shadPS4/README.md

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shadPS4

An early PS4 emulator for Windows and Linux written in C++ by shadow , skmp , wheremyfoodat , GPUCode

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Status

Early progress , a small amount of ps4 sdk demos and homebrew games working

Why?

The project started as a fun project. Due to short free time, it will probably take a while since it will be able to run something decent, but I am trying to do regular small commits.

Build

Windows

Check building instructions in windows build

Linux

Check building instructions in linux build

Build status

Platform Build status
Windows SDL build Windows-sdl
Linux SDL build Linux-sdl

To discuss the development of this emulator, please join our Discord server: Discord

Who are you?

Old emulator fans and devs can recognize me as "shadow". I was the founder and coder for a lot of emulation projects:

  • PCSX
  • PCSX2
  • PCSP
  • JPCSP
  • arcadeflex
  • rpcs3 contributor

Contribution

I currently accept any contribution, here is a list of some items that may be useful:

  • PKG extractor (there was initial work on this, search project history commits).
  • Initial GUI with imgui, SDL3 and Vulkan.
  • to be filled...

Documentation

Wiki has some documentation for PS4 PKG format

PKG PS4 File Format

Sister Projects

  • Panda3DS: An multiplatform 3DS emulator from our co-author wheremyfoodat
  • hydra: An multisystem , multiplatform emulator (chip-8,GB,NES,N64) from Paris