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You're using ePSXe at your own risk. The authors can't be held liable or responsible for any damage which results from using the emulator, it's plugin or anything described in this documentation in any way. ================================READ THIS=============================== Index ***** 0. Introduction. 1. What's New? 2. What do you need to run ePSXe? 3. Usage. 3.1 Which files are necessary to run ePSXe? 3.2. Controlling the emulator. 3.3. GUI options 3.3.1. File 3.3.2. Run 3.3.3. Config 3.3.4. Options 3.3.5. Cheat 3.3.7. Help 3.4. Configure the emulator 3.4.1. Configuring the emulator 3.4.2. Configuring the video options 3.4.3. Configuring the CD-Rom 3.4.4. Configuring the sound 3.4.5. Configuring MDEC 3.4.6. Choosing MemoryCards files 3.5. Command line options 3.6. Emulator patches 3.7. Memory card support 3.8. Savestates. 3.9. Netplay plugins. 4. Implemented features 5. Compatibility in ePSXe 6. Where can I get help with the emulator? Appendix ******** A. FAQ's B. Thanks C. Legal Stuff **************************************************************************** 0. Introduction **************************************************************************** ePSXe is a Sony Playstation emulator for your PC running under Win9x/2k/xp or linux. It takes advantage of the popular PSEmu Pro plugin system. **************************************************************************** 1. What's New? **************************************************************************** ePSXe v1.5.2, released on xx.05.2002 - Fixed a bug which got into 1.5.2 regarding several gte flags (Porsche Challenge, Tomb Raider).

- Partially rewrote the CD-Rom decoder, now it doesn't need custom flags in order to run various games any more. - Moved the subchannel read options to it's own window in the CD-Rom configuration. Also added a new subchannel reading mode, which works with various LG 852x cdrom drives. - Fixed a bug in the internal SPU plugin, which has been there since v1.5.0! It caused sound effects to repeat and several games to freeze (BOF series, Soul Blade). - Added support for the Nero ISO format (.nrg). - Massive changes to the SIO emulation. It should have better timing now and the F4 trick shouldn't be necessary that often any more. "SIO irq always on" has been removed from the GUI, but you can still turn it on using the F4 key. (affects Silent Hill esp, Track & Field, Metalslugx, NFS5 PAL, Rapshody . ..) - Fixed a bug in the internal ISO reading routines, which prevented some of the last sectors to be accessed. - As the Chrono Cross trick isn't necessary any more, we have assigned a new trick to the F7 key, for the Xenogears dreams sequence: Press this key at the beginning of the scene, and once again after the end ;) - Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which made some more games playable like, for example, Theards of Fate, NBA Basketball 2000, Legend of Mana, Rebelt Assault 2, Tekken 2, MegamanX series, Jackie Chan US, Michelin Rally Masters, Transformers Beast of Wars ... ePSXe v1.5.1, released on xx.03.2002 - Included partial support for libcrypt games. Libcrypt is a protection scheme used very often in PAL games. It uses data in subchannel q. In order to play your original cd games in ePSXe you need a cdrom reader which works with the read-subchannel routines in ePSXe. NOT every cdrom reader with support for read subchannels will work in epsxe. If your cdrom reader is able to read subchannels but it is not supported by ePSXe, you can use clonecd to read the subchannel to a .SUB file, and copy it in the epsxe\patches directory with the same name than cdrom PS-EXE and with the extension .SUB (SLESXXX.XX.SUB/SCESXXX.XX.SUB/SLUSXXX.XX.SUB..) Since reading from subchannel is slow, ePSXe includes an option in the cdrom config window that you can enable to cache the subchannel to disk the first time you run a game. Of course you can always use some external cdrom plugins, currently only Pete's cdrom plugin supports it. (The support is partial because NO every libcrypt game is working :(, the no working games includes (at least) Spyro 2 and 3 PAL, and formula one 99) In resumen: 1) If you want subchannel support only from files, select in the cdrom config window "Enable subchannel support". 2) If you want subchannel support from cdrom, select in the cdrom config windo w "Enable subchannel support" and "Enable subchannel read from cdrom."

