Thanks to a recent update to the WiiSX / CubeSX emulator, PlayStation 1 (PS1) games are now playable on the Nintendo GameCube, offering an exciting new way for retro gaming enthusiasts to experience classic titles.
PS1 Games Now Playable on GameCube
https://www.retronews.com/ps1-games-now-playable-on-gamecube/
32 Comments
mesamunefire@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
Wild times!
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 1y
I'm curious what the games look like, does it retain the PS1 "wobble" or would it look more clean with the GameCube rendering?
lime@feddit.nu · 14 pts · 1y
i may just be talking out of my ass but i recall one of the dolphin devlogs saying something about the gamecube not having an fpu either. it got around wobblies by being 64-bit or something. if that's the case, going 32-bit only would reintroduce them.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
Duckstation has a way of "removing" the wobble. I don't remember what technique they use though, it's been awhile since I looked at it.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
It makes the games look way better too. Just play through metal gear solid 1 and was impressed with it.
LemoineFairclough@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I'm not sure, but the reasons for being "wobbly" are pretty interesting: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/5019/why-do-3d-models-on-the-playstation-1-wobble-so-much
If I was deigning an emulator, I'd try to match the behavior of the original system as closely as possible, since people designing a program for that system might have depended on any behavior they observed (intentionally or unintentionally), so I'd keep the "wobble" (or provide a way to disable it, but keep it enabled by default).
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
There is no ability to benefit from poor texture mapping. The wobbling textures are essentially random. There is a finite number of PS1 games, and no game has ever "depended" on this behavior. Your argument is nonsense. Current emulators have the ability to fix textures.
MNByChoice@midwest.social · 8 pts · 1y
Fantastic! I have a PS1 game I have been wanting to play. (Never had a PS1.)
TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Which game is it?
MNByChoice@midwest.social · 7 pts · 1y
I cannot find it. Crap. I think "Chrono Cross".
TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Don't go in expecting Crono Trigger. Cross was made during the "FF VII is the only way to make RPGs" era.
It's an odd one. I couldn't beat the final boss back in the day because I never understood the color/music system enough.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
I loved Chrono Cross! Check out Legend of Mana for more PSX RPG fun!
Quick edit: I highly recommend Parasite Eve 1&2 as well!
MotorCade93@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
One of my all time favorites. Emulate it, you'll love it.
MNByChoice@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
Thank you!
Takumidesh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I don't think you will be able to play the disk, without heavy console modification
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 1y
Mod the disc; make it smaller.
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
Is the C stick actually a second analog stick, or is it basically just an 8 way pad with a stick on top?
ElectricTrombone@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
The c-stick is technically an analog stick. Take apart a Gamecube controller and you'll see that uses potentiometers just like the left stick. It might have a gate on the stick that snaps to certain positions. I seem to remember something like that when I replaced mine.
dai@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I like how confidently wrong you are.
Screenshot from a teardown video showing that the C-stick is, in fact, a stick:
"Always has been." Riiiight.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 5 pts · 1y
How do I fit the discs in?
xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
But why?
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 1y
Because
xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
I see.
aciDC14@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Blasphemy!
Lumidaub@feddit.org · -30 pts · 1y
Ah. "There are now ways to run PS1 games on GameCube, if you're into that sort of thing", not "Nintendo has pushed a patch and upgraded the GameCube to somehow accept and play PS1 games".
windowsphoneguy@feddit.org · 49 pts · 1y
Well, yeah
TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 28 pts · 1y
Why would you think Nintendo would do that?
Lumidaub@feddit.org · -14 pts · 1y
I wouldn't. It's just what the headline sounded like to me.
Ashiette@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
It's a 20 years old console. Nobody expects Nintendo to patch it. Even less to play older games of a competitor...
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
... I know. I'm saying that I was taken aback at what the headline, to me, seemed to imply and that, imho, different wording might have been better.
JustZ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I read it the same way.
_sideffect@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
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