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ShadPS4
Emulator for PlayStation 4 software From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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shadPS4 is a free and open-source emulator for the PlayStation 4.[5][6] It supports Windows, Linux and MacOS.[2][7] shadPS4 can currently only emulate some games to varying degrees of support.[8][9]
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Development of shadPS4 was started by George Moralis[10][11][12] in October 2022.[13] Moralis previously worked on the PS1 emulator PCSX and founded the PS2 emulator PCSX2,[14][15] going by the user name "shadow". At the time, PS4 emulation had not advanced very far, with most existing emulators being only able to run 2D games reliably.[16][9] On July 2, 2024, shadPS4 version 0.1.0 was released, being able to launch Sonic Mania, One Piece: Unlimited World Red and some other 3D games such as Resident Evil: Origins Collection and Persona 5.[17][16] A major factor contributing to its support for more 3D games was that addition of a shader recompiler to its architecture.[18][19] By July 31, it could run Red Dead Redemption at 25 frames per second,[20][8][21] and it was able to launch Dark Souls.[8] By December 7, 2024, version 0.4.1 was in development and hit a huge milestone in getting games based on Unity to run on Windows, which meant dozens, if not hundreds of games were now supported.[22] On December 25, the major version 0.5.0 was released including further improvements.
Bloodborne
The ability to emulate Bloodborne has been of major long-standing interest to fans due to the lack of a PC port or remaster.[23][24][25] By July 2024, Bloodborne could run and access the character creation menu, but had a major graphical bug causing a red filter to be applied to the screen.[6][11][26] By August 19, version 0.2.1 was in development and was able to run both the alpha and retail version of Bloodborne without crashing, with some users able to run the game at more than 60 FPS.[5] However, not all textures could be properly loaded, and several game specific hacks were used in order to run it.[10][9][27] In early September rendering was greatly improved, with support being added for screen light occlusion, depth of field, dynamic lighting, and shadows.[28] By January 2025, gaming outlets reported that Bloodborne was "very playable" as long as certain mods were installed to fix graphical bugs such as vertex explosions.[23][25][24]
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Compatibility
As of February 2025, 350 titles are listed by shadPS4 as being "in game", while 321 titles are listed as being "playable".[29]
See also
- PlayStation 4 system software § System for a description of the PS4 system's graphics APIs.
- Category:PlayStation 4-only games for a list of notable PS4 exclusive games.
- RPCS3, a PlayStation 3 emulator.
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