Playstation Emulator for MAC

[kevinskolnik]

Friends,

I am interested in reliving my (recent) Playstation glory using the emulator offered on this wonderful website. I am using a MacBook Pro, and downloaded the PCSX emulator and a few ROMs. Unfortunately, I can't get any of them to work and there's no Readme file for the barely computer literate such as myself.

I have two questions:

1. Do I need something called BIOS? When I open PCSC it tells me:

Pcsx wasn't able to locate any Playstation BIOS ROM files. This means that it will run in BIOS simulation mode which is less stable and compatible than using a real Playstation BIOS.
If you have a BIOS available, please copy it to
~/Library/Application Support/Pcsx/Bios/

2. When I try to open ROMs I've downloaded I get an error message saying:

The document “Metal_Gear_Solid_(USA)_(v1.0)_(Disc_2).7z” could not be opened. PCSX cannot open files in the “PCSX Document” format.

What do I need to do in order to play Playstation ROMs on my Mac? Please help! Hot Trout, anybody!!

Thank you,

Kevin

[gamfrkI]

You need to unzip a game before you play (most games will have both .bin and a .cue file).

[Edited by HOT Trout] You can get the bios files from our own bios section, see link below
http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/inde ... -Boot/Sony

To unzip a 7z file use 7-zip. See link to download it.
http://www.7-zip.org/

[kevinskolnik]

Thank you both for the quick response!

I had to do a little digging, because the programs you sent me to unzip the files were, well, over my head. I did some research however, and ended up downloading Zipeg (http://zipeg.en.softonic.com/mac), which has a nice interface and I think I unzipped the roms, which is good.

Unfortunately, now when I try to open the .bin file for the game using PCSX, it tells me:

The document “CTR - Crash Team Racing (USA).bin” could not be opened. PCSX cannot open files in the “Playstation BIOS Image” format.

I don't think I've resolved the BIOS issue...

Do you think you could take one more minute and help me fill in the missing piece? Is there a file that needs to be copied somewhere (like the ones you so kindly linked to in your reply)?

This is very much appreciated.

Regards,

Kevin

[Hot Trout]

I think you still need to download the BIOS image to the correct folder for your emulator before you can play other games etc.

[crustyasp46]

Videos for pcsx emulator mac tutorial; http://www.google.ca/search?q=pcsx+emul ... CCsQqwQwAA some youtube video tutorials.

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=we ... On0zEoZAMA

A search of Google will lead you to many good tutorials written and video.

Hope this is helpful.

[kevinskolnik]

Friends,

Pardon my silence, I've been busy playing Metal Gear Solid on my Mac!!!!

Thank you so much for your advice. In the end I used a tutorial to put the bios file in the right place and off I went!

My only problem now is: I'm supposed to move onto disc 2 of MGS, but when I load the ISO for disc 2 it just says put disc 1 in. Is it possible to get disc 2 of a game to work of the saved game you're playing?

Well your help has been very much appreciated. I've been telling my friends about theoldcomputer!

Regards,

Kevin

[Kherr]

I've had that same issue with the whole disc one to disc two thing with Driver 2... I was wondering the same actually. ;3

[kevinskolnik]

I figured it out!!! When a game asks for disc 2, go to File>Eject CD. This will prompt a menu, with which you can open the .bin file of the next disc. Worked at least for Metal Gear Solid 1 for PS. Haha... only took like 9 months for me to come back to this game and work this out. Cheers!

[Kherr]

Thanks for letting us know you fixed the problem! It's great to see someone figure out issues. We'll make the world computer literate, one person at a time. ;3



Enjoy your PSX games!

[Hot Trout]

Nice work guys and thanks for posting your results.