If you don't want to use the Documents directory to save the BIOS/memory cards/etc, you can use portable mode. On Windows, by default this will be located in C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\DuckStation\bios. Either configure the path to a BIOS image in the settings, or copy one or more PlayStation BIOS images to the bios/ subdirectory.Once downloaded and extracted, you can launch the emulator with duckstation-qt-圆4-ReleaseLTCG.exe.
The archive has no root subdirectory, so extracting to the current directory will drop a bunch of files in your download directory if you do not extract to a subdirectory.
Game bugs are unlikely to be affected by the operating system, however performance issues should be verified on Windows 10 before reporting. I am aware some users are still using Windows 7, but it is no longer supported by Microsoft and too much effort to get running on modern hardware. Windows 7/8 may work, but is not supported.
Windows 10 is the only version of Windows supported by the developer. Binaries or packages distributed through other sources may be out of date and are not supported by the developer, please speak to them for support, not us.
DualShock 3 users on Windows will need to install the official DualShock 3 drivers included as part of PlayStation Now.īinaries of DuckStation for Windows 圆4/ARM64, Linux x86_64 (in AppImage format), and Android ARMv7/ARMv8 are available via GitHub Releases and are automatically built with every commit/push.
But it needs to be x86_64, AArch32/armv7, or AArch64/ARMv8, otherwise you won't get a recompiler and it'll be slow.