Play PSP Games on PC using PPSSPP Emulator

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We all like to Play Games in our free time and some of us are even addicted to gaming. Sometimes you will have a game that you want to play but you don't have that game console. This tutorial will teach you how to install and Play PSP games on your PC using PPSSPP Emulator.

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   A PC with a Single-Core CPU of at least 2.0Ghz

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   A 256mb graphic card/or it may work on a built-in GPU

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   Windows XP/7/Vista OS

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   Winrar or 7zip for extraction (www.7-zip.org/download.html) (www.rarlab.com/download.htm)

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   PPSSPP Emulator the latest version (ppsspp.org/downloads.html)

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   PSP ROMs (ISO)

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   Playstation Controller or Xbox controller(optional) "I use Playstation controller"

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1. 1
   First Download and Install winrar and 7zip

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   Winrar will be used to extract PPSSPP Emulator and Winzip to extract the PSP Game ISO.

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2. 2
   Now download PPSSPP emulator--look for the Windows version, then click download zip.

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   After you download it you need to extract the folder inside

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   Click extract files after right clicking on the file then click ok.

   

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4. 4
   Now open the extracted folder to make sure the files are there

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   You will see the folder name after the extraction and the files inside the folder on the photo.

   

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5. 5
   Leave the Emulator and download ROMs or games for you to play

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   Download them from here (www.emuparadise.me/Sony_Playstation_Portable_ISOs/44) Use the letters to browse, do not scroll down and browse the game.

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   Find a list of working games for this emulator here (ppsspp.org/compatibility.html) and here(forums.ppsspp.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=13)

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   For this tutorial I'm gonna use Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection

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   Now, go to the first letter of the you want, for instance click "T" for Tekken and scroll down to look for the name

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   For this tutorial I clicked Tekken Dark Resurrection USA.

   

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   Scroll down till you find Direct Download Links and click the game's name

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   It will redirect you to the download page and look for Direct Download and click the game's name again.

   

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   Wait until the download finishes, then extract it

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   Go to the file, right click and click "extract files"

   

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    Now go to the extracted game folder and you will see files like .001,002,003 Etc

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    and obviously this is not a game file. Now use 7zip to extract the game. Right click on .001 and highlight 7zip and click extract files. After the extraction you will see a new folder, it contains the game's ISO.

    

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    To play the game, go to the PPSSPP folder again and right click the PPSSPP Windows file and click 'run as administrator'

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    If you have a controller for your PC, connect it

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    Now you need to load the game. On the Main screen of the emulator click Load... Then navigate to the game ISO path (where you extracted it) and click open.

    

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    Play the game

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• Ensure that you have the latest Graphic Drivers.
• Make sure you have latest Directx and if any problems occur while running the emulator download VC2010 redist (www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555)
• Also try other games even they are not on the list some might work.

If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

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