Nintendo’s war against emulators and the transfer of content related to its intellectual property has increased interest in emulation, so it’s not a bad thing to look at RPCS3free software and cross-platform PlayStation 3 emulator.

Those responsible for RPCS3 have announced via their official Twitter account that their emulator is now able to run all PlayStation 3 titles, although this does not necessarily mean that they are playable. According to image posted with the tweet, 67.98% of games are playable; 28.59% may not be completedhave defects serious or unsatisfactory performance; while 3.42% display the image but cannot get past the initial offers.

The achievement is not bad considering that this is software that is officially in alpha state, so it is assumed that it is still quite immature. However, it is not unusual for some projects released as free software to permanently maintain alpha status. Such is the case with the strategy video game 0 AD, which is still officially in alpha 21 years after the first version was released, although that does not mean that it is not perfectly playable.

In addition to being able to run the entire PlayStation 3 catalog (or at least all developer-tested titles), The latest version of RPCS3 includes major performance improvements for games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3.So, at least in theory, gamers get a chance to resurrect these titles without having to dust off Sony’s veteran console.

RPCS3 defines itself as “an open source, cross-platform Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++ for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD“, although the GitHub repository goes one step further by being the first software of its kind (adding in emulation, cross-platform, and the fact that it’s free software, we assume). Its source code is released under the GPLv2 license. standard, the same as in the Linux kernel, so it can be considered free software.

RPCS3 can be downloaded from the download section on the official website of the project for the mentioned systems. It is officially distributed for Linux in the AppImage format, although alternatively there are other Flatpak and Snap compilations that may not be official.