Sope For Linux

Sope is an open-source Playstation emulator for Linux/Unix Systems. It is still in a quite early stage, but most demos now work. Soap software uses interpretive emulation, but a dynamic recompilation core is available for the Alpha and the x86 processors.

./sope [arguments] [file(s)]

The files can be either PS-X EXE files or .PLL files (for many-files demos) PLL files are plain text files, each line performing an action:

LOAD xxxxxx.exe # Loads an executable file DATA xxxxxx.dat 80080000 # Loads a data file at the specified adress SETPC 80080000 # Set the PC register to the specified value

Possible arguments are:

"-n" to disable texturing "-v=n" to force VBlank interrupt period to n*1000 [default n=30]. n must be < 66 "-p" forces display to be equal to n*256 lines "-s" enable sound (experimental) "-B" boots cdrom "-h" display help message

The PS-X bios image file must be named as "bios" and must reside in the current directory.

- Spacebar Start - Enter Select - q L1 - 1 L2 - e R1 - 3 R2 - x Cross - d Circle - w Triangle - a Square - Cursor keys Directionnal buttons

- Escape: Quit emulator - n: Disable/Enable Texturing - b: Enable/Disable Bilinear Filtering - u: Disable/Enable All Rendering - f: Disable/Enable Cosmetic stuff (Transparencies, Blending)

Requirements:

· Playstation Bios Image (scph1001.bin is recommended) · OpenGL libs (only for OpenGL renderer) · AAlib, SVGAlib, X-Windows or SDL (for soft renderer) · GTK+ >= 1.2.0 (only if using debugger) · Alpha or x86 CPU (only required if using dynamic recompilation)