If your cdrom is able to read subchannels in epsxe, a message will be shown in the console between the rest of init messages. 3) If you want to caching to disk the subchannel the first time what you run a game, select in the cdrom config window: "Enable subchannel support", "Enable subchannel read from cdrom." and "Enable subchannel caching to disk." 4) If you have problems reading the cdroms after of select "Enable subchannel read from cdrom." probably your cdrom is not compatible with ePSXe subchannel read routines, disable this option, and make your own .sub files with CloneCD. - Added support for Teac cdrom readers to internal cdrom plugins. (Thanks to Pete) - Added support for pov hat joysticks. (Thanks to Roberto Paredes by multiples tests) - Some CD stuff got fixed, like the problem with changing discs, the internal win2k CD plugin CDDA problems and a bug with the ppf support of the internal plugins. - Fixes to the GTE, which solve problems with 102 Dalmatinas, Rugrats in paris, Destruction Derby 2, Nuclear Strike and possibly others. - Changed some internal timing stuff, which should produce better (faster) background sound in several games (FF7, Threads of Fate, Valkyrie Profile) (You can use the old timing with -oldtiming) - Removed the auto detection of game and required BIOS, as this prevented Legend of the dragoon US and Wild Arms 2 US from working. - Removed the two options -cdinc and -nocdinc, as fixes made them unncessary. In this version -noxaread has not some effect. - Added support for MDEC transparency, for the Oddworld series, dw4/dw7 battle effects. - Added support for Capcom MDECs, but you need to use the command line -adjustiming, what will give serious problems with gamepad keys and memory cards (use F4 to fix this problems), and hard slowdowns. (Use this option in your own risk, we recommend to use it only when it will be really necessary). - Included a new commandline, it is called -nocdoverwrite. It could fix problems with some games like Parappa the Rapper's demo. Sometimes it does the same than -cdtiming. - LINUX version only: added partial support for external gamepad plugins. Actually only works the lamer0's plugin, what is combined with the internal pad plugin. - Fixes to CPU and CD-Rom make games like Star Wars - The phantom Menace, Resident Evil 1 PAL, Legend of Legaia, Star Ocean 2, Gran Turismo JAP and Philisoma playable. ePSXe v1.5.0, released on xx.01.2002

- Fixed a bug in MDECs, which caused Metal Gear Solid and Rayman 1 to crash. Furthermore, the MDEC options aren't read from the windows registry any more, so you can only disable them with command lines from now on. - Rewritten the code what loaded the ps-exe files when starting a game, for a better detection of the games name and the region. - Added native support for ppf files. Now you don't need to patch the games any more, simply copy your ppf file into the directory "/patches", with the same name than the main PS-exe file in the cdrom (SLES*,SCES*, SLUS* ...), in uppercase. ePSXe will load it on startup then and patch the game in memory on the fly ! - MCI code is now disabled in WinNT/2k/XP, expect when you are using an external CD-ROM plugin which has its own CDDA functions (e.g. Pete's). Furthermore, the external CD-ROM plugins can now play some games like Tomb Raider I and II PAL, what was not possible before due to a bug in 1.4.0. - Fixed a bug in the internal CD-ROM plugins, which caused some games to hang when they played CDDA sound and later accessed a data sector (Rayman 1) - Fixed some bugs in savestates. New savestate are not compatibles with old epsxe versions, but the savestates from a savestate from an old version can still be loaded. The command line -ssv0 has been added, which will let ePSXe save the savestates into the old (but buggy) format. (Fixed savestates in square mdecs, and in threads of fate) - Some games which ran only with a certain bios version, should now run with any (only checked with Legend of Dragon PAL) - Fixed some GTE bugs. (Looney Tunes: Perro y Lobo, Nhl 99) - Included a file with help, what can be accessed from help->contents. (Thanks to Bobbi) - Last hour changes in internal spu, what fixes Metal gear solid and Valkyrie profile sound, but we have not had too time for test it ;) - Added a new workaround in order to run Parasite Eve 2 (thanks to Psychojak!). You need to use the command "-pe2". Some PE2 versions are automaticly detected and don't need it though. We didn't play through the complete game though, we we can't tell if it's playable until the end. - Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which make some more games playable like for example Valkyrie profile, Syphon filter series speech, Rayman 1, Micromachines V3, Croc 2, Duke Nukem: Land of Babes, Vrally 2 and Nfs 5 menus, Time Crisis 2 music, Casper Around the World ... - Multiples games can be played using additional commands like: Rebelt Assault 2 (-noignorecmd), Micromaniacs (-cdtiming), Front Mission 3 (-nocdinc) ... ePSXe v1.4.0, released on xx.06.2001 - Included a new wizard guided config, what should do easier configure the emulator.

