Anyone have the PlayStation mini? (Project Eris)

[hebs]

Anyone buy one so they could modify it to play ps1 games and tons of other emulators?

It’s a neat little nostalgia piece that can help you bridge the generation gap with your kids.

In stock form it sucks. The game list is lacking heavily. After reloading it with project eris, it’s a powerful little emulator. Right now I only have 1400 or so snes/nes games along with sega genesis and n64 games on it. And added about 15 ps1 games so far. Everything is working except for the n64 emulator.
Anyone else have success getting that working?

 

[Anytime23]

Ive had one for like 3 years and i dont think i've even plugged it in once.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Ps plus premium sun you can play those games on a ps5 if they are even worth playing now a days

 

[hebs]

Ps plus premium sun you can play those games on a ps5 if they are even worth playing now a days

Not the same once hacked though. I’ve got 3300 games on it right now (added the mame roms) It’s basically a nicely packaged raspberry pi Emulator that comes with a couple controllers.

I’m just stuck on getting the n64 emulator to work.

 

[KBIB]

Not the same once hacked though. I’ve got 3300 games on it right now (added the mame roms) It’s basically a nicely packaged raspberry pi Emulator that comes with a couple controllers.

I’m just stuck on getting the n64 emulator to work.

Your gonna blow the processor if you don’t get something to cool it down.

The PS mini is only good for PS emulation. Trying to emulate a 64 with it isn’t smart when there’s PI’s out there that can easily for under 50 bucks.

Are the roms loading? What emu are you using for the 64? The 64 was kind of a monster and because you can’t emulate the RAM built in your going to run into trouble not to mention mapping those horrible controllers that came with.

Good luck

 

[hebs]

Your gonna blow the processor if you don’t get something to cool it down.

The PS mini is only good for PS emulation. Trying to emulate a 64 with it isn’t smart when there’s PI’s out there that can easily for under 50 bucks.

Are the roms loading? What emu are you using for the 64? The 64 was kind of a monster and because you can’t emulate the RAM built in your going to run into trouble not to mention mapping those horrible controllers that came with.

Good luck

The roms aren’t loading for 64. Just black screen then back to title screen. I’m using mupen64plusnext core running in retroarch with the project eris software loaded.

I don’t think it requires a bios, but folks on the tubes have a mupen64 folder in the bios directory when they’re showing where the bios files go for things like sega cd and Dreamcast.

Also… the quad core on the psc should have no issues emulating n64 games. Have you heard of them overheating?

N64
VR4300 - 93.75MHz Proc
8MB (when expanded with the expansion pack)

PSC
Quad core ARM Cortex-A35
1GB DDRAM

 

[KBIB]

The roms aren’t loading for 64. Just black screen then back to title screen. I’m using mupen64plusnext core running in retroarch with the project eris software loaded.

I don’t think it requires a bios, but folks on the tubes have a mupen64 folder in the bios directory when they’re showing where the bios files go for things like sega cd and Dreamcast.

Also… the quad core on the psc should have no issues emulating n64 games. Have you heard of them overheating?

N64
VR4300 - 93.75MHz Proc
8MB (when expanded with the expansion pack)

PSC
Quad core ARM Cortex-A35
1GB DDRAM

You don’t need a bios cuz it’s not cd based.

You should get project 64 as your emulator since it fakes the ram output for the 64 to perfection. If you are getting a title screen, then the processor can’t handle ram output. Your making the processor do three times the work it should be doing.

The 64 was tough to program because of all the hoops the developers had to jump thru with the only triple A titles being Nintendo games until the system was dead and other developers learned how to program on it.

I’d either get a better emulator or not try to emu off the ps mini before you fry that processor unless you can get a decent cooling fan.

 

[hebs]

Yes, I don’t think it has a bios. There’s just something else in that path that it uses.

I have project 64. But Project Eris runs cores, and I don’t think p64 makes a core? ??‍ (Looking for someone who has emulation station, or project eris experience)

The processor is like +40x the processor that was in the n64, why do you think it can’t handle it?

 

[KBIB]

It’s the emulator

 

[hebs]

It’s the emulator

The emulator isn’t going to hurt the proc. It’s demand is a fraction of the processor’s capability.

But I’m not here to discuss that part. I was just hoping someone on here might have some knowledge to share about their experience with the psc, project eris and mupen64 emulation

 

[KBIB]

Yeah, I think I’m done here if you don’t think an emulator can make a processor work hard enough to make it over heat.

I mean…. considering one of my relatives had a hand in creating a windows based Sega Saturn emulator, I’m sure I have no knowledge about emulators.

(Shrugs)

 

[Ares]

Yes, I don’t think it has a bios. There’s just something else in that path that it uses.

I have project 64. But Project Eris runs cores, and I don’t think p64 makes a core? ??‍ (Looking for someone who has emulation station, or project eris experience)

The processor is like +40x the processor that was in the n64, why do you think it can’t handle it?

You don’t need a bios cuz it’s not cd based.

You should get project 64 as your emulator since it fakes the ram output for the 64 to perfection. If you are getting a title screen, then the processor can’t handle ram output. Your making the processor do three times the work it should be doing.

The 64 was tough to program because of all the hoops the developers had to jump thru with the only triple A titles being Nintendo games until the system was dead and other developers learned how to program on it.

I’d either get a better emulator or not try to emu off the ps mini before you fry that processor unless you can get a decent cooling fan.

Impressive tech, to not need a fucking BIOS.

 

[hebs]

Impressive tech, to not need a fucking BIOS.

I wouldn't say impressive. lol it's old Tech. (Similar to the old computers that didn't come with Operating systems. My Tandy 1000 only had a 75K HD. I had to boot the OS off of floppy disks.)

The Bios isn't needed, because the system doesn't boot on it's own. All cartridge based systems "boot" off of the cartridge and therefore do not require their own standing bios.

 

[Ares]

I wouldn't say impressive. lol it's old Tech. (Similar to the old computers that didn't come with Operating systems. My Tandy 1000 only had a 75K HD. I had to boot the OS off of floppy disks.)

The Bios isn't needed, because the system doesn't boot on it's own. All cartridge based systems "boot" off of the cartridge and therefore do not require their own standing bios.

Are you sure you're not referring to virtualization of the individual BIOS for the console being emulated.

I am gonna bet the device has a BIOS, but requires no emulation of the BIOS of various consoles while requiring it for others.

 

[hebs]

Are you sure you're not referring to virtualization of the individual BIOS for the console being emulated.

I am gonna bet the device has a BIOS, but requires no emulation of the BIOS of various consoles while requiring it for others.

You’re right.

It can be difficult to talk to random people about computer shit because you have no baseline of their skill set. So sometimes you speak in generalities, hoping they understand. Then you get caught dumbing it down to someone who knows
what you’re talking about and then have to go back and rehash everything to get on the same page with them.

 

[Ares]

You’re right.

It can be difficult to talk to random people about computer shit because you have no baseline of their skill set. So sometimes you speak in generalities, hoping they understand. Then you get caught dumbing it down to someone who knows
what you’re talking about and then have to go back and rehash everything to get on the same page with them.

Sometimes its very difficult to articulate exactly what you mean with technology, in a way that is simple and concise for the person you want to reach.

My initial reply to the two of you I was gonna be a total dick lol then I realized "I think hebs is just struggling to articulate this."