PSPC

Guides

Learn PSPC, step by step.

Tutorials that take you from the installer to playing online, reference pages for settings and the command line, and straight answers about what PSPC can do and how it differs from PPSSPP.

These guides describe PSPC 0.1.2, the current release: faster GPU rendering, named firmware profiles and Super Squadron online. The download is a Windows installer; Source only marks Linux support included in the tag but not published as a prebuilt package.

Getting started

New to PSPC? These two take you from nothing to playing, and explain what PSPC does with your games.

  • Install and play your first game

    Tutorial · Windows

    Download and install PSPC, add a game you own, build its native code and play. Controls, saves and updates included.

  • Native code and the interpreter

    Guide

    What building does, what NATIVE, PARTIAL and REBUILD mean, when to rebuild, and when the interpreter helps.

Using PSPC

Make PSPC look and play the way you want, add the PSP's own menu, and go online.

  • Graphics, sound and controls

    Guide

    Software or GPU rendering, resolutions up to 8K, xBR texture upscaling, and remapping keys and controllers.

  • Firmware, the XMB and system fonts

    Tutorial · Optional

    Install Sony's 4.01 update from Boot XMB, boot the real XMB and start games from it.

  • M33 plugins and cheats

    Guide

    Add cheat devices and other plugins as on a 4.01 M33 PSP, with DarkFrost as a worked example.

  • Play online

    Tutorial

    PSPC Network sign-in, Combat Ops, Elite Squadron, Super Squadron's public server, ad hoc play and hosting for friends.

More ways to run

Linux, the terminal, and what to do when something goes wrong.

  • PSPC on Linux

    Guide · In progress

    Source only Build the v0.1.2 runtime, OpenGL renderer and GTK launcher, and find where PSPC keeps your files.

  • Command line and pspc.ini

    Reference

    The options and settings that matter: renderers, folders, accounts, the ad hoc server and scripted runs.

  • Troubleshooting

    Help

    Missing games, slow games, invisible text, graphics glitches, connection problems, and how to report a bug.

About PSPC

Straight answers before you start, or before you ask.

  • What PSPC can and can't do

    Overview

    Platforms, games, speed, graphics, system software, plugins and online play: what works today and what doesn't yet.

  • PSPC and PPSSPP

    Comparison

    Ahead-of-time native code instead of a JIT, a reimplemented 4.01 M33 system, bundled servers, and which one to use.