- Fixed a bug in the internal sound plugin which caused crash on systems using directx8+geforce and some soundcards. - Fixed a division by zero bug in the gte routines that started in version 1.2.0. It solves the problems with Xenogears, Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy 7. - Added the extension .img (clonecd) to the load iso function. - Fixed a bug detecting the name of some games, it is used to detect the format (pal/ntsc). (Metal Gear Solid Pal) - Fixed a bug in the function CDROpen. Fix the psemupro iso plugin. - Added support to the cdplayer included in the playstation bios, you can listen to your cdda with epsxe now :) - Fixed some problems with the bootstrap of the playstation. -nogui should not be needed anymore. (Destruction Derby Raw pal, Breath of fire 3) - Fixed some gte problems. (Vandal hearts 2 pal, Wipeout series) - Fixed a mdec decoder bug. (Xfiles) - Added preliminary support for netplay plugins. (Cyberpad) - Now it is possible to change the memcards file in any moment of the game. (Of course you shouldn't change the memcard while the game is writing it, like in a psx ;-) - Fixed some problems with the change disc function. (Metal Gear Solid) - Included support for a new feature included in the video plugins, it now shows a mini-picture from the savestates when you use the F2 key to increase the selected save slot. (It works only with savestates done with the version 1.4.0 or superior) - Fixed some problems with the XA sound effects and background XA sound which fix Silent Bomber, Megaman X5, Castlevania SOTN, Bloody Roar 1, Dinocrisis 2, and more. - Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which make some more games playable like for example Incredible Crisis, Simpsons Wresting, Threads of fate, Tomb Raider I and II (pal), Fighting Force 2 and so on ;) ePSXe v1.2.0, released on 07.03.2001 - Added better analogic pad emulation and force feedback. It is now possible to configure the analogic axis and the effect of the force feedback motors. (Many thanks to Alex7 and to www.burutter.com, for donating a very nice psx to usb pad converter and giving help on adding support for it). - Now ePSXe includes savestates support. F1 = save state, F2 = increase slot (max = 5), F3 = load state. The savestates are compressed and saved to the sstates directory, with an average size of 1.5Mb.

(WARNING!!! In release date it is supported only in the following plugins: Lewpy Gpu, Pete Gpu, Pete Spu and ePSXe Spu, support will be included in more plugins soon by the plugins authors) - Partially re-writen the internal spu, it should be faster, have less sound glitches and better sound quality. - Optimizations added in gte, mdec and core which makes some games work some fps faster than before. - Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which make some more games playable like for example Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, Ape Escape, Kingley Adventure, Legend of Legaia (use the "-legaia" command line), Final Fantasy IX PAL and so on ;-) ePSXe v1.0.1, released on xx.xx.2000 - A completly re-written MDEC engine, which should give you better quality and some more FPS during video playback. - More accurate timing, what means that videos should pause less. (MDEC timing should always be turned ON now) - Included two new internal CD-Rom plugins : One for WinNT/Win2k users, which uses WinNT/Win2k's native functions, and an ASPI CD-Rom plugin for Win9x and Win2k users, which is usually faster than the older plugins. - Fixes to XA sound playback in the internal SPU plugin. - Included NTSC/PAL auto detection for a more accurate timing, mainly in Square videos. - The ISOs are loaded directly now, without showing the BIOS logo. - Added support for PSX mouse emulation. (Selectable in Config -> Controller)(*) - Added support for PSX analog pad emulation using Analog Pads or mouse. (selectable in Config- > Controller)(*) - It's now possible to disable the pads; this is necessary for some games which are only playable for 1 player. (qbert) - Included a new memory card selector, which comes with support for the most important memory card formats (.MCR, .MEM, .MCD, .GME) - Memory cards are saved now when you go to the main window and when you exit the emu incorrectly. It's still highly recommended though to close down the emu using the File -> Exit option ;-) - Added an experimental "Change discs" option. To switch a disc, you need to go to File -> Change disc. (this isn't working with some games yet though) - ePSXe should work better with Lewpy's plugins now, so no more crashes when you exit the emu. The reset/continue functions should also work now on several videoboards. - Fixes to the CD-Rom decoder and the core, which make some more games playable like for example Final Fantasy 9, Grandia, Fear Effect, Tenchu 2 and so on ;-) - Added a snapshot maker in key F8. (you need the "snap" directory). - Since we haven't been able to fix the Chrono Cross bug yet, we added a workaro und, which can be activated using the F3 key while the game freezes at that point (though this doesn't fix the status screen problem yet, you must still use the cheat code for this) (*) We have created a system, where you mouse or one analog pad. You can change We contacted the GPU plugin authors, so ere should be a flag displaying the type of can either use one digital pad and one between those using the F5 key. in the next version of their plugins, th pad you have currently selected.

