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Metric	DuckStation	EmuPSX XL
User count	4,301,244	771,470
Average rating	4.26	3.30
Rating count	17,811	1,813
Last updated	2025-05-02	2026-04-29
Size	14.62 MB	23.43 MB
Version	0.1-6297	1.2.4

Short description	DuckStation is a high-performance PlayStation (PS1/PSX) emulator focusing on accuracy, speed, and enhanced gaming features for your favorite classic titles.	EmuPSX XL is a fullscreen, fast and user-friendly PSX (PlayStation 1) emulator with high-quality graphics, sound, and versatile game support.
Full summary	DuckStation is an advanced emulator for the Sony PlayStation (PS1/PSX) console designed to deliver accurate emulation with high performance. It supports a variety of game image formats such as cue, iso, img, ecm, mds, chd, and unencrypted PBP, ensuring compatibility with legally dumped games. Featuring OpenGL, Vulkan, and software rendering, DuckStation enhances your gameplay with upscaling, texture filtering, true color support, widescreen rendering without stretching, and precise geometry correction through PGXP. It supports up to 8 controllers with multitap, offers save states with preview screenshots, adaptive filtering, post-processing shader chains, and even RetroAchievements integration. Available on ARM and x86 devices, it balances performance and accuracy, offering features like CPU overclocking, runahead, and rewind for smooth play on capable hardware. This open-source project is provided under a Creative Commons license and remains unaffiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment.	EmuPSX XL is a powerful emulator for the iconic 32-bit PlayStation 1 console. Designed for fullscreen gameplay, it offers fast and smooth emulation of PSX graphics, sounds, and peripherals using OpenGL and stereo sound capabilities. The extension supports various ROM formats including img, iso, bin, and compressed archives like zip, rar, and 7z, making it easy to load your favorite games. With seamless support for hardware devices such as gamepads and keyboards, customizable on-screen controllers with vibration, multi-disk games, and the ability to manage PSX memory cards, EmuPSX XL ensures an authentic gaming experience. Features like quick save/load states and deep ROM scanning from your device simplify gameplay. Based on the open source PCSX ReARMed project, it delivers reliable performance and quality emulation for PlayStation enthusiasts.