Setup and Use PSX Playstation 1 Emulator in Windows 7

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   First, obtain a digital copy of a PlayStation 1 game

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   Then download the PSX emulator at http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx/psx_em.html and extract it. Make sure that the BIOS file of the PlayStation 1 system is created by downloading a dumper and merger at http://shendosoft.blogspot.com/2013/07/psx-bios-dumper-26-released.html and a memory capture program from http://shendosoft.blogspot.com/2013/06/memcardrex-17-released.html. Name the file SCPH1001.bin. The emulator will not work without this BIOS file.

   

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   Double-click the folder containing the PlayStation 1 emulator

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   Find the executable file psxfin.exe and double-click it

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   Wait for the emulator to load, as it may take some time to load everything. On the next step, the emulator will request the location of the BIOS image.

   

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   Click "OK" to open a new window

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   In this window, locate the BIOS file. In this tutorial, the BIOS file is on the desktop of the computer, so this directory has to be specified.

   

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   Click the BIOS file

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   Click "Open"

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   If the emulator is showing the screen with "MAIN MENU", "MEMORY CARD", and "CD PLAYER", then it means that the BIOS file has loaded properly. Now, the controller has to be set.

   

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   Click "File"

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   Click "Configuration"

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   The most important thing is that there are several tabs, but only the "Controllers" tab is required for now.

   

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   Click the "Controllers" tab to open a new section

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    A PC controller, if owned, can be chosen as an input device from the "Devices" drop-down menu

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    For keyboard controls, map PC keys to correspond with the PlayStation 1 controller. There are several PlayStation 1 controller buttons depicted in the section. On the right side of the buttons, there is a space where any key can be input. In this case, if the controller buttons "up", "left", "down" and "right" need to be set, the Up arrow key, Left arrow key, Down arrow key and Right arrow key on the keyboard are pressed respectively. Go ahead and set everything as desired.

    

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    Click "OK" after everything is set properly

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    Boot up the game

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    Click "File".

    

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13. 13
    Click "Insert CD image"

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    A new window will open. In this example, there is a BIN game file named "Tekken 3.bin" on the desktop.

    

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    Click the BIN file with the game

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    Click "Open" and wait for the game to load

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    This may take several seconds.

    

    This concludes the tutorial on how to set up and use the PSX PlayStation 1 emulator in Windows 7. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comment section below.

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I just need the ps1 BIOS without junkware added please?

I just need the ps1 BIOS without junkware added please. I'm new to this emulation thing.

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