****************************************************************************** 2. What do you need to run EPSXE? ****************************************************************************** Minimum system requirements: P200MMX or compatible 32 MB of RAM Fast graphic card (like the voodoo 2) Cdrom x16 Win9x DirectX 7a Recommended system configuration: P2 450 or greater 128 Mb of RAM Very fast DirectX, Opengl or Glide graphic card fast CD-ROM Win9x DirectX 7a ***************************************************************************** 3. Usage ***************************************************************************** 3.1 Which files are necessary to run ePSXe? * * * * * ePSXe.exe a psx bios (scph1001.bin and scph7502.bin have been tested and proved to work) PSEmu Pro GPU plugin (graphics) PSEmu Pro SPU plugin (sound) (optional) PSEmu Pro CD-Rom plugin (optional)

3.2 Controlling the emulator ePSXe supports direct input and also features an option which allows you to configure the pads through the GUI. It is very simple and intuitive : Click config -> game pads -> pad1/pad2 (the one you want to configure), and you will see a picture of a pad and some fields with the names of the keys. Select the psx button what you want configure and then hit the key you want to assign to it. (in case you want use a joystick, hit the joystick button instead of a key). From ePSXe 1.2.0 you can select the analog axis that you want to use, selecting the axis to configure and moving the axis in your joystick. You can also configure the effect that will be done in every motor in the force feedback. (Burutter is used in a special PSX to USB pad converter that you can get from www.burutter.com) ePSXe includes 8 fast keys to change some param of the emu: F1-Savestate in selected slot. F2-Increase slot. (max = 5) F3-Loadstate from selected slot. F4-Enable/Disable SIO irq. F5-Toggle Digital pad/Special pad (*). F6-Enable/Disable Xa sound/read. F7-Enable Xenogeras trick.

- F8-Make a snapshot to snap directory.

(*) Special pad can be: None, Analog pad, Analog pad with mouse T1, Analog pad with mouse T2, and mouse. Player 1 - default -----------------PC Keys PSX Buttons -----------------------------------------S Square D Triangle Z X X Circle C Select V Start W L1 Q L2 E R1 R R2 Arrow keys Directional buttons Player 2 - default -----------------Disabled by default. 3.3. GUI options. On startup, you can see ePSXe's menus which include the following options: 3.3.1. File. (*) Run CDROM : Runs a PSX CD-Rom (*) Run BIOS : Runs the PSX bios. (use this to edit the memory cards) (*) Run ISO : Runs a PSX iso file. Select an iso file and click ok to start. (*) Run PSX-EXE : Runs a PSX-EXE file (exe or .zip), or runs a multifile .PLL, which has to be included with the other files in a .zip (*) Change Disc : Use this option to switch between discs/isos in games with multiple CD-Roms. (*) Exit : Quit the emulator. 3.3.2. Run. (*) Continue : Continues a previously stopped cdrom/iso/psx-exe/bios game (*) Reset : Reset emulation. 3.3.3. Config. (see 3.4. Configure the emulator) 3.3.4. Options. (*) Auto ppf support: use ppf patches.

