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Playstation emulator ePSXe 1.7.0 released (games.techwhack.com)

New version of PlayStation emulator released

chautemoc | May 25, 2008 | News | Playstation

It's been four years since the last release, but they've done it. The team behind probably the most popular PlayStation emulator ePSXe has released version 1.7.0 as of yesterday, which can be downloaded from the official site. The improvements are listed below. Having tested it out, it works as smoothly as always, though it may say you're missing a DLL file; this can be found online with a quick Internet search, though. You'll also have to likely adjust the controller settings and graphics options somewhat, as two video plugins are now used.

ePSXe 1.7.0 has been released. You can download it in the files section.

Short changelog:
Multiple changes has been done in the Pad support.
The internal SPU plugin has been updated to the 1.7.0 version.
The iso support code has been rewritten.
The MDEC decoder has been rewritten.
A new version of the Pete's Software Plugin is included.
The XA/CDDA support has been worked in this new version.
Many things have been fixed in the cd-rom decoder and the core.

The ePSXe team

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tallteen86 | May 25, 2008

Kinda surprised this made it through, what with Neo's stance on not posting about emulators and the like, on the forums....
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Heretic | May 26, 2008

They have let a few things slide threw. But i am glad they did.
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RabidChinaGirl | May 26, 2008

Hm, I'm not too sure about this post. Neo could wind up taking flak for this, like it has been in the past.
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  tallteen86 | May 26, 2008
  
  I don't recall any of that happening? Though considering it is a relatively big site (top 100, I think), I can see it happening....
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    VeGiTAX2 | May 26, 2008
    
    It happens it usually just takes a few days to cycle down to someone in contact with their PR team. The complaint airs and then if we don't act in a timely fashion they can do a variety of things to basically "punish" us for it. Seeing as E3 season is coming about I'm hoping this doesn't turn to a case of us being blacklisted from their private conference.
    
    The last large complaint I ever saw was in regard to our PS2 DIY guide at the time which basically encouraged people to void the warranty to clean / replace the lens unit.
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Rune Ripper | May 26, 2008

I'll be playing Final Fantasy VII later on then.
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chautemoc | May 26, 2008

Apparently no one here knows this, but, emulators aren't illegal, and neither is talking about them. Downloading the bios is illegal, dumping your own is not. Downloading the games is illegal, dumping your own is not (in some countries anyway, including the one GG is based out of).
For anyone that dumped their own bios, their own games, and wish to play PS games on their computer, this article is useful, legally publishable information.
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  tallteen86 | May 26, 2008
  
  No, I'm pretty sure a number of us know this, but the fact is, Neo doesn't like it when people talk about them anyway. Too much room for people to discuss illegal downloads and such....
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  VeGiTAX2 | May 26, 2008
  
  Nice pedestal, you can get off it at any point though, maybe I can return that slap and go.
  
  Apparently you don't know this, but legalities don't stop companies from pretty much doing what they please with your company when you start stepping on toes and doing things that offend their bottom line. It's not some magical happening that they suddenly drop all contact, all support and generally ignore an outlet for pushing information that isn't even false but just targeted to an area that they don't want people exploring because they know the average Joe isn't digging up his PSX dumping the rom and dumping his own titles.
  
  Maybe I can go ahead and note that the vast majority of those users have no clue how to dump the bios on their own PSX let alone rip their own titles and patch values to bypass security checks which btw is often a violation of the EULA as it requires modifying existing code to return the game to a playable state outside of the original device.
  
  Legal? maybe in some extended limited sense, but will companies not hesitate to trash someone doing it? yeah they will. Is that illegal for them to do? Nope, not at all.
  
  Neo isn't entirely based in Canada, you should know at least where their servers are based. For companies this is all they need to start trouble with anyone. DMCA and other laws often only require that a company does business or has a physical presence in the country.
  
  Before you try and banter down on us some magical gospel, understand the industry you're talking about first.
  
  Without researching things your statement comes off like someone ranting about how downloads aren't illegal if it's for educational use or if you delete them after 24hrs.