The war that Nintendo wages against emulators and the transmission of content related to its intellectual properties has increased the interest in emulation, so it is not bad to take a look at RPCS3a free software and cross-platform PlayStation 3 emulator.
Those responsible for RPCS3 have announced through their official Twitter account that their emulator is now capable of running all PlayStation 3 titles, although that does not necessarily mean that they are playable. According to image posted with the tweet, 67.98% of the games are playable; 28.59% may not be finishedhave glitches serious or unsatisfactory performance; while 3.42% show an image, but are unable to go past the initial menus.
The achievement is not bad if we take into account that it is a software that is officially in alpha state, so it is assumed that it is still quite immature. However, it is also not uncommon to see some projects released as free software maintain alpha status permanently. That is the case of the strategy video game 0 AD, which 21 years after the publication of the first version is still officially in alpha state, although that does not mean that it cannot be played perfectly.
In addition to being able to run the entire PlayStation 3 catalog (or at least all the titles tested by the developers), The latest version of RPCS3 has included major performance improvements for games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted 2, and Uncharted 3.So, at least in theory, players are given the chance to resurrect those titles without having to dust off Sony’s veteran console.
RPCS3 defines itself as “an open source, cross-platform Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++ for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD”, although the GitHub repository goes a step further by saying that it is the first software of its kind (we assume that it adds emulation, multiplatform and the fact that it is free software). Its source code is released under the GPLv2 license. standard, the same one used by the Linux kernel, so it can be considered hard-line free software.
RPCS3 can be downloaded from the download section of the project’s official website for the mentioned systems. For Linux it is officially distributed in AppImage format, although alternatively there are other compilations in Flatpak and Snap format, which do not have to be official.
