27/08/2001
                       PCSX
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Contents
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1)General
2)Status
3)What's new..
4)How it works
5)TroubleShoot
6)Plugins that supports
7)Supported games
8)Credits

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1)General



Pcsx is a PSX emulator. What that really means? It means that it emulates the
way that a PSX works and tries to translate PSX machine language to PC language.
That is very hard to be done and we can't speak for 100% success in any time.
The hardware would always be better than the software so if you wanna play games
then better get a real PSX. If you want a debugging tool and test the emulator
then try Pcsx. Pcsx is capable to run many games, but may others don't.
We are working on it ;). The members of the team are very advanced coders and
they will continue the work on the Pcsx as far as they have enough time to work
on it. Real life comes first and sometimes it is much more demanding.

The team of Pcsx





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2)  Status report
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                |      | Using dynamic recompiler. Unstable, not finished and
  CPU & COP0    |  40% | not optimized
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                |      | All memory accesses have been emulated. Speedups have
  MEMORY        |  90% | been done
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                |      | Some of them have been done but many of them are missing
  INTERRUPTS    |  40% | 
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                |      | Rootcounters have partially emulated
  MISC HARDWARE |  60% | all DMA have been emulated
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                |      | Most of them have been done, still needs tests and
  GTE           |  70% | fixes (mostly the lighting ones)
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                |      | Mdec is working ok, must be optimized
  MDEC          |  50% |
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                |      | Cd-rom working. Some things missing althought
  CD-ROM        |  80% | CD-DA throught Cdrom plugin
                |      | CDRgetStatus support
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  GPU           |  99% | GPU is emulated through Psemu Pro system and it is
                |      | almost perfect ;)
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  SPU           |  70% | ADPCM sound is working but not all times
                |      | New PSEmu Pro 2 functions added
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  PAD           |  80% | Both pads are working, emulated correctly
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  Memcards      |  60% | Memcards are implemented, but they are not very
                |      | tested
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  GUI           |  95% | GUI is great :)
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  Debug         |      | Win32 Only
                |  85% | Dissasembler and register debbuger works. Need to 
                |      | finish the memory viewer and log system
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* Savestates support: F1, F2, F3, 1-5 states by game
* State-Pic support: F4
* You don't need to restart the emu after configure, maybe just the first time,
  but it will reset the game after you click ok.
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5)what's new
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What's new in 0.9.221 Windows version
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-fix the bug in the configurator
-fixes to rootcouters many games work now :). Some SPU samples work better now
-fixes to cd-da. You can also enable or disable it now...
-add MCI commands for Cd-rom plugins that not have CDRplay commands (cdrduddie,cdrbarret)
-corrections to NCT-NCS of gte
-SPU irq added
-Fixes to Iori SPU support
-various GUI fixes.
-CD-XA mono


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4) How it works

Steps: 1) Put a bios on bios directory (default: scph1001.bin)
       2) Put plugins in plugin directory
       3) Open the emu 
       4) Configure plugins from configuration menu and Memcards from Mcd Manager
       5) Put a cd your cdrom drive
       6) Press Run CD and the game might work ;P

Quick Keys:
F1: Save State
F2: Increase State Num
F3: Load State
F4: Show State-Pic
F5: Sio Irq Dis/Enable
F6: Black&White Mdecs Dis/Enable
F7: Dis/Enable Xa
F8: Dis/Enable CD-DA

Cpu Options:
Disable Xa Decoding: Disables xa sound, if you don't want sound this might
		     speed up a little movies (mostly) and the game itself.
Sio Irq Always Enabled: Enable this only when pads or memcards doesn't works,
			but usually brokes compatibility with them.
Black & White Mdec Videos: Speed up for slow machines on movies.
Disable CD-DA : Will disable CD audio that not work quite well...
Psx System Type:
    Autodetect: Try to autodetect the system.
    NSTC/PAL: Specify it for yourself.

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5)Troubleshoot
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 -QUE: My favourite game doesn't work
  AN:  Wait for the next release, or get another emu ;)
 -QUE: XA is crappy :P
 -AN : We know !!
 -QUE: Can I have a bios image?
 -AN : No
 -QUE: CD audio is crappy...
 -AN : If it doesn't work then disable it :)



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6) Plugins that are supported from Pcsx 0.7.000 for linux
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 GPU plugins: Pete's MesaGL
              Pete's SoftX
	      Linuzappz's GpuPadAlleg
 SPU plugins: Linuzappz's Spu
              Linuzappz's SpuNull
 CDR Plugins: Linuzappz's Cdr
              Linuzappz's CdrIso
 PAD Plugins: Linuzappz's padXwin

 Plugins that are supported from PCSX 0.9.221 for windows...
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 ALL the Known psemu pro compatible plugins. If anyone not working mail me (shadow@pcsx.net)
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7)Supported Games
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 Here is a small list with games that pcsx support. Notice that it might have some glitches on
 sound or gfx but it is considered playable. :)

 Crash Bandicoot 1
 Time crisis
 Mickey Wild adventure
 Coolboarders 3
 Street fighter EX+a
 Street fighter EX2 plus
 Breath of fire 3
 Breath of fire 4
 Quake II

and probably lots more. Mail me a list of your playable games. (shadow@pcsx.net)


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8)Credits
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  PCSX is the work of the following people:
  George "Shadow"    Moralis     : Main coder,e-mail:      e-mail:shadow@pcsx.net
  Pete   "BlueDove"  Bernett     : GPU,SPU,GUI coder,      e-mail:psswitch@online.de
  NoComp                         : Father&past Pcsx coder, e-mail:NoComp@mailcity.com
  Linuzappz			 : Linux, Sio, Mdec, Cdr...e-mail:linuzappz@pcsx.net
  Nik3d				 : Gte coder		   e-mail:
  Thanasis "Akumax" Theocharidis : Webmaster,beta tester,  e-mail:akumax@pcsx.net

Team would like to thanks:
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Ancient   :Shadow's small bother for beta testing pcsx and bothering me to correct it :P
Roor      :for his help on cd-rom decoding routine :)
Duddie,
Tratax,
Kazzuya   :for the great work on psemu,and for the XA decoder :)
Calb      :for nice chats and coding hits ;)  We love you calb ;)
Twin      :for the bot to #pcsx on efnet, for coding hints and and :)
Lewpy     :Man this plugin is quite fast! 
Psychojak :For beta testing Pcsx and donating a great amount of games to Shadow ;)
JNS       :For adding PEC support to Pcsx
Antiloop  :Great coder :)
Segu      :He knows what for :)
Null      :He also knows :)
Bobbi
cdburnout :For putting Pcsx news to their site and for hosting..
D[j]      :For hosting us ;)
Now3d     :For nice chats,info and blabla :)
Ricardo Diaz: Linux version may never have been released without his help


and last but not least:
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James   : for all the friendly support
Dimitris: for being good friend to me..
Joan: The woman that make me nuts the last couple months...

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Official website: http:/www.pcsx.net

If I forgot someone beat me :P
"What you feel is what you are,and what you are is beatiful."
Log off
Shadow/ Linuzappz

