RPCS3 Setup for Retropie

This will add an entry on Retropie-Setup for RPCS3 emulator running on a X86 (aka PC) machine.

Requirements

Check if you have PS3 already listed in file ~/RetroPie-Setup/platforms.cfg.

If not, create (or edit) file /opt/retropie/configs/all/platforms.cfg and add:

ps3_exts=".ps3"
ps3_fullname="PlayStation 3"

Install

After that, install the RPCS3 setup script with:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raelgc/retropie_rpcs3-appImage/master/rpcs3-appImage.sh -O ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators/rpcs3-appImage.sh

Now you can run RetroPie Setup script and rpcs3 will available under exp (experimental) packages section.

Games folder

After dump your original PS3 game, move the game content to a folder with a .PS3 extension under ~/RetroPie/roms/ps3/.

Example: if your game is Skate3, put content under ~/RetroPie/roms/ps3/Skate3.PS3/

PSN game

PSN games uses .pkg extension.

Install

Open RPCS3: from a terminal, run /opt/retropie/emulators/rpcs3/bin/rpcs3.AppImage.

Then, into RPCS3 menu, select File > Install .pkg.

Browse and select the .pkg content to run.

EmulationStation

In order to create an entry for the PSN game, take note of the game serial (you can copy the game serial on RPCS3 UI, right clicking in the game and select "Copy info" > "Copy game serial").

Then create a folder for your game with a .PS3 extension under ~/RetroPie/roms/ps3/ (remember to replace the game name by your actual game name):

mkdir ~/RetroPie/roms/ps3/<replace-with-your-game-name>.PS3

Create a shortcut from the PS3 internal storage to the ~/RetroPie/roms/ps3/ (remember to replace the serial and game name by your actual game values):

ln -sf  ~/.config/rpcs3/dev_hdd0/game/<serial> ~/RetroPie/roms/ps3/<replace-with-your-game-name>.PS3/PS3_GAME

Playing

Check RPCS3 Quick Start guide.