(*) Country: In this option, you can either select the auto detected timing, PAL or NTSC. 3.3.5. Cheat. (see 3.6. Emulator patches) 3.3.7. Help. (*) Visit EPSXE webpage : Open your browser with the epsxe webpage. (*) About : Credits. 3.4. Configuring the emulator. Basically you need to configure the bios, your video card, CD-ROm drive and your sound card in order to get the emulator fully working. 3.4.1. Configuring the bios. In ePSXe, click config -> bios. In the new window, you can see a text box which shows the currently selected bios and a browse button. Click this button and select the BIOS you want to use. During testing we found out that the scph1001.bin and scph7502.bin BIOS' are compatible, but the scph1000.bin won't work. Please remember you may only be in possession of the copyrighted BIOS when you're legally entitled. 3.4.2. Configuring the video options. In ePSXe, click config -> video. In the new window, you can see a dropdown menu which shows the currently selected video plugin(*). Select your favourite video plugin and click on the configure button, and, finally click ok. (*) EPSXE uses PSEmu Pro's video plugins, so in order to use ePSXe, you need to download them from their webpages first. 3.4.3. Configuring the CD-Rom in ePSXe, select config -> cdrom. In the new window, you can see a dropdown menu which shows the currently selected CD-Rom plugin(*). Select the plugin of your choise and click on the "Configure" button afterwards. There's yet another dropd own menu, in which you can select the drive letter of the CD-Rom you want to use. In case you want to use your primary CD-Rom, just stay with the default entry. For using another CD-Rom, just select the preferred drive and click on OK. We mainly teste d the emulator with the internal cdrom plugins, and with the Pete cdrom plugin. Win2k users should use the new win2k native CDR plugin, it worked fine during our tests. 3.4.4. Configuring the sound. In ePSXe, select config -> sound. In the new window, you can see a dropdown menu which shows the currently selected sound plugin(*). Select the sound plugin of your choise and click on the "Configure" button afterwards. In the appearing window, there're several check boxes where you can enable disable certain

sound options. The playstation uses 3 different kind of sounds : ADPCM, XA and CDDA. * Enable Sound (Select this to enable ADPCM sound) - Used to enable ADPCM sound, and it is necessary to get XA sound. * Enable XA sound (Select this to enable XA sound during MDECs) - Used to enable XA sound in general, when only the XA option is enabled you'll just get sound during MDEC movies. * Enable CDDA Sound (Select to enable CDROM sound) - Used to enable CDDA sound (mainly music). * Enable SPU IRQ (required for some games) - Enables the SPU IRQ, which is necessary to play some games. (*) EPSXE can use PSEmu Pro's sound plugin system or an internal sound system. If you want to use psemu plugins you need download the plugins first. Recommeded are Pete, Eternal and the internal one. There is other very good like Andy and Iori plugins. 3.4.5. Configuring MDEC. In this window, there're two check buttons. With the first one, you can enable/disable the MDECs completly, with the second one you can select a different mdec timing. This is only necessary for FF8 and FF9, so please disable it for playing other games, or play them at your own risk. 3.4.6. Choosing MemoryCards files. In this window, you can select the memory cards files what you want to use. ePSXe supports the most important memory cards formats, .MC(R), .GME, .MCD and .MEM. 3.5. Command line options. epsxe [options] [psx-exe] (*) -lib ning xe in ePSXe's root directory. (*) -nocd d ! ;-) ) (*) -sound/nosound (*) -xasound/-noxasound (*) -audiocd/noaudiocd (*) -forcespu/-noforcespu (*) -cdtiming/-nocdtiming mo 2, ies ...) : Disables the CD-Rom emulation. ( not recommende : Enable/Disable sound. : Enable/Disable XA sound. : Enable/Disable CDDA audio. : Enable/Disable SPU irq always ON. : Enable/Disable CDR accurate timing. (Gran turis Legend of Legaia, Dragon Valor, Point Blank ser : Loads the libps.exe, which is necessary for run several demos. You should have the file libps.e

(*) -forcepad/-noforcepad (*) -memcard/-nomemcard d) (*) -mdec/-nomdec

: Enable/Disable SIO irq always ON. (F4) : Enable/Disable memcard emulation. (Track & Fiel

: Enable/Disable MDEC emulation.

