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DuckStation Git (2026/08/20) is a PlayStation emulator emphasizing playability, speed, and maintainability for various devices. It aims for accuracy while maintaining performance and supports a wide range of formats, including bin/cue and PBP. Key features include a CPU recompiler, hardware rendering options (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan), upscaling, texture filtering, and PGXP for improved graphics. Additional functionalities incorporate fast booting, save state support, and controller compatibility, including lightgun support. The update also enhances various technical aspects and introduces several bug fixes. Automatic updates and content scanning are included for user convenience.
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DuckStation Git (2026/08/20) has been compiled. DuckStation serves as a simulator/emulator for the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, emphasizing playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. Its objective is to achieve high accuracy while ensuring performance is suitable for lower-end devices. “Hack” options are discouraged, and the default settings are expected to accommodate all playable games, with only a few enhancements potentially causing compatibility issues.
Features:
CPU Recompiler/JIT (x86-64, armv7/AArch32, and AArch64)
Hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan) and software rendering
Upscaling, texture filtering, and true color (24-bit) in hardware renderers
PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation
Adaptive downsampling filter
Post-processing shader chains
“Fast boot” option to skip BIOS splash/intro
Support for save states
Compatibility with Windows, Linux, and experimental macOS
Allows bin/cue images, raw bin/img files, MAME CHD, single-track ECM, MDS/MDF, and unencrypted PBP formats.
Direct booting of homebrew executables
Direct loading of Portable Sound Format (psf) files
Support for both digital and analog controllers (rumble forwarded to host)
Namco GunCon lightgun compatibility (simulated via mouse)
Support for NeGcon
Qt and “Big Picture” user interface
Automatic updates for Windows builds
Automatic content scanning – game titles/hashes sourced from redump.org
Optional automatic switching of memory cards for each game
Ability to load cheats from existing lists
Memory card editor and save importer
Emulated CPU overclocking
Integrated and remote debugging
Multitap controller support (up to 8 devices)
RetroAchievements
Automatic loading/applying of PPF patches
DuckStation Changelog:
* FullscreenUI: Removed shared_ptr usage
* LRUCache: Added custom deleter override
* LRUCache: Fixed m_manual_evict not being respected when adding
* Bus: Fixed CPE parsing when developer logging is disabled
* GameDB: Added HASH for Beyond the Beyond (#3782)
