start even on Cycle 2 and with different tweaks on
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>> Front Mission 3: Will not get passed the first fight with the orange robot. Always freezes when I attack no matter what settings I choose on my Nexus one
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>> Dragon Warrior 7: This game still will not work. the text will not show after I put my name in. Tried all combinations of tweaks and cycle speeds
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>> Ehrgeiz: Still too slow to enjoy.
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>> Metal Slug X: Still crashes when selecting a character.
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>> Tekken 3: Too slow to enjoy
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>> PSX4droid V2 1.1.0
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>> Alone in the Dark-One Eyed Jack's Revenge: Works at full speed in V2 1.0.9
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>> Alone in the Dark the New Nightmare: Runs good in V2 1.0.9
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>> Alundra: Works just fine...should be a SNES game IMO
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>> Arc the Lad 1-3: All 3 work for me
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>> Azure Dreams: Works just fine
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>> Baulder's Gate: Seems to run fine...this game is hard on the eyes on a tiny screen though
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>> Beyond the Beyond: Works
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>> Brave Fencer Musashi: V2 1.0.9 works. Older versions of V2 were giving me a terrible sound buzzing issue
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>> Breath of Fire 3: Runs fine for me
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>> Breath of Fire 4: V2 1.0.9 has no issues starting the game, no crashes in menus, and no invisible walls
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>> Bushido Blade 1 and 2: V2 has definitely upped the speed on these. They are the only 3D fighting games i can find that run almost 100%
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>> Castlevania SOFTN: V2 1.0.9 seems to run this fine. Increasing the cycle multiplier helped me on speed. A lot of people are picky on this one but in my opinion it is fast enough to play
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>> Civilization 2: works fine
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>> Command and Conquer: I have not encountered any issues
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>> Dino Crisis 1 and 2: V2 1.0.9 the games run pretty good now. Dino Crisis 1 has stuttering sound but I can still understand them. I find that using DIV Root Counter and increasing the Cycle multiplier helps with the sound
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>> Dragon Valor: No issues for me
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>> Dragon Warrior 7: This game still will not work. the text will not show after I put my name in. Tried all combinations of tweaks and cycle speeds
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>> Driver 1 and 2: No issues
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>> Dune 2000: No Issues
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>> Ehrgeiz: Still too slow to enjoy.
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>> Einhander: works just fine
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>> Eternal Eyes: runs good
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>> Fear Effect 1: V2 1.0.9 is the best this game has ever run
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>> Fear Effect 2: V2 1.0.9 is the best this game has ever run
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>> Final Fantasy 7: Runs well enough for me and I verified that it no longer has submarine glitches
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>> Final Fantasy 8: v2 1.0.9 works perfect the Garden will move and videos play. It may not be 100% but it is worth playing on your phone, even if you just want to play cards!
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>> Final Fantasy 9: v2 1.0.9 I have confirmed that the Dali Airship crash is no longer present and that the crash points in disc 3 and disc 4 are safe as well. I assume that the others I had found previously are fixed as well
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>> Final Fantasy Tactics: Works fine for me
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>> Front Mission 3: Well I heard from Zodttd that this works on his Galaxy S phone. For me on my Nexus one everything works fine until I begin to fight with the first robot you encounter in training. At this point the game freezes. I have tried all tweaks and even tried turning the skip battle feature on in game options
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>> Grandia: No problems
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>> Gran Turismo: It is fun as is but could be a little faster
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>> Gran Turismo 2: It is fun as is but could be a little faster
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>> Hoshigami-Ruining the Blue Earth: Works and no one has heard of this game so why do I even bother :p
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>> Hot Shots Golf: V2 works well. I sped up the cycle multiplier on this one a tad for best performance
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>> Jade Cocoon: No issues for me
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>> Legend of Dragoon: Seems fine to me
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>> Legend of Legaia: Happy to say you can play 100% through this game a beat it without any skipping. There is a slow down in battles though when you perform special attacks but it is bearable
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>> Lunar 1: Works fine
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>> Lunar 2: works fine
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>> Mech Warrior 2 31st Century Combat: Works good
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>> Medal of Honor 1: No issues
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>> Medal of Honor 2: no issues
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>> Metal Gear Solid : I use the Integral version which runs about 90% speed and has near perfect audio
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>> Metal Slug X: Still crashes when selecting a character.
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>> Myst: Works well in v2 1.0.9
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>> Parasite Eve 1: I have not had issues but keep in mind I have only done the first few battles in the game enough to test the mechanics as well as to make sure the videos done freeze
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>> Parasite Eve 2: v2 1.0.9 Seems to run fine with Div counter tweak on
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>> Rayman: Works pretty good now :D
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>> Rayman 2: Runs good for me.
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>> Resident Evil 1: Runs good for me
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>> Resident Evil 2: Runs good for me
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>> Resident Evil 3: Runs good for me
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>> Riven: Runs good for me
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>> Silent Hill: Runs good for me
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>> Soviet Strike: Runs good for me
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>> Star Ocean 2: Runs good for me. no longer has sound issues
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>> Suikoden 1: Runs good for me
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>> Suikoden 2: Runs good for me
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>> Tales of Destiny: Runs good for me
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>> Tales of Destiny 2: Runs good for me
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>> Tekken 3: Too slow to enjoy
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>> Tenchu:Runs good for me
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>> Thousand Arms: This game is ALMOST playable. Basically the audio loads now but there are still graphical errors with the ground and text does not load in the text boxes.
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>> Tomb Raider: see above
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>> Tomb Raider 2: see above
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>> Tomb Raider 3:Runs good for me
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>> Tomb Raider 4-5:Runs good for me
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>> Twisted Metal 2: Again Zodttd says this should run without issue but for me on my N1 it crashes at the main menu. I have tried all tweaks. This happened after the first release of V2 for me and has persisted. Anyone else have this issue? 1.7 still runs it fine for me so not a big deal
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>> Twisted Metal 4: Runs good for me
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>> Vagrant Story: Runs good for me
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>> Valkryie Profile: Runs good for me. Game takes awhile to test but the intro no longer freezes
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>> Vandal Hearts 1 and 2:Runs good for me
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>> Vanguard Bandits: Runs good for me
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>> Warcraft 2: Runs good for me
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>> Wild Arms: Runs good for me
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>> Wild Arms 2: Runs good for me
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>> Wing Commander 3: Runs good for me
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>> Wing Commander 4:Runs good for me
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>> X-Com UFO Defense: Runs good for me
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>> Xenogears: Runs good for me. Note if you try and load or access your memory card from the games main menu it will not work. It does work fine once you are actually in the game though. I just keep a save state right after the intro. This game is also a good way to copy/delete other games saves off your memory card.
 