(*) -mdectiming/-nomdectiming : Enable/Disable MDEC accurate timing. (*) -adjusttiming (*) -oldtiming (*) -fastboot/slowboot (*) -nogui (*) -ppf/-nppf (*) -loadppf <file> (*) -loadiso <file> (*) -loadcheat <file> (*) -loadmemc0 <file> (*) -loadmemc1 <file> (*) -ssv0 (*) -mouse (*) -analog [psx-exe] 3.6. Emulator patches. Some games, which normally wouldn't run in ePSXe, will start when using cheat codes. Patches for several games are already included in the emulator ! To select them, click on "Cheats" in ePSXe, load the game patch you need and enjoy ;-) This function shouldn't be used to cheat in games, we recommend you to use [pec] (http://pec.emucheater.com) for in game cheating. 3.7. Memory cards support. ePSXe also comes along with memory card support. The used cards are saved in 2 files in your \memcards directory. The first one is named epsxe000.mcr and the second one epsxe001.mcr. Each file has a size of 128 KB (which is PSX standard), and the format is simply a dump of real memory cards. ePSXe doesn't come with a memory card editor, but you can use the option Load -> Run BIOS to get to the real PSX memory card editor, from where you can delete / move savegames. In case you're using Pete's OpenGL / D3D : Enable on the fly re-adjust timing. : Uses pre-1.5.1 timing. : Fast/Slow boot cdrom (psx logo). : Disable internal GUI. : Enable/Disable ppf patches. : Load ppf file. : Loads iso file (CloneCD/Cdrwin). : Loads a internal cheat file. : Map file to memcard 0. : Map file to memcard 1. : Save sstates version v.0 (1.4.0 or less compatible) : Enable mouse emulation. : Enable analog pad emulation. : PSX-EXE, normal, zipped or .PLL with all files included in a .zip

plugins, don't forget to enable offscreen rendering to see this menu correctly. ePSXe 1.0.1 includes a memory card file selector, so you can select which file you want to use in which slot. ePSXe also has support for different memory card file supports, like Dexdrive (.gme), PSEmu Pro (.mc) and several others. 3.8. Savestates. ePSXe 1.2.0 supports savestates. They are files that contain the state of the emulator when the key was hit, so you can restore to the state later in that same exact point. F1 = Save the state to the slot selected F2 = Increase the slot. (If you use the on fly menus in gpu plugins you can see the slot selected) (MAX = 5 slots) F3 = Load the state of the slot selected ePSXe 1.2.0, 1.4.0 supports savestates version 0. ePSXe 1.5.0, 1.5.1 supports savestates version 0 and 1. 3.9. Netplay plugins. ePSXe 1.4.0 supports netplay plugins. To select the plugin you should use the option config->netplay. Read the docs included in the netplugin pack. ****************************************************************************** 4. Implemented features ****************************************************************************** - The complete r3000 instruction set - Imcomplete COP0 coprocessor emulation - Buggy GTE coprocessor emulation - Sio emulation - Memory card support - ISO support - PSEmu Pro video plugins support - PSEmu Pro sound plugins support - PSEmu Pro CD-Rom plugins support - PSEmu Pro Netplay plugins support - Mdec decoder ( The PSX comes with a jpeg decoder which is mainly used for MDEC movies. It is includes a new MDEC engine programmed in v.1.0.1) - CDDA sound support - XA sound support - GUI

******************************************************************************* 5. Compatibility in EPSXE ******************************************************************************* Compatibility in ePSXe hasn't been tested that much yet, actually it has been mainly tested with PAL games. Current compatibility percentage is superior at 85%. Some games known to work are: Colin McRae Rally 1 and 2 Crash Bandicoot 1, 2 and 3 Driver 1 and 2 Fifa 99/2000. Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX Iss98, Isspro evolution Knockout Kings 99, 2000 NBA Live 2000, and 2001 Need For Speed III, IV, V Ridge Racer Ridge Racer type 4 Soulblade Syphon Filter 1, 2 and 3 Tekken3 Tigger Woods 99, 2000 Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 and 4 Vagrant Story and many more ...

