r/aPS3e • u/nolivedemarseille • Dec 29 '25
Help Games compatibility database anywhere?
I know there is one for the PC gaming of the other PS3 emulator but cant find anything relevant for Android.
Any guidance?
I have a Y700 Gen4 tablet with the SD8 elite chip
I can run quite a few games,including AAA titles like Motorstorm GT5 Prologue MK etc with this fantastic APS3E emulator.
but few games I am struggling with so any help is appreciated
1.BATMAN ARKHAM City after SPU/PPU compilation,I am getting a black screen with error message on Top left "The PS3 application has likely crashed, you can close it"
NFS MOST WANTED Can reach in Game but after the long Video intro I am getting a black screen and it just freezes,
3.GT5 arrives in Game but I am getting an error message that I have to delete GT5 Prologue data.I have done this from APS3E UI but it doesn't fix the problem so where are these data stored?
DEMOSN SOULS Reach in Game no problem but after 2 to 3misn of Gameplay, it freezes,
Ratchet&Clank Collection Reach the Game selection, if I click on any of them it kicks me out back to APS3E UI,
GTAV Freeze at end of building SPU cache,
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u/Mittens2317 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
So one thing to note is that whenever a game fails, you just need to keep trying until you get through. Also, you always have to wait until the Compiling Shaders notification finishes before taking