After the two articles last year about homebrew games (see parts 1 and 2), here’s another list based on a FrameRater video. The guy is the only Youtuber to pay any attention to the PSP scene since well - the invention of Youtube?

In this case, we are dealing with a 70-minute video where he tests a seemingly endless amount of emulators running on the little Sony handheld. Each emulator gets an in-depth look, including obscure 8-bit systems and home computers from the 1980s.

FrameRater assigns a rating to each emulator based on their performance and compatibility. He even reports the version number of the emulator he is testing - a significant detail, since some earlier versions actually work better than later iterations. If nothing else, you have to admire the dedication behind his work.

The list

• Atari 2600 - PSP2600 (7/10)
• Magnavox Odyssey II - emuODD 1.0 (5/10)
• Atari 800 - Atari800 PSP 2.1.0.1 (10/10)
• Intellivision - PSPInt (8/10)
• ColecoVision - ColemPSP 2.6.1 (9/10)
• Atari 5200 - Atari800 PSP 2.1.0.1 (7/10)
• Vectrex - PSPVE (8/10)
• ZX Spectrum - Fuse PSP 0.10.0.21 (5/10)
• Commodore 64 - Vice PSP 2.2.15 (5/10)
• SG-1000 - SMS Plus PSP 1.5 (10/10)
• NES - NesterJ Plus 0.61 RM (10/10)
• MSX - fMSX PSP 3.5.41 (9/10)
• Commodore Amiga - PSPUAE 0.72 (4/10)
• Amstrad CPC - Caprice32 PSP 4.2.0.2 (6/10)
• Atari 7800 - PSP7800 1.2.0 (9/10)
• Sega Master System - SMS Plus 1.5 (7/10). The version with the GameGear overlay is a mod of the original PSP port of the emulator.
• Sega Master System - MasterBoy 2.02 (7/10)
• PC Engine - PSPHugo 1.3.1 (8/10)
• Sharp X68000 - PX68K 0.10 (6/10)
• Sega Genesis/Megadrive - Picodrive 1.51 (10/10)
• Sega 32X - Picodrive 1.92.3 (2/10)
• Capcom CPS 1 - CPS1PSP 2.3.1 (10/10)
• Capcom CPS 2 - CPS2PSP 2.3.1 (10/10)
• Game Boy - MasterBoy 2.02 (9/10)
• Atari Lynx - Handy PSP 0.95.1 (7/10)
• NeoGeo AES - MVSPSP 2.3.1 (10/10)
• NeoGeo CD - NCDZPSP 2.2.1 AdHoc (10/10)
• Sega GameGear - MasterBoy 2.02 (10/10)
• SNES - SNES9xTYL ME Mod 180404 (7/10)
• DOS - DOSBox (4/10)
• SCUMM - ScummVM (10/10)
• MAME - MAME4All 4.9 r2 (4/10)
• Atari Jaguar - PJag (2/10)
• Sega Saturn - Yabause 0.9.1 (1/10). A later development build has since been discovered that plays Panzer Dragoon at somewhat acceptable speed (and little else).
• Nintendo 64 - DaedalusX64 1.1.6 (6/10). The build artifacts accessible from the project’s GitHub repo are considerably better than the latest official release.
• Game Boy Color - MasterBoy 2.02 (9/10)
• NeoGeo Pocket - Race PSP 2.16 (9/10)
• GameBoy Advance - TempGBA Mod (8/10)
• Java - PSPKVM 0.5.5 (7/10)
• Nintendo DS - DSonPSP (not rated).