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PlayStation 4

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Overview

Introduced in 2013 by Sony, the PlayStation 4 was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Custom AMD “Jaguar” 8-core x86-64 CPU running up to 1.6 GHz (later revisions 1.84 GHz).
  • Memory: 8 GB of unified GDDR5 with 176 GB/s bandwidth shared between CPU and GPU.
  • Display: Custom AMD Radeon-based GPU delivering 1.84 TFLOPS with support for 1080p/4K rendering and hardware geometry/tessellation.
  • Sound: Custom AMD audio engine with 64-channel PCM mixing and support for Dolby Atmos/DTS:X formats.

Supported ROM extensions

ps4

Emulators

  • shadps4 (shadps4) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_SHADPS4

Notes

Do not attempt to use this emulator unless you have a jailbroken PS4 console with back-up games. PS4 emulation is very experiemental & required a high specified x86_64 PC.

Before you can play a game you must install the game via the associated .PKG file of your backed-up game using the F1 menu. Then in the new installation directory for the installed game, create a file with a .ps4 extension so EmularionStation will see it. i.e. /userdata/roms/ps4/CUSA03173/Bloodborne.ps4

Then you can launch the game from EmulationStation accordingly.

DLC content will be stored in: /userdata/roms/ps4/DLC

Very important: To play games you typically need the system modules from your PS4 that has been jailbroken. Place the decrypted system module files in: /userdata/system/configs/shadps4/user/sys_modules

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml