Emurayden is one of the main alternatives that you should take into account if you are looking for a PlayStation emulator for your computer, taking into account that it stands out for a series of features that its rivals cannot always offer us, and among which we can mention how easy it is to handle it, besides the huge amount of titles that we have available to remember those old times of Sony's console.

Indeed, there is no doubt that the main rival we can find when we think of this emulator is the ePSXe, and the truth is that although the former excels in everything that has to do with graphics, then the differences between the two are minimal. In fact, in our tests, we have found that Emurayden is somewhat more comfortable to play for those users who are not used to emulators.

The truth is that although it has its limitations, why deny it, such as having to play at a maximum resolution of 800x600 pixels? Not much more is needed to be able to entertain us with a retro proposal of this style. To be able to run it, all we have to do is insert a PlayStation game into the computer's reader or mount an image using a tool like Daemon Tools or similar.

Once the disc or image is inserted into your PC, you have to run the emulator, and you will see that after a few seconds, it can recognize the game in question, presenting us with the same contents we could visualize through the console. At the same time, you will find some management options, such as the configuration of both the controllers and the memory cards, if you have any.

One of the indisputable advantages of Emurayden over other computers is that we don't need to have a very powerful computer to run games that, in many cases, are well done. Of course, as you have seen, you will need your PC to have a CD reader or, in any case, learn to use virtual execution tools such as Daemon Tools, which are not too complicated.

What games can I emulate with this program? Mainly all those released for the original PlayStation, which in some markets was known as PSOne, that is to say, the oldest of all the Sony consoles. This, on the one hand, will generate that you can not enjoy titles that came to market later, but on the other hand, the needs in system resources are rather minimal.

An important detail you must remember when thinking about this emulator is that if some of the games run slow despite its low resource consumption, you can switch fromNormal Modeoriginal to Faster Mode . This modifies some of the game's preferences so that it weighs less and runs better, although we have never needed it.

If you have on your computer MEM-type files, which are those that correspond to the old Memory Card or memory cards of the first generation PlayStation, you can also recover them quickly and easily. You have some editing options, so you don't have to write off your game progress.

How to configure the emulator controls? Once the software has opened, you have to press ESC to exit its screen and go to the Edit , Preferences , and Configure control menu, where you can make all the changes you want. You will see that in the case of some games, in particular, two options of Configure Control appear, which has to do with the fact that there is a Command 1 on the left, and a Command 2 on the right.

By way of closing, we have to highlight some of the strong points of Emurayden. We can say that without a doubt, among them are the low consumption of system resources that allows you to run it on computers that are not too powerful, as well as how easy it is to configure the controls using the different keys. Even its compatibility is almost absolute with the PSOne titles, which is another crucial detail.

As for the issues that we liked least about this emulator, which has them like any program, we can mention in the first instance that low resolution with which it forces us to play, in addition to the fact that unfortunately it does not have an option that allows us to load disk images, and forces us for this reason to have third-party tools, such as Daemon Tools that we have named before.

In our experience using this software, we have encountered one of the most stable emulators we have tested, a perfect program for enjoying the fun of early PlayStation titles. We have witnessed no screen freezes or forced shutdowns, and that's the best thing we can say about any emulator in general, and Emurayden in this case in particular.