Exactly, they could probably get a PS1 emulator that can internally upscale games to like 8k 120fps running on PS5, but at the very least just a basic, no-frills emulator would not be a challenge for them.
If you have the money you could get a second hand PS3, any model of PS3 can play PS1 disc games with a bit of anti aliasing (called ps smoothing) and in full screen or 4:3. If you jailbreak it (it's possible to jailbreak all ps3s now I think) you can play your own PS1 and PS2 isos and all. If you have a PC PS1 emulaton should be very doable, I play PS1 games on my phone sometimes.
Yeah I love emulation, my potato pc isn't powerful enough to run PCSX2, but I use my jailbroken PS3 for PS2 emulation. My PC and phone both have the PS1 emulator and dolphin emulator on them, as well as PPSSPP, and that's a ton of fun. My phone sometimes emulates games better than my PC lol, but it's fun to play need for speed underground 2 on my phone while waiting for the bus or something.
There is definitely a PS1 emulator (as well as PSP and PS2 emulator) on the PS5 in order to play playstation classics (old PS1, PS2 and PSP games available for digital purchase on the playstation store). It just isn't unlocked for the user to do what they want with it for a ton of reasons I explained in another comment. Also the official Sony PSP emulator hasn't been worked on in a while, they only configure it to work for a few games, look at the sad state of these lists:
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps4/PSP_Emulator_Compatibility_List
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Exactly, they could probably get a PS1 emulator that can internally upscale games to like 8k 120fps running on PS5, but at the very least just a basic, no-frills emulator would not be a challenge for them.
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If you have the money you could get a second hand PS3, any model of PS3 can play PS1 disc games with a bit of anti aliasing (called ps smoothing) and in full screen or 4:3. If you jailbreak it (it's possible to jailbreak all ps3s now I think) you can play your own PS1 and PS2 isos and all. If you have a PC PS1 emulaton should be very doable, I play PS1 games on my phone sometimes.
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Yeah I love emulation, my potato pc isn't powerful enough to run PCSX2, but I use my jailbroken PS3 for PS2 emulation. My PC and phone both have the PS1 emulator and dolphin emulator on them, as well as PPSSPP, and that's a ton of fun. My phone sometimes emulates games better than my PC lol, but it's fun to play need for speed underground 2 on my phone while waiting for the bus or something.
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I just think Intel HD graphics ™️ is the problem lol
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There is definitely a PS1 emulator (as well as PSP and PS2 emulator) on the PS5 in order to play playstation classics (old PS1, PS2 and PSP games available for digital purchase on the playstation store). It just isn't unlocked for the user to do what they want with it for a ton of reasons I explained in another comment. Also the official Sony PSP emulator hasn't been worked on in a while, they only configure it to work for a few games, look at the sad state of these lists:
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps4/PSP_Emulator_Compatibility_List
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/PSP_Emulator_Compatibility_List
Isn't the PS1 emulator actually running inside the PSP emulator?
Yes, it does on Vita.
The Vita system only does partial emulation of the PSP as there is a MIPS R4k CPU like the PSP auxiliary on the Vita system.
The PS3 system does not.
Not on the PS3 or PS4 as far as I'm aware, that could be the case for the vita