EPSXe

ePSXe is a great playstation emulator that can run in OpenGL. It has support for a large number of games and has a lot of great features.

ePSXe is available through portage, although the portage version is a release behind the current (final) Windows version, 1.7.0. Surprisingly, ePSXe also runs better in wine than it does natively, taking up far less CPU cycles while delivering better performance.

Download ePSXe from the epsxe home page and extract it to .wine/drive_c/Program Files/epsxe/.

To run epsxe, you'll need a copy of zlib1.dll. You already have zlib installed on your Gentoo system, but not in this format. :) You will probably also need to rename the dll appropriately after you extract it.

You'll need a copy of the PSX BIOS in the bios folder in order to run epsxe. You'll need to use google to find it. While you're at it, you'll also need a copy of Pete's PSX GPU plugin in your plugins directory. Since we'll be running this in wine, be sure to download the Windows version as opposed to the linux version!

Open a command prompt/

$ winefcg

In the "Applications" tab, click "Add application", and browse for the folder you extracted ePSXe to. Select ePSXe.exe, then visit the Graphics tab. I recommend checking the two middle boxes.

You should now be able to run ePSXe. Go to the folder where you extracted it and double-click on the executable. If your file manager asks you what application to use, browse to /usr/bin/wine if it's not available in the default list. If the application doesn't run, it's mostlikely because your zlib1.dll isn't properly named or is the incorrect version.

When running ePSXe for the first time, you should run the configuration wizard if it doesn't start automatically via Config->Wizard Guide. Select your bios file, then in the next screen, click the "Configure" button to check the video plugin settings. Leave the sound and cdrom as default, then click "Controller1" on the next screen to configure your game pad if you're using one. I would suggest selecting the DualShock controller. Set your buttons as necessary. Click "OK", "Next" and "Done" to finish the configuration.

You should now be able to play Playstation games using ePSXe on your Gentoo PC using Wine. Have fun!