I have two main disagreements with suggesting the Enhanced Edition for Silent Hill 2. I firmly believe every game should be experienced as close to the original vision as possible (with a few exceptions). I've never toyed with HW on SH1 but I'll take your word for it leaving the software core as the only option between the two. Of the two Beetle PSX cores available for RetroArch, there's the regular one which offers console-perfect emulation (which I highly recommnd) and the Beetle PSX HW core which allows you to tinker with the visuals (which you already know about). Digital Foundry did an excellent dive into the technical specifics of what makes the PS2 version superior, and I would argue it completely invalidates the modded PC and Xbox ports. I personally prefer playing it on a backwards compatible PS3 for the gorgeous upscaling, but the barrier to entry for that is absurdly high so a regular PS2 will do fine. Optional CRT filter shader is also recommended.Īs for Silent Hill 2, the only worthwhile way to play it is the PS2 Greatest Hits version. There are various ways to configure it, but the easiest and best is to use the Beetle PSX core (NOT the Beetle PSX HW core!) for console-perfect emulation. No matter what you want out of emulation, you should be using RetroArch. Your best bet using a television made this century is to play it on a PlayStation 3 via HDMI, using either the original disc or the PSN download.Īdditionally, ePSXe is awful for PlayStation emulation. Unless you have a CRT television, Silent Hill 1 is nearly unplayable with analog video output due to how frequently the game switches between 240p and 480i, which causes issues with modern displays. I really recommend getting a cheap D-input controller for PC, (there are some chinese clones of PS1/PS2 controllers) is much easier to set up with old PC games like Silent Hill, than the X-input controllers (Xbox), also the D-input controllers work fine with emulators. I only tested the Steam 006 fix for this game and it works great, but capped at 30 FPS, the Nemesis fix can run the game at 60 FPS, but i read that there are some issues, i'm not really sure.Įdit: The GOG SH 4 version has widescreen support and the real-time shadows work fine, i just mapped the controller buttons the same way as the PC version i downloaded from a torrent site a long time ago, i think it's a great re-release. I also think that Steam 006 fix is the best one for SH 3. Other optional mods are the WSMSH3 (widescreen FMV) and the SH 3 PC sound fix. Only the PS2 and Enhanced Edition versions have the high quality FMV and audio (PS2 version plays FMV at 60 FPS) the EE uses the same audio and fmv files from the PS2 version. I think PCSX-R is the best option for SH 1.Īs you said, Director's Cut (PC version) and Restless Dreams (OG Xbox version) have the extra scenario "Born from a wish", but also the Greatest Hits version (PS2) has it. Widescreen hack and PGXP features must be disabled before certain real-time cutscenes or the game will freeze (like the cutscene in the church). The Eternal audio plugin is the only one that i couldn't hear a single sound issue with SH 1.Įdit: Remember to download a bios (the simulated bios is not recommended), the file can be used with both emulators, if you are playing NTSC games, the SCPH1001.bin is the more reliable, there are packs on the web with several bios of PS1.Īnother option is RetroArch, best graphics for PS1 games, but that emulator has some issues with SH 1 (at least with the core Beetle HW). I use P ete's OpenGL2 video plugin Version 2.9 and the Eternal SPU audio plugin. The PCSX-R and ePSXe emulators are very similar, but overall PCSX-R works better, both emulators use the same plugins.
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