


PCSXR can also emulate an internal bios, but it is not compatible with all games and presents issues. The bios dump must be put into the ~/.pcsxr/bios/ directory. That's not provided by PCSXR since using or distributing the bios infringes Sony's Copyrights and is illegal. The emulator needs a dump of the bios of a real console to run. Owning the BIOS image without owning the actual console is a violation of copyright law. You may not use such a file to play games in a PSX emulator if you do not own a Sony PlayStation, Sony PSOne or Sony PlayStation 2 console. Warning: The installation and use of this emulator requires a Sony PlayStation BIOS file. Deleting this directory will reset PCSXR's configuration to its original state. pcsxr into your home directory, where all the configurations, plugins, savedata and the console bios will be stored. Upon the first launch PCSXR will create a hidden directory named.
#Pcsx emulator guide mac install#
If you intend to use any plugins other than the ones that come with the emulator, you should install the 32 bit package from the multilib repositories.
#Pcsx emulator guide mac 64 Bit#
Notice, however, that if you have a 64 bit machine and you choose to grab one of the AUR versions, PCSXR will be compiled to 64 bit architecture, rendering it incompatible with the vast majority of the plugins, which are 32bit only. Install the stable pcsxr AUR package or alternately the pcsxr-git AUR for the development version.Īdditionally, you can also install the pcsxr-gtk2 AUR package for the GTK2 version, which allows to run GTK based plugin interfaces without having to install lib32-gtk AUR from the AUR.

