Playstation Emulator for BlackBerry 10: PCSX-ReARMed-BB with Cascades!
I'm happy to announce the release of a PlayStation emulator for BlackBerry 10, PCSX-ReARMed-BB. This is a redone version of the PlayBook port, with a Cascades front-end.
New Features
- Boxart Scraping
- Load roms from SD card
- Keyboard Support
- Touch analog stick support
- Enhanced resolution setting
- In-game disc swapping
- Gamepad Support
Current Version: 1.0.0.7
Released: March 11th 2013
Download Link: PCSX-ReARMed-BB
Q10 Beta: 1.0.0.8
Released: May 6th 2013
Download Link: PCSX-ReARMed-BB
Known Issues
- When disc swapping, cancelling the picker will not resume the game. To resume, select the game you are currently playing.
- After using the in-game menu, you will need to touch the screen to use keyboard/gamepad again.
Change Log
Rev: 1.0.0.7
- Fixed Gamepad support (tested with Wiimote).
- Added BIOS selection in settings.
- Added resume button after returning to menu from a game.
- Disc swap will now only open a file picker to pick a rom to switch to.
Rev: 1.0.0.6
Download: PCSX-ReARMed-BB
- Fixed Boxart crash when game name not found.
- Fixed searching for games other than .bin/.cue.
- Fixed backwards Xa/CDDA settings.
- Fixed cross and circle button mapping swapped for keyboard/gamepad.
- Fixed issues with entering and leaving menu or disc swapping.
- Added initial Gamepad support (Untested, may explode).
Rev: 1.0.0.4
Download: PCSX-ReARMed-BB
- Initial Release
Usage
Download the bar from above. Side load it using your favorite tool such as DDPB.
Loading Games
*Disclaimer: We will not help obtaining games or any other files. Search elsewhere.
- Roms can be located anywhere, by default it starts at misc/pcsx-rearmed-bb/iso/ with a toggle to default to the SD card.
- The folder structure will be created during first run.
- Next, connect your Z10 to your computer or enable wireless sharing.
- Open "My Computer" and select the BlackBerry network drive.
- Navigate to misc/pcsx-rearmed-pb/iso/ (or elsewhere) and copy your legally obtained games here.
- For boxart, the rom should have the game name followed by extra info in brackets: Game Name(Other info like disc #, region, etc).bin
- The bin and cue must have the same base name (ie. file 1.bin, file 1.cue).
- If you rename the bin or cue file, you MUST open the .cue for edit, and rename which .bin it points to (case sensitive).
- Optional but highly recommended for maximum compatibility:
- Copy a PlayStation BIOS to misc/pcsx-rearmed-bb/bios with name "SCPH1001.BIN".
Launch PCSX-ReARMed-BB, select the ... button, pick your game and enjoy! Perform a swipe down gesture to bring down the menu to return to menu, save and load state, and disc swap.
Troubleshooting
- Ensure you've read, abide by and completely understand the above section.
- Games can take up to 30 seconds to load, be patient.
- Try running the .bin and the .cue if the other doesn't work.
- If one game has issues, try a more popular game or another image of the same game.
- If audio is having issues, try changing the audio settings.
- Some games do not support analog pads and may cause input to stop working (Final Fantasy 7 is one).
Source
PCSX-ReARMed source: https://github.com/notaz/pcsx_rearmed
PCSX-ReARMed-BB Source: https://github.com/CatalystG
Touch Control Overlay: https://github.com/blackberry/TouchControlOverlay
Credits
notaz (http://notaz.gp2x.de): Big thanks for providing the original emulator as well as helping resolve issues with the port.
Donate
If you enjoyed the emulator and wish to donate, you can do so here: Donate
As usual, I'm not responsible for any damage or bad things that may come of using this.