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TL;DR The team behind the popular ARMSX2 PS2 emulator has released ARMSX3 for Android.
This is a PS3 emulator that incorporates RPCS3’s improvements for Arm-based devices.
This is just a proof-of-concept port right now, so don’t expect great performance or tons of polish.
We’ve already seen a couple of PS3 emulators for Android, namely RPCSX-UI Android and aPS3e. However, the team behind the trusted ARMSX2 PS2 emulator has now thrown its hat into the ring with ARMSX3.
As the name implies, ARMSX3 is indeed a PS3 emulator for Android. The new emulator is available on GitHub for now, and the team explains that this is merely a proof-of-concept port of the venerable RPCS3 emulator on desktop.
However, ARMSX3 differs from previous PS3 emulators on Android by incorporating the latest Arm-specific improvements made by the RPCS3 team. This opens the door to improved performance and compatibility in a host of games.
The ARMSX3 developers caution that they’ve only tested Skate 3 on the new emulator so far. The title apparently enters gameplay and runs at 20 to 30fps on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 device.
What’s it like to use ARMSX3?
In any event, you can give the new PS3 emulator a try by downloading it on GitHub. You’ll also need the PS3’s firmware, which is freely available via Sony’s PlayStation website. But don’t expect most games to actually run at a playable frame rate, if they do run at all, owing to the experimental nature of the project. Furthermore, PS3 emulation on Android is still a bleeding-edge endeavor, which means that you should expect very high device temperatures.
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