Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All!
PlayablePlaythrough confirmed. Gameplay and UI render upright.
Early prototype · 0.3.1-beta.1
PlayStation 5 emulation research, in the open
PS5PCEM is an experimental emulator written in Zig: native guest execution, RDNA2 shader translation, Vulkan rendering, and a Windows launcher. 5 of the 13 tested titles have been played through to the end.
Windows 10 2004 or newer · x86-64 · Vulkan 1.2 driver · GPL-3.0-or-later
Cat Quest III — opening island, rendered by PS5PCEM. Confirmed playable and completable. More captures
13
Titles tested
On release 0.3.1-beta.1
5
Playable and completable
Played through by the maintainer
3
Reach in-game scenes
Rendering loaded gameplay
5
Boot, intro or menus
Early milestones
What exists today
A prototype, not a product
PS5PCEM runs guest code natively, translates RDNA2 shaders to SPIR-V, and presents through Vulkan. A growing number of tested titles reach gameplay and several are already completable, but compatibility, performance, graphics, audio and stability still vary by title and by hardware.
Native guest execution
x86-64 guest code runs natively on Windows with ELF/SELF loading, relocation, module linking, TLS, firmware HLE, savedata and contained-fault diagnostics.
RDNA2 to SPIR-V
Stateful AGC command-stream execution feeds a growing RDNA2-to-SPIR-V shader pipeline covering both graphics and compute workloads.
Vulkan VideoOut
Resident render targets, image alias tracking, timeline scheduling, typed storage images, texture detiling, depth/stencil and MSAA reach a Vulkan swapchain.
Audio, video and pads
Host audio, H.264/AAC playback through FFmpeg, Sony controller HID support, XInput and keyboard fallbacks, and launcher-managed input profiles.
Test results
Compatibility at a glance
Every result below was observed by the project maintainer on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti test host. Playability and completion reports were confirmed on September 8, 2026.
Cat Quest III
PlayablePlaythrough confirmed. Menus, dialogue and island terrain render correctly.
Dreaming Sarah
PlayablePlaythrough confirmed. Title menu and first scene hit the 60 FPS cap.
Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection
PlayablePlaythrough confirmed. Intro, animated title and selection work.
Terminator 2D: No Fate
PlayableCompleted without reported problems.
Ghost of Yōtei
In-gameRenders its menus and 3D scenes correctly, at 0.6 FPS. Not playable.
- Playable · Completable
- The maintainer played the title through to the end. Rendering, input and audio are correct in the observed runs, though frame rate still varies.
- Reaches in-game scenes
- The title renders loaded gameplay or in-engine scenes, but a full playthrough is not claimed — usually because of frame rate, load times, or unverified input.
- Intro and menus render
- Intro video, publisher sequences, title art or menus are produced by the guest render graph. Gameplay has not been reached or verified.
- Boots and loads assets
- The title's modules link and its engine bootstrap progresses, but no presented frame is claimed yet.
Playable
In-game
Intro / menus
Boots
Watch it run
Development captures on YouTube
The channel posts recorded runs of the titles listed on this site — intro playback, menus, and the scenes each build reaches. Video shows what a still screenshot cannot: how fast a frame actually arrives.
Use only content you are legally entitled to use
PS5PCEM ships no games, console firmware, system libraries, keys or copyrighted material belonging to the hardware vendor. It exists for interoperability research and education. Read the full legal note.
Try 0.3.1-beta.1 on Windows
Published September 15, 2026. Portable ZIP or per-user installer, with SHA-256 checksums.