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Spine PS4 emulator

There's a PS4 emulator called spine. It's got sourcing from Kotaku but it may be better to wait until more sources pop up since it needs its own page. 2601:204:E700:7D70:24C1:ACD0:D136:2D82 (talk) 07:42, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2021

Add duckstation to ps1 emulators 72.138.152.162 (talk) 12:11, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: It needs to be notable enough for a wikipedia article. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:14, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

October 8 edits

User:Bawanio, I have reverted your edits again. Per prior consensus, we only mention emulators that are notable; that is, emulators that have pre-existing articles and meet our general notability guidelines. Your restructuring is also unhelpful to readers, in my opinion. The size difference between, for example, "Nintendo" and "Home consoles" and "Nintendo Entertainment System" is minimal, which makes it difficult to follow the nested headings. If you disagree, that's fine, but you need to build consensus for your version rather than simply editing again.

This revert also includes removing/reverting a link to the Emulation General Wiki. Per WP:ELNO #12, we generally avoid links to open wikis. Woodroar (talk) 21:06, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Hey - do we need to keep some obviously notable emulators (ie Xenia & Xemu) off the list, though? I mean there are demonstrable examples of emulators working in action. It's obviously present, and known to thousands of people with dozens of videos showing it in action. That makes it noteworthy, in my opinion. GeneralHamster (talk) 22:45, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

We had an article on Xenia but it was deleted and a draft for an article on Xemu was created but it hasn't met our requirements to become an actual article. Wikipedia is a tertiary source, which means we're a summary of what reliable sources say. Unfortunately, reputable sources haven't covered these emulators in much depth, which is a sure sign that it's too soon for us to include them here. Woodroar (talk) 23:09, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 19 December 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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List of video game console emulators → List of computer and video game console emulators

I included DOSBox and added this to the lead: "The list also includes hardware/OS virtualization software focusing on game compatibility, for example DOSBox that emulates the MS-DOS operating system, and Fellow, UAE, that emulates the Commodore Amiga PC computer platform."

Retroarch (listed in List_of_video_game_console_emulators#Frontends) supports PC (Amiga, Commodore), and OSes (DOSBox) (see RetroArch#Supported_systems).

Perhaps it's better to use other terms than computer: hypervisor, platform virtualization, virtual machine, etc.

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--Bawanio (talk) 00:36, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose. This list is about video game console emulators. List of computer system emulators is already a thing, and I don't see a good reason to merge the two. I've also reverted the addition of DOSBox to the list. 162 etc. (talk) 01:10, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

  @162 etc.: Shouldn't List_of_video_game_console_emulators#Amiga also be removed then since it's listed in List_of_computer_system_emulators#Amiga? --Bawanio (talk) 01:24, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

  Probably. See List of computer system emulators#Amiga. 162 etc. (talk) 01:27, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

  @162 etc.: Done, thanks. --Bawanio (talk) 01:30, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

  @162 etc.: Retroarch (listed in List_of_video_game_console_emulators#Frontends) supports PC (Amiga, Commodore), and OSes (DOSBox) (see RetroArch#Supported_systems). --Bawanio (talk) 01:38, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2023

Under the PS4 section, the article states

As of October 2022, there are no PlayStation 4 emulators that can boot into commercial games.

This is objectively false, and has been for about 3 years now. There are no less than four PS4 emulators that are capable of booting into something, several can actually play a limited selection of games, and some such as Spine have news coverage from major video game outlets. An article by Kotaku already provided by another editor further up in the talk page covers Spine, and I'm sure there are more. Other emulators such as Kyty and fpPS4 also have spotty coverage among some of the seedier outlets, but it's likely not enough to justify including them.

My request is to update this part of the section to more accurately reflect the state of PS4 emulation. Spine alone has more than enough press coverage to be included by this article's own standards. At the very least, the "there are no PlayStation 4 emulators that can boot into commercial games" statement should be removed as it's factually not true. There is no room for debate about this. The current citation is from January 2019 and predates the very existence of most current PS4 emulation projects, which largely only started taking off in 2020. 51.37.39.45 (talk) 00:13, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

 Done. I've removed the PS4 section for now. We can add it back once a notable emulator appears. Thanks for the update! Woodroar (talk) 00:24, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2023

The Vita3K emulator is able to emulate certain psvita games. Please consider adding it to this page. Here is Vita3K project link: (Redacted) 62.88.128.144 (talk) 13:16, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. There needs to be independent secondary sourcing to demonstrate that this emulator is noteworthy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:26, 26 January 2023 (UTC)