PPSSPP Compatibility List

PPSSPP is a Sony PSP Emulator ported on Pandora by PtitSeb. Other versions exist (Linux|GNU, Android, Windows, Mac..)

Current stable version is 0.9.1.30 from Oct 6th 2013.

Adding to the Compatibility List

Choose a playability color that reflects a game's best playability state. Also include the clockspeed at which you ran it, for whichever Pandora version you tested. Please also indicate in the name of the Game whether the version is US/EU/JP, since compatibility may differ depending on regions. You may also add specific conditions you specified in the settings if they differ from the defaults. As for the SGC driver, please write "default" if you did not change your driver vs what was in the firmware.

Don't post a redundant entry unless you are using a different Pandora model and the playability differs from an existing entry. If a game's playability gets worse (new bugs, new crashes) in a new PPSSPP version, update the entry and add that to notes.

Playability	Description
Fullspeed	Games with a green background run at fullspeed and are fully playable from start to finish. If frameskip is required, add to notes.
Playable	Games with a yellow background run slower than fullspeed, but are otherwise fully playable. Add problems/slowdowns to notes.
Incomplete	Games with an orange background have playability issues and cannot be played from start to finish. This may include missing functionality (wifi) or game crashes. Add problems to notes.
Unplayable	Games with a red background are unplayable. They either don't run at all, or don't get past the intro. Add any other oddities to notes.
N/A	Games with a white background have not been fully tested. If you see one on this list, try it out and report back!

If you are inclined, post your forum username at the end of your notes so you can be contacted by PtitSeb about further debugging your problems.

