Good luck with this one. It will take some skill and some­time for you to get your PS3 to play an SNES Emu­la­tor. Yes, it can be done, but keep in mind that you have to use Linux in order for this to get setup pro­perly. Goto the Addi­tio­nal Infor­ma­tion below for more instructions.

ProE­mu­la­tor Rating: None.
Latest Ver­sion: None.
Web­site Link: http://psubuntu.com/super-nintendo-emulation-on-psubuntu/

[ Ubuntu 8.10 PS3 Ins­tall Disc Image ]

Addi­tio­nal Downloads:

• None.

Addi­tio­nal Information:

As explai­ned ear­lier, you will be requi­red to follow cer­tain step in order to get you setup. You will need to have Ubuntu, which is from the down­load link from above.

What You Will Need:

Ubuntu 8.10 PS3 Ins­tall Disc Image

Blank CD

USB hard drive for­ma­ted to FAT32 to bac­kup your PS3 data

USB key­board and mouse

Ins­ta­lling Ubuntu 8.10

1. Before losing all of your data from the PS3 incase, you need to have a FAT32 USB stick. On that stick, you will back up all of your data.

2. Next incon­duc­ting the bac­kup, it can take anywhere from 20 to 30 minu­tes. Later on, you will switch to the XMB to res­tore your data.

3. Now it’s time to ins­tall Ubuntu. If you did not require to bac­kup anything, that makes it much easier. Take the file that you down­loa­ded from above and burn that onto a CD, making sure it’s an ISO disk.

4. Place the disk in your PS3 and goto Set­tings > Sys­tem Set­ting > Ins­tall Other OS. Make sure that your con­nec­ted to the web and then plu­gin your mouse and keyboard.

5. Like Win­dows, you will have to select a series of ans­wers for ques­tions that pop up gui­ding you through the pro­cess. The ins­ta­lla­tion make take somewhere upto an hour. When com­ple­ted, you can remove the disk from your system.

6. Next, you will be require to ins­tall the SNES9X on the PS3.

7. With the ter­mi­nal win­dow open, type the com­mand: sudo apt-get ins­tall snes9express snes9x-x, which will ins­tall the emulator.

8. From there, you will be done. It’s recom­men­ded to go through the set­tings and ensure that your mouse, key­board, and con­tro­ller work. Good luck!

You­Tube Information:

SNES on the PS3

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