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DuckStation Git (2026/08/24) is a PlayStation emulator focusing on playability, speed, and maintainability, designed for both high and low-end devices. Key features include CPU recompiler/JIT support, various rendering options (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan), upscaling, texture filtering, and save state functionality. It supports multiple file formats and offers innovative features like fast booting, a memory card editor, and integrated debugging. The emulator includes support for different controllers, lightgun emulation, and automatic updates for Windows. Recent updates have improved translations and organized menu items. Download is available through the specified source.
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DuckStation Git (2026/08/24) has been compiled. DuckStation is an emulator for the Sony PlayStation(TM) console that focuses on playability, speed, and long-term maintenance. The aim is to achieve high accuracy while ensuring performance is adequate for low-end devices. “Hack” features are discouraged, and the default settings should be able to run all playable games, although some enhancements may have compatibility issues.
Features:
CPU Recompiler/JIT (x86-64, armv7/AArch32, and AArch64)
Support for hardware (D3D11, D3D12, OpenGL, Vulkan) and software rendering
Upscaling, texture filtering, and true color (24-bit) in hardware renderers
PGXP for improved geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation
Adaptive downsampling filter
Post-processing shader chains
“Fast boot” feature to skip BIOS splash/intro
Save state capability
Windows, Linux, and highly experimental macOS support
Compatibility with 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 digital and analog controllers (rumble is forwarded to the host)
Namco GunCon lightgun support (simulated with a mouse)
NeGcon support
Qt and “Big Picture” user interface
Automatic updates for Windows versions
Automatic content scanning – game titles/hashes sourced from redump.org
Optional automatic memory card switching for each game
Ability to load cheats from existing lists
Memory card editor and save importer
Emulated CPU overclocking
Integrated and remote debugging
Multitap controllers (up to 8 devices)
RetroAchievements
Automatic loading/applying of PPF patches
DuckStation Changelog:
* Update duckstation-qt_es.ts (#3786)
* Qt: Update machine translations
* Qt: Organize toolbar-related menu items into a submenu (#3789)