Once you start a game in ePSXe various things can occur: - The game works correctly. Solution: "Be happy !" :) Send us a screenshot when you're through the game. - The game works but you get graphics problems. Solution : ePSXe uses the PSEmu Pro plugins to draw the graphics to your screen, so you could try a different plugin. - The game works but you get 3d graphics or light problems. Solution: ePSXe has a more or less complete GTE emulation, but several GTE opcodes are still very buggy :-(. Wait for the next version. You can also try another plugin to make sure it's really a GTE problem (Pete's soft GPU plugin is very very compatible !) - The GAME still won't work. Solution: If, after all, the game STILL won't work, than it's most propably simply not compatible with ePSXe right now. You should wait for the next version of the emulator. Sound. ePSXe comes with support for the PSEmu Pro sound plugins in this version. This includes ADPCM, CDDA and partial XA sound. Common problems with the sound: - The game plays no sound at all Solution: Check the sound settings in the menu.

- XA sound playback is jerky. Solution: You need 50/60 fps in order to get accurate sound. ****************************************************************************** 6. Where can I get help with the emulator? ****************************************************************************** There are a number of ways to receive help. The first thing you should do is read the documentation, since the majority of questions are already answered in it. Also, you can use the following emulation newsgroups : news://comp.emulator.misc news://comp.emulator.game.consoles Another way is to ask on an emulator related IRC channel, like #epsxe, #psxemu or #emu in EFNET (get mIRC from http://www.mirc.com to connect) Many people you'll meet there will know more than we do about fixing certain problems that you may experience with this emulator, or they'll be able to point you somewhere where you can find a solution for your problem. This software is freeware, and we don't have a lot of time to answer questions, but if any of the above methods fail, you can try to contact us using the following ways, but don't always expect a reply from us ! calb, Galtor, _Demo_ ----------------------email: calb@epsxe.com email: galtor@epsxe.com email: _Demo_@epsxe.com ****************************************************************************** A. Frequently Asked Questions ****************************************************************************** * (Your favorite game here) doesn't work with EPSXE? Why not ? We're sorry. For now, try another emulator or a real playstation :). * When will the next version of EPSXE be released? We don't know and won't tell you. Check the homepage for more infos. * Where can I get the latest version of EPSXE? http://www.epsxe.com/ In addition, a number of emulation related websites will carry it too. ***************************************************************************** B. Thanks ***************************************************************************** Doomed Pts Vood Fennec Kazzuya Pete Roor Expert duddie/tratax A nice docs and love to emulation ;-) Testing and moral support Xplorer supporter A nice xplorer debugger For xa support and nice plugins Some wonderfull plugins and emails A bunch of good ideas Some nice chats and info PSemu Pro crew

JNS - Gui help and multiple tests. Bobbi - Fixes to docs, beta testing and gui. GreenImp - Testing multiples games. CDBuRnOuT - Testing features. Wormie - Testing. i4get - Testing. Lewpy - Help with some gpu issues. Null2 - Help with spu adsr. Alex7/Burutter- Help adding dualshock support. sxamiga - Help testing the emulator psychojak - Help with Parasite Eve 2 iori - Help with timing. andy - Testing multiples games. fpse team - Ideas and help with MDEC and sio 1964 team - Gui ideas Jean-loup Gailly/Mark Adler - zlib library Independent JPEG Group's for routines to decode jpeg. Segu, Nik the and rest of the PSEmu Pro plugins programmers. More thanks to: zsknight, Zilmar, Jabo, Willy, Goi, Jose and David Muriel. ************************************************************************** C. Legal Stuff ************************************************************************** EPSXE Copyright 2000/2002 EPSXE team. Sony Playstation is registered trademark of Sony. All mentioned games are registered trademarks of their authors or marks. You may only be in possession of the copyrighted BIOS if you're legally entitled to do so.Neither the ePSXe Team software nor its authors are affiliated with Sony. ePSXe is freeware and can be distributed freely as long as it is not modified or sold and the BIOS isn't packaged with the program. This readme must be included with the executable. When you use this software you do that at your own risk. The authors are not responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the use or misuse of this software. If you do not agree with these terms delete this software immediately ! ------------------------------------------------------------------calb calb@epsxe.com Galtor galtor@epsxe.com _Demo_ _Demo_@epsxe.com ------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.epsxe.com -------------------------------------------------------------------