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I'm testing 1.1.2 in galaxy s, the stretched option does not fit to full screen in horizontal still, and cycles if I put 6 brand sfa3 eg 60fps but are not real, as much work to 20 or even 30fps is slow, as with GT2 and still others are slow, lack real fps boost, hopefully soon get acceleration ogl2.0

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in galaxy s, and with 1.7 speed is very playable games as GT2, sound accelerated without audio sync but good speed, as a minimum even get that speed in v2, when run as v1 will be great from there.

Trev186 thanks for your tests
 
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Final Fantasy 8 gets past the opening movie on v2, but then freezes at the first in game movie with Quistis walking through the door.

Vagrant Story plays fine, but the AI is disabled (no enemies attack ever)

Star Ocean 2 works perfectly so far

Final Fantasy Tactics gets stuck at second story battle (Delita will not attack).

I re-downloaded the lite version and all the above issues go away so I'm not sure what to do. Is there any way to go back to v1.1 that anyone knows of? I'm kind of screwed right now because I either get to play the games or I get to save them. I'd really like to have both :)
 
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Final Fantasy 8 gets past the opening movie on v2, but then freezes at the first in game movie with Quistis walking through the door.

Vagrant Story plays fine, but the AI is disabled (no enemies attack ever)

Star Ocean 2 works perfectly so far

Final Fantasy Tactics gets stuck at second story battle (Delita will not attack).

