PS1 ports for PC that either PORT or run/emulate the PS1 games.

[Sean2111]

I sorta wanted a playstation version of Quake 1 and Quake 2.
Is this possible?


I read that Quake 1 did not appear on PS1 ,it was cancelled.
(1)Did any remake hacks in recent years maybe add the game to the PS1?


(2)Quake 2 was on PS1 ,do any unique engines run the game ,in a manner like psydoom runs the doom Ps1 games?


(3)Are any mods available that port PSX Quake 1 or 2 to this new Quake 2 PC game?
(I have the PC Quake 1 in case that matters).

[dat_potatoe]

Quake had two console ports that were very different from each other, the N64 port (already included in this release) and the Sega Saturn port. The PS1 version was planned to have been based on the Saturn port if it ever released, but as it never released there's nothing to play. You can probably still emulate the Saturn port but Saturn emulation isn't great from what I hear.

https://youtu.be/YwQOQS5_P3U

https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Quake_(SEGA_Saturn_version)

Overall it's just a downgraded way to experience the game, a few visual improvements and unique quirks but other visual downgrades and simplified level geometry to save space. But it did uniquely have some exclusive secret levels replacing the vanilla ones. And someone did go through the effort of porting those secret levels to PC if you just wanted to play those:

https://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=62026

Quake 2's PS1 version you can just emulate, I hear people use duckstation for it.

There is a mod version being worked on too, though it's not an exact replica (which kinda defeats the point if you ask me:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/quake-ii-psx

[Sean2111]

Thats a good answer for (1) and (3).

Any idea for my (2)?
(other than the generic PS1 ducksattion)
Sorta wanted a unique tweaked engine.

[Mopey bloke]

There is a project to bring Quake 2 PSX for PC. It'll be out soon.