AshMat Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Hi, i want to play through resident evil to decide if im going to get deadly silence but can't be bothered brining the ps1 upstairs. Is there a way i can put ps1 games in my cd drive and play them on my pc with a regular usb controller? Thanks in advance.
Guest Jordan Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Short answer: PS1 games wouldn't run in your CD Rom drive. Long answer: Its possible, but its illegal and a pain in the ass to do.
Cheapshot Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 You can use a PSX emulator, providing you get the BIOS from your own Playstation it's perfectly legal I guess.
gorrit Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 If you have a Mac you can use Connectix PS1 emulator, it's very good and compatible (and deemed legal in court), but it's only for OS9. There should be good PS1 emulators today, search around.
faz99 Posted March 29, 2006 Posted March 29, 2006 Of course you can. I did it before with ePSXe, but i think there is better emulators out there. The only legality issues is surrouding the bios. http://www.zophar.net/psx.html
Teppo Holmqvist Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 You are legally allowed to download bios file so long as you have real PSOne on your house. But what you must understand is that you can only acquire same bios file that your PSone uses. I.e. If you have PAL PSOne, you aren't legally allowed to download NTSC bios. You can see what bios file your model has from the bottom of the console. Possible numbers are: SCPH 1000 SCPH 1001 SCPH 5000 SCPH 5500 SCPH 5502 SCPH 7000 SCPH 7001 SCPH 7003 SCPH 7502
faz99 Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 I'm not so sure thats true. The way i remember it was you could only use the one from YOUR PS1 that you took out of it. Thats like saying its ok to download the rom because you own the game. But i dunno.
gorrit Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Well, the legality of download the bios fille is a bit so so, I think some would claim that you'd have to download it of your PS1 otherwise it would be illegal.
Teppo Holmqvist Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Thats like saying its ok to download the rom because you own the game. But i dunno. It is quite OK, because you are simply getting backup of your legally owned game. But that doesn't change fact that: A) Most people download roms illegally, i.e. not for backup purposes B) Distributing roms around the net is illegal, plain and simple
Adrian DX Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 I'm not so sure thats true. The way i remember it was you could only use the one from YOUR PS1 that you took out of it. Thats like saying its ok to download the rom because you own the game. But i dunno. I doubt that, the bios in your PS isn't uniqe. As long as it is the same version as you download its legal.. It was the same thing with GB/GBC/GBA games (at least here in norway).
faz99 Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Oh yeah i know they aren't unique, but there are alot of different verions, its the same for roms. Anyway I don't think anyway it matters, people will still 'acquire' it.
Nugget Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 look up adrilepsx i think its called u just insert the disk and play.
Guest Jordan Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 It is quite OK, because you are simply getting backup of your legally owned game. But that doesn't change fact that: A) Most people download roms illegally, i.e. not for backup purposes B) Distributing roms around the net is illegal, plain and simple That is a myth actually, you personally can make a back up but you can't download one from somewhere else.
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