PlayStation Classic is Powered by Open-Source PCSX Emulator

Since the initial PlayStation Classic announcement and full game lineup, many have been curious what Sony is using to run classic PlayStation games on their mini handheld iteration of the original console.

According to recent reports from mainstream media sites including ArsTechnica.com, DSOGaming.com and HowToGeek.com wonder no more- it appears Sony's secret is out of the bag as cyber sleuths including Frank Cifaldi have discovered that the free, open-source PlayStation emulator PCSX Reloaded (available on Github) is responsible for the PSX emulation magic!

Many are pointing out the sheer irony of this in that years ago Sony sued the popular PlayStation emulator Bleem! forcing the company out of business due to massive legal expenses incurred throughout the court battles.

Below are some related Tweets trending on Twitter:

 

[jwooh]

The Connectix Virtual Game Station was the other commercial emulator $ony tried to sue. It was made for mac then later made for windows.

 

[mour0ne]

Hi, in ps4 fw9.00 crashed this emulator pkg , New version port to ps4 fw 9.00??? Thanks!