The Compatibility List

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Game Name and Region	PPSSPP Version	Pandora Model[1]	SGX driver	SZ version	Frequency	Notes on Settings	Status
Final Fantasy III (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Fullspeed in most places except in villages where the game slows down a bit while remaining playable.	Green
Hatsune Miku, Project Diva (JP)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Fullspeed while frameskip is on. Not always super smooth but very, very playable.	Green
Metal Slug Anthology (US)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Fullspeed in-game but sometimes slow in the menus and when loading from one level to another. This being said, I recommend playing such games on the Neo Geo emulators, instead.	Green
Guilty Gear XX (JP)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Just like BlazBlue, slow in game, while playable. But not enjoyable for a fighting game, basically.	Yellow
PixelJunk Monsters (US)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	2D game but running slowly. Sound stuttering and gameplay slows down when many enemies are on screen.	Yellow
To Heart 2 (JP)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	2D game only but running slowly when text is overlaid on background graphics. It makes the music stutter, but it remains playable (since it's a visual novel).	Yellow
To Heart 2 (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Now Full Speed in latest version.	Green
Tactics Ogre (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Full Speed most of the time, with frameskip.	Green
Mirai Nikki (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Full Speed, perfect.	Green
Lumines (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Frameskip is on but otherwise it runs fullspeed and without issues.	Green
Lumines 2 (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Quite slow compared to Lumines 1, and the music keeps stuttering. Playable but not great...	Yellow
Lumines 2 (US)	0.9.5.35	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Quite slow compared to Lumines 1, and the music keeps stuttering. Playable but not great. A little faster than in 0.9.1.30.	Yellow
Criminal Girls (JP)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Very slow even though it's pure 2D. But playable, if you don't mind stuttering music and waiting a long time between dialogs...	Yellow
Criminal Girls (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Not playing very smoothly, but at least very close to full speed most of the time (compared to 0.9.1.31). Sound stutters sometimes in dialogs but not always.	Yellow
Lunar Silver Star Harmony (JP)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Runs almost perfectly, with just a little bit of sound stuttering here and there, but very minor. Otherwise, full speed.	Green
Lunar Silver Star Harmony (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Runs almost perfectly, with just a little bit of sound stuttering here and there, but very minor. Otherwise, full speed.	Green
Y's Seven (JP)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Runs almost well, but there are several slow-downs during dialogs and the music tends to stutter. Playable, but needs a little more speed to be really great.	Yellow
Star Ocean: The First Departure (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Working almost perfectly. The only issue is that the videos are distorted and you can only see a small portion of them (as if it was zoomed). The rest of the game works fine.	Green
Star Ocean: The First Departure (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Videos are fixed but the characters are invisible in-game. Therefore, broken vs the previous PPSSPP version...	Orange
FIFA 2013 (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	You can reach the menu but after a few selections you end up on a black screen...	Orange
Persona 2 (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Extremely slow - slideshow. Very, very different from Persona 3. Unplayable.	Orange
BlazBlue Continuum Shift (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Movies play perfectly, but the game is a bit slow during the fights. Very playable otherwise.	Yellow
Final Fantasy Tactics(US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Slow but kind of acceptable, but it really slows down a lot when there are specific effects on screen (thunder, magic). Music stutters constantly. Videos issues as well, just like all other games.	Yellow
Final Fantasy Tactics(US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Still kind of slow, but much more playable than in the previous version. Music does not stutter much anymore and special effects do not slow down the game as much as before.	Green
The Legend Of Heroes - Trails In The Sky (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Runs very, very well. Some occasional slow-downs but otherwise very much full speed and smooth. Amazing! (Apart from video issues)	Green
The Legend Of Heroes - Trails In The Sky (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Runs very, very well. Some occasional slow-downs but otherwise very much full speed. Amazing! (Apart from video issues)	Green
Akiba's Trip (JP)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Sometimes running very close to full speed, but some other times slowing down, hence yellow. But still, quite playable. Sound stutters often, though.	Yellow
Akiba's Trip (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	For some unknown reason it has become very slow in 0.9.5.32, and is very much a slideshow now, making it unplayable in fight scenes.	Orange
Castlevania Chronicles (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Runs very much full speed but some cutscenes need to be skipped (somehow they get stuck...). Note that there is still stuttering sound and buffering effect in the videos, as usual.	Green
Castlevania Chronicles (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Runs very much full speed, while there are still slow downs in videos. Cutscenes now work fine.	Green
Queen's Blade Spiral Chaos (JP)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Runs full speed. No issue in game.	Green
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos stop at some times and need to "buffer" apparently once in a while. Sound stutters often. 3D is quite slow in game and sound keeps stuttering. PLayable but not enjoyable at this stage.	Yellow
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Videos stop at some times and need to "buffer" apparently once in a while. 3D is faster in game than in 0.9.1.30 but far from smooth. Playable, but barely.	Yellow
