The PSP simulator based on the Java platform has been updated. Although PSP commercial games still cannot run perfectly on this new edition, at least some home-made software could successfully run on the computer through the PSP simulator of Jpcsp. At present the newest edition is Jpcsp v0.09 rev. 773.
The simulator is made on the basis of Java platform, so you should install the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) firstly on your computer. According to the introduction of a journalist, the game Puzzle Bobble can run on the recently issued simulator, but when we test it, it cannot.
If you want to install the Jpcsp v0.09 rev. 773 on your computer, here are the directions: Firstly install the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) components, and then visit the SUN official network. Secondly choose the right edition for your computer system to download and install. Thirdly, decompress the Jpcsp, and then use the JER components to run the file which has “jar” as its extension name. Finally the simulator will start up.
About the simulator of PSP itself, as far as I am concerned, perhaps it will not be much welcomed. First of all, for those who have already had PSP, it will have no market, and for those who don’t have it, its present technological capability is, on the other hand, doubted. Now the simulation effect is relatively poor, not even better than the version two years ago. And what’s worse the running speed of the games on the simulator based on Java is slow. So people will rather play on computer on which both the speed and definition is out of question, not mention the wide range varieties of the games which draw people’s great interests. No one needs the simulator of PSP. Indeed there will be a long way to go for Java to achieve that all commercial games can run perfectly on it. It needs both time and effort. Secondly, the feelings for the players on PSP cannot be imitated easily. PSP gives people special feelings, which is very different from that of on computer. So people who like PSP will stick on playing PSP, and at the same time those who like computer games will continue to play on computer instead of on the simulator, not mention the games can be played on the simulator are too limited. For PSP simulator a good example is NDS simulator which is nearly perfect until now. So technically speaking the future of PSP simulator is quite bright, but once again, the feelings of playing on PSP people get while playing can never be simulated, no matter how swift the running speed or how clear the screen the simulator can achieve on computer. That’s why people would rather spend much money on PSP, but not playing PSP games on PSP simulator on computer. The difference might be huge. The little machine is amazing!