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PSX4Droid v2 1.0.1

PSX4Droid v2-1.0.1

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Looks like I'm the first one to make a compatibility list for the psx4droid v2-1.0.1!

Just a note in case it's not obvious. !!The reviews I'm writing is for PSX4Droid v2-1.0.1.

NOT

for the preferred version to use. The preferred versions run noticeably smoother!!

It's a short list

Legend of Legaia: Preferred Version to use v1.1

The Good: Game no longer crashes when learning first arts move with the monk, and appears not to crash when performing hyper arts.

The Bad: Game FMV that starts after inactivity at start game continue menu, seems to have a lag in sound by a second.

The Ugly: Roaming around town is a little slower, roaming around the world map is noticeably slower, and battles are so slow it's unplayable for 99.98% of the population on earth.

I use v1.1 for legend of legaia because in 1.7 the FMVs are sped up.

So far psx4droid v2-1.0.1 shows promise in the fact that legend of legaia will now be playable (so far) without need of a computer psx emulator to get past the first arts move. Not to mention being able to use hyper and super arts without fear of crashes!!

However, is COMPLETELY unplayable do to the fact that it runs at 5% speed of v1.1

Final Fantasy VIII: I Have No Preferred Version (But if you must, use v1.1 until you need to use the garden to move around, then switch to v1.7, after your done with using the garden use v1.1 again)

Opening FMV:: When the audio would start to lag with the video, it would pause for a half second and the video and audio would sync perfectly again, this happened about a dozen times throughout the opening FMV. This could be a good or bad sign. It seems like the emulator would notice when they would not sync and pause it so it would sync again. This is a minor issue, though I assume it would happen in all FMV sequences.

Walking: Movement through garden seems "fairly" fluid, don't remember how the other versions ran as far as that.

Audio: Audio speeds up and slows down on occasion. some audio much like in the other versions sound "odd" and scratchy. I love FFVIII so the sound is important to me.

Menu: Still can't see the writing that well, much like in the other psx versions. However the menu experience I find is incredibly more fluid in v2-1.0.1.

World Map: I was hoping, but to no avail. Audio is speed up to what sounds like 200-300%. Video is black, pressing start is the only way to see where your going.

Battle: Music slows down and speeds up massively. Video is usually fluid when drawing magic, attacking, and selecting commands, though seems like "speed up and slow down" occasionally. Audio for attacks sound a little weird, but are timed correctly. GF summons video and audio speed up and corrects itself noticeably, but doesn't lag.

Garden & Ragnarok: Garden does indeed move in and out of water, as does Ragnarok. This is a plus.

While I was in Fishermans Horizon moving from the Ragnarok to the Garden I noticed the music was faint near Ragnarok, as I got closer to the Garden the music got louder. I also noticed a major video glitch as I was moving from Ragnarok to the Garden. Kind of like the world map, just a little less severe.

All in all, audio has some major issues. Not to mention the world map problem. Video has its glitches as well.

Using the start button to see where your going would make this playable, however I'd rather wait till these issues are fixed in order to have a good experience playing FFVIII.

I do not consider FFVIII to be playable to my expectations like the other games are. The world map, the audio, and the video problems are just much too severe.

I feel Zod will fix these issues soon, and give us the option to turn the fix on and off via the settings menu, like odysee.

Final Fantasy IX: Preferred Version to use v1.7(Will freeze at Vivi in the beginning, must use v1.1 until first save point, then switch to v1.7) Some may prefer to use v1.1.

The Good: Game is much better than v1.1 where there was no sound or music in the opening FMV, and battle would flicker.

The Ugly: Game still has a lot of audio and video hicups, speed ups and slow downs, in battle, in FMVs, and everywhere else it seems. Not bad enough not to play it, but bad enough that I hope it will be fixed. PSX4Droid v1.7 seems to work the best as far as audio is concerned, not great.

In the end, it works similarly to PSX4droid v1.7, 1.7 just seems to do a little better, making v2-1.0.1 not the version to use so far.

I will eventually see if it crashes at the dali and bahamut FMVs, unless someone beats me to it.

Legend of Dragoon: Preferred Version to use v2-1.0.1

The Great: Game runs smoother than v1.1

The Good: FMVs are more fluid IMO

The Ugly: Still has some audio issues occasionally. More importantly though, battle music is delayed, and victory music is non-existent.

That's from playing 10 minutes in. I may update this status later.

As far as Legend of Dragoon, v2-1.0.1 is my preferred version to use as of this writing! Since it works better than v1.1 and much better than 1.7.

Though call me picky, I can deal with the delayed battle music, but I need some victory music! Hopefully that might be an easy fix Zod would consider, considering the victory music is something that's experienced frequently. Again call me picky.

But hey! That's 1 win for PSX4Droid v2-1.0.1

Chrono Trigger: Preferred Version v1.1

The Ugly: Audio speeds up and slows down, occasional hicups, FMV music is not synced.

Version 1.1 I think emulates this game to near perfection.

PSX4Droid v2-1.0.1 runs better than v1.7. But not by much.

Chrono Cross: Preferred Version v1.1

The Bad: Audio is finicky, speeds up and slows down often.

The Ugly: Button response is delayed and sometimes non-responsive. Wont play FMV to start new game, "possibly" will freeze on all FMVs. New Game must be start on another emulator and then continued on the phone in order to play.

Even though in v1.1 audio has some problems in FMVs, in game music and sound is noticeably better in v1.1 which is why I have it as the preferred version. PSX4Droid v2-1.0.1 runs about the same as v1.7.

Silent Hill: Preferred Version to use v1.1

The Good: FMVs are fluid, I'd say silent hill FMVs run in perfection on all versions

The Ugly: White box still around characters. Audio issues in game

Better than v1.7, much worse than v1.1

Crash Bandicoot: Preferred Version to use v1.1

The Bad: Runs the same as v1.7 in my opinion. Audio speeds up and slows down.

v1.1 has a sound delay of a half a second, but the music was fluid, making a more enjoyable experience.

Resident Evil II: Preferred Version to use v2-1.0.1

The Good: Runs better than v1.7

The Bad: Audio isn't always synced in FMV.

Not much to say here, in v1.7 the audio speeds up and slows down, in v1.1 there is pretty bad crackling audio and movement is slow in both.

If the audio was perfectly synced in the FMVs, this would be an almost perfect emulation.

That's two games for v2-1.0.1 for those of you keeping score.

PSX4Droid v2-1.0.1 has potential, I hope he continues working on v2-1.0.1 before switching his attention to a different project like n64 since this does have a lot to work to be done.

Zod says he's working on fixing an audio issue, whether this is the infamous CDDA audio issue with games or the speed up and slow downs I'm experiencing, I don't know. We'll find out shortly I'm sure.

That's it! Hope you enjoyed my list!

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