Mana Khemia Student Alliance (EU)	0.9.1.30	Rebirth	XXX	1.55	950 Mhz	Sometimes a bit slow, slows down when a dialog window appears, but very playable.	Yellow
Shining Ark (JP)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1100 Mhz	Sound stutters heavily in videos and the video appears to "buffer" several times in each sequence. 3D is OK in game, a little slow but very playable. At 1100 Mhz the sound stutters a little less. Playable.	Yellow
Shining Ark (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1100 Mhz	Textures are broken in the intro (not transparent tree leaves), and in-game has become very very slow. Unplayable now.	Orange
WipeOut Pure (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Sound stutters heavily in videos and the video appears to "buffer" several times in each sequence. 3D is extremely slow in game, making it unplayable. There are visual artefacts on default settings (kind of blurry effects on screen)	Orange
WipeOut Pure (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Sound stutters heavily in videos and the video appears to "buffer" several times in each sequence. 3D is extremely slow in game, making it unplayable. Less visual problems than before but still a slideshow at best.	Orange
Need for Speed Carbon (US)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	A Slideshow fest. Unplayable.	Orange
Need for Speed Rivals (US)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	It does not even run at 1 FPS in-game. Shockingly slow. Of course, unplayable.	Orange
Colin Mc Rae 2005 (EU)	0.9.1.31	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Very slow in game. Slideshow. Unplayable.	Orange
Colin Mc Rae 2005 (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Very slow in game. Slideshow. Unplayable.	Orange
Lego Batman (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Sound stutters heavily in videos and the video appears to "buffer" several times in each sequence. 3D is extremely slow in game, making it unplayable. Some menus do not seem to display well and there is flickering at some points as well.	Orange
Half Minute Hero (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Game is definitely full speed but there are some visual artifacts now and then. Otherwise fully playable.	Yellow
Half Minute Hero (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Game is definitely full speed and visual artifacts seem to be gone.	Green
Valkyria Chronicles 2 (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos have sound stuttering as for most videos in 0.9.1.30 version, but other than that the game is very much full speed and runs very well, with the occasional sound stuttering but overall I consider this one green.	Green
Persona 3 Portable (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos work fine, but when entering in the game the screen remains black in most scenes, while one can hear the background sound. Because of that, the game is unplayable. Too bad.	Red
Persona 3 Portable (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Surprisingly works great in this new version. Full speed, videos run perfectly. Superb!	Green
Valkyrie Profile (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Black screen when launching the game. Some sound can be heard but nothing happens. Unplayable.	Red
Valkyrie Profile (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Black screen when launching the game. Some sound can be heard but nothing happens. Unplayable.	Red
Little Big Planet (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Message when starting: cannot install data locally (data is corrupt) therefore the game refuses to start.	Red
Sakura Taisen 1&2 (JP)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos don't show up correctly, and drawings in the game suffer from super glitches making the screen unreadable. Unplayable.	Red
Sakura Taisen 1&2 (JP)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Videos don't show up at all, some graphic glitches are fixed but background are still invisible/not rendered properly. Plus, very slow and stuttering. Unplayable.	Red
Jeanne d'Arc (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos stutter a lot and the buffering effect is still noticeable. More problematic, the game is very slow and the characters sprites do not display at all in the game (only their shadows).	Red
Jeanne d'Arc (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Videos now work relatively fine. However the game is still very slow and the characters sprites do not display at all in the game (only their shadows).	Red
Ridge Racer 2 (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Works fine, Need Frameskip to 5 and no Framebuffer (no Mipmap also). Gameplay Speed is between 85% and 100%.	Yellow
Velocity (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Works fine and seemingly fullspeed, but the music keeps stuttering.	Yellow
Valkyria Chronicles 3 (JP)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos have sound stuttering as for most videos in 0.9.1.30 version, but other than that the game is very much full speed and runs very well, with the occasional sound stuttering but overall I consider this one green.	Green
Clannad (JP)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Runs perfectly. It's kind of expected since it's a visual novel, but still, music plays fine too.	Green
Patapon 3 (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Videos stop at some times and need to "buffer" apparently once in a while (but do not stutter for sound). Game is a bit slow and sound keeps stuttering. Playable but not enjoyable at this stage.	Yellow
Patapon 3 (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Videos play perfectly now. Game is a bit slow and sound only stutters when the scene is complex now. Playable but not enjoyable at this stage.	Yellow
Loco Roco 2 (EU)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Using simple bezier curves for speedup in Settings. Game is a bit slow when there are lots of elements on screen and it makes the sound stutter. Otherwise playable.	Yellow
Loco Roco 2 (EU)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Using simple bezier curves for speedup in Settings. Game is a bit slow when there are lots of elements, making sound stutter, but it is faster than in 0.9.1.30. Playable.	Yellow
Disgaea (US)	0.9.1.30	1GHz	4.03.02	1.54	1000 Mhz	Game is very slow and the sound keeps stuttering. Otherwise it seems to work...	Yellow
Disgaea (US)	0.9.5.32	1GHz	4.03.02	1.55	1000 Mhz	Game is slow only in the intro sequence, and runs full speed afterward. Excellent.	Green