I re-downloaded the lite version and all the above issues go away so I'm not sure what to do. Is there any way to go back to v1.1 that anyone knows of? I'm kind of screwed right now because I either get to play the games or I get to save them. I'd really like to have both :)

What version and phone are you using of Psx4droid. I just tested Vagrant sotry like 10 mins ago and the enemies attack me

Final Fantasy 8 has not given me any issues for awhile but I will test that point for you as well( UPDATE I just tested this on my N1 and it did not freeze, either your Rom is bad or your messed with settings too much) Try running it on the default settings. I also turned the "Anti Alias" Setting off

I have not had problems with Final Fantasy tactics but i will look into it update: Just completed that battle with no problems

If for some reason these problems continue for you I recommend loading the game on a PC PSX emulator and then playing past that part and saving on a memory card. Once you have done that load the games on your memory card and you should be good to go
 
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These are all games I have issues with. I test about 100 games and you can see them below these ones. Does anyone have different results with the below? Twisted Metal 2 used to always work for me but now it does not. I am interested if it is just my phone or not. Same with Front Mission 3 Zodd told me it works on the galaxy S

Dragon Warrior 7: Still has issues displaying text after entering your name

Front Mission 3: I still cannot get this to play properly after entering combat.

Tekken 3, Ehrgeiz: Both are too slow to be much fun

Gran Turismo 1+2: Game runs good but the music in these games seems choppy to me

Tomb Raider 1: Freezes when you push start. I tested this as a .Bin and .Img and I get the same issue. This also happens to me when I press start in PSXfin

Tomb Raider 2: Still will not load even with CDDA enabled

Metal Slug X: Still crashes after choosing a character I am not sure if it is CDDA or not but when I tested it with it's sub file in .img and .bin format it still did not work

Thousand Arms: This game still will not load text just like in Dragon Warrior 7 and has some graphical glitches

Twisted Metal 2: Crashes at main menu

Press below to see all games i test If they are not listed above then I feel they are fast and playable enough for me on my Nexus 1

Alone in the Dark-One Eyed Jack's Revenge: Works at full speed in V2 1.0.9
>>
>> Alone in the Dark the New Nightmare: Runs good in V2 1.0.9
>>
>> Alundra: Works just fine...should be a SNES game IMO
>>
>> Arc the Lad 1-3: All 3 work for me
>>
>> Azure Dreams: Works just fine
>>
>> Baulder's Gate: Seems to run fine...this game is hard on the eyes on a tiny screen though
>>
>> Beyond the Beyond: Works
>>
>> Brave Fencer Musashi: V2 1.0.9 works. Older versions of V2 were giving me a terrible sound buzzing issue
>>
>> Breath of Fire 3: Runs fine for me
>>
>> Breath of Fire 4: V2 1.0.9 has no issues starting the game, no crashes in menus, and no invisible walls
>>
>> Bushido Blade 1 and 2: V2 has definitely upped the speed on these. They are the only 3D fighting games i can find that run almost 100%
>>
>> Castlevania SOFTN: V2 1.0.9 seems to run this fine. Increasing the cycle multiplier helped me on speed. A lot of people are picky on this one but in my opinion it is fast enough to play
>>
>> Civilization 2: works fine
>>
>> Command and Conquer: I have not encountered any issues
>>
>> Dino Crisis 1 and 2: V2 1.0.9 the games run pretty good now. Dino Crisis 1 has stuttering sound but I can still understand them. I find that using DIV Root Counter and increasing the Cycle multiplier helps with the sound
>>
>> Dragon Valor: No issues for me
>>
>> Dragon Warrior 7: This game still will not work. the text will not show after I put my name in. Tried all combinations of tweaks and cycle speeds
>>
>> Driver 1 and 2: No issues
>>
>> Dune 2000: No Issues
>>
>> Ehrgeiz: Still too slow to enjoy.
>>
>> Einhander: works just fine
>>
>> Eternal Eyes: runs good
>>
>> Fear Effect 1: V2 1.0.9 is the best this game has ever run
>>
>> Fear Effect 2: V2 1.0.9 is the best this game has ever run
>>
>> Final Fantasy 7: Runs well enough for me and I verified that it no longer has submarine glitches
>>
>> Final Fantasy 8: v2 1.0.9 works perfect the Garden will move and videos play. It may not be 100% but it is worth playing on your phone, even if you just want to play cards!
>>
>> Final Fantasy 9: v2 1.0.9 I have confirmed that the Dali Airship crash is no longer present and that the crash points in disc 3 and disc 4 are safe as well. I assume that the others I had found previously are fixed as well
>>
>> Final Fantasy Tactics: Works fine for me
>>
>> Front Mission 3: Well I heard from Zodttd that this works on his Galaxy S phone. For me on my Nexus one everything works fine until I begin to fight with the first robot you encounter in training. At this point the game freezes. I have tried all tweaks and even tried turning the skip battle feature on in game options
>>
>> Grandia: No problems
>>
>> Gran Turismo: It is fun as is but could be a little faster
>>
>> Gran Turismo 2: It is fun as is but could be a little faster
>>
>> Hoshigami-Ruining the Blue Earth: Works and no one has heard of this game so why do I even bother :p
>>
>> Hot Shots Golf: V2 works well. I sped up the cycle multiplier on this one a tad for best performance
>>
>> Jade Cocoon: No issues for me
>>
>> Legend of Dragoon: Seems fine to me
>>
>> Legend of Legaia: Happy to say you can play 100% through this game a beat it without any skipping. There is a slow down in battles though when you perform special attacks but it is bearable
>>
>> Lunar 1: Works fine
>>
>> Lunar 2: works fine
>>
>> Mech Warrior 2 31st Century Combat: Works good
>>
>> Medal of Honor 1: No issues
>>
>> Medal of Honor 2: no issues
>>
>> Metal Gear Solid : I use the Integral version which runs about 90% speed and has near perfect audio
>>
>> Metal Slug X: Still crashes when selecting a character.
>>
>> Myst: Works well in v2 1.0.9
>>
>> Parasite Eve 1: I have not had issues but keep in mind I have only done the first few battles in the game enough to test the mechanics as well as to make sure the videos done freeze
>>
>> Parasite Eve 2: v2 1.0.9 Seems to run fine with Div counter tweak on
>>
>> Rayman: Works pretty good now
>>
>> Rayman 2: Runs good for me.
>>
>> Resident Evil 1: Runs good for me
>>
>> Resident Evil 2: Runs good for me
>>
>> Resident Evil 3: Runs good for me
>>
>> Riven: Runs good for me
>>
>> Silent Hill: Runs good for me
>>
>> Soviet Strike: Runs good for me
>>
>> Star Ocean 2: Runs good for me. no longer has sound issues
>>
>> Suikoden 1: Runs good for me
>>
>> Suikoden 2: Runs good for me
>>
>> Tales of Destiny: Runs good for me
>>
>> Tales of Destiny 2: Runs good for me
>>
>> Tekken 3: Too slow to enjoy
>>
>> Tenchu:Runs good for me
>>
>> Thousand Arms: This game is ALMOST playable. Basically the audio loads now but there are still graphical errors with the ground and text does not load in the text boxes.
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>> Tomb Raider: see above
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>> Tomb Raider 2: see above
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>> Tomb Raider 3:Runs good for me
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>> Tomb Raider 4-5:Runs good for me
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>> Twisted Metal 2: Again Zodttd says this should run without issue but for me on my N1 it crashes at the main menu. I have tried all tweaks. This happened after the first release of V2 for me and has persisted. Anyone else have this issue? 1.7 still runs it fine for me so not a big deal
>>
>> Twisted Metal 4: Runs good for me
>>
>> Vagrant Story: Runs good for me
>>
>> Valkryie Profile: Runs good for me. Game takes awhile to test but the intro no longer freezes
>>
>> Vandal Hearts 1 and 2:Runs good for me
>>
>> Vanguard Bandits: Runs good for me
>>
>> Warcraft 2: Runs good for me
>>
>> Wild Arms: Runs good for me
>>
>> Wild Arms 2: Runs good for me
>>
>> Wing Commander 3: Runs good for me
>>
>> Wing Commander 4:Runs good for me
>>
>> X-Com UFO Defense: Runs good for me
>>
>> Xenogears: Runs good for me. Note if you try and load or access your memory card from the games main menu it will not work. It does work fine once you are actually in the game though. I just keep a save state right after the intro. This game is also a good way to copy/delete other games saves off your memory card.
 
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i think i might try it. will post results for the archos just in case anyone else needs to know as well.

i was really ticked when i found that this didnt work, but over the course of 2 weeks the author has just been ROLLING the updates out. im glad to see someone who cares about their product at least.

Contrary to user complaints this app has worked for quite sometime. The majority of games have worked for me since it's first release. It has had some bad updates from time to time but he has always addressed the issues.

I beleive half the users who claim a game does not work or that app does not work do not know how to properly use a Playstation emulator. Keep in mind it could never be as simple as a SNES emulator.

There are a lot of settings to adjust and for people to mess with and some people have the patience of a toddler
 
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looks like its not the case, Gameboid v1.79 works ok with no problem

I Have the same problem with my portal. Tried every version. also bought rom buddy ,what a waste of time and money.Tried all the different Bios the lot.In the help menu it gives a link for compatible phones and the Gti5700 is one of them, what the hell is going on? Sick as an andriod :mad:
 
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I Have the same problem with my portal. Tried every version. also bought rom buddy ,what a waste of time and money.Tried all the different Bios the lot.In the help menu it gives a link for compatible phones and the Gti5700 is one of them, what the hell is going on? Sick as an andriod :mad:

Honestly that phones specs are not impressive. From what I read online is not even updated to 2.1 yet and only has a 800 Mhz processor.

I would buy a phone with at least 1 GHZ and 512 Mb of ram otherwise many graphically intense games like Metal Gear Solid are going to run at 50% speed.

There are supposed to be some Dual Core 2 Ghz processor phones coming out this year i would buy one of those
 
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What version and phone are you using of Psx4droid. I just tested Vagrant sotry like 10 mins ago and the enemies attack me

Final Fantasy 8 has not given me any issues for awhile but I will test that point for you as well( UPDATE I just tested this on my N1 and it did not freeze, either your Rom is bad or your messed with settings too much) Try running it on the default settings. I also turned the "Anti Alias" Setting off

I have not had problems with Final Fantasy tactics but i will look into it update: Just completed that battle with no problems

If for some reason these problems continue for you I recommend loading the game on a PC PSX emulator and then playing past that part and saving on a memory card. Once you have done that load the games on your memory card and you should be good to go

Hey mate, can you tell me if FF8 is still laggy on the world map? Had heard it was pretty much unplayable once you reached the world map and am looking for a new game to play...

Does phone make a difference on this? have a Desire HD, noticed on my Desire that FF7 was laggy whereas i clocked it on my HD with no lag the entire game (slowed a tad whilst snowboarding)

Also is FF9 laggy? people say it works, am guessing it has better graphics than FF7... cheers
 
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Hey mate, can you tell me if FF8 is still laggy on the world map? Had heard it was pretty much unplayable once you reached the world map and am looking for a new game to play...

Does phone make a difference on this? have a Desire HD, noticed on my Desire that FF7 was laggy whereas i clocked it on my HD with no lag the entire game (slowed a tad whilst snowboarding)

Also is FF9 laggy? people say it works, am guessing it has better graphics than FF7... cheers

FF8 works now world map has no issues, FF9 works great and so does FF7

If you have trouble I recommend checking out Zodttd's support page go to the forums there

androidemus.com is the site and it is a centralized place for PSX4droid users to go to discuss issues with Zodttd
 
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Ever since I started on disc 2 i've had mixed up cutscene issues. The latest one has me stuck in his 3d view of the solar system, the cutscene went to a airplane taking off, and now I'm stuck in space!

I think people have gotten further than this, is this a problem with disc 2?

If anyone has seen this issue, please let me know.
 
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Ever since I started on disc 2 i've had mixed up cutscene issues. The latest one has me stuck in his 3d view of the solar system, the cutscene went to a airplane taking off, and now I'm stuck in space!

I think people have gotten further than this, is this a problem with disc 2?

If anyone has seen this issue, please let me know.

Many people have beaten FF7 on their phone. Send me a save state or memory card save right before and let me see if I get the same issue.
 
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Hi im encountering a problem in my X10, im runnding psxdroid with FF Tactics, the dpad is perfectly working at the start eg. selecting new game, selecting name, and hastening the first conversations but when the first battle starts the dpad is not responding anymore can anyone help me please

If I remember correctly doesn't your phone not even have multi touch yet? Final Fantasy Tactics works fine for me. Try mapping some buttons to external controls like the volume buttons
 
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Having issues with ff8.

It has run acceptably well so far, I am at the beginning of disc 2. Currently at a part with an infamous glitch, the deck glitch. Right after an fmv plays, you are supposed to walk inside through a door. The glitch is that the door wont open, leaving you stuck. Various other emulators you simply have to mess around with the settings to get it to work, while mashing the open button. Not working at all with this emulator sadly.

The only thing I can think of doing is somehow using an emulator on my pc and making a new save, then transferring it over. I have no idea if there will be compatibility issues however. Could I please get some help here? I've put many hours into this game, really dont want to give up now.

I should note that I can get actual saves to work using epsxe, but theres a problem with this. My last real save is way back on disc 1. I've been using save states only for the entirety of disc 2. How would I go about getting these save states to work in epsxe as well, or another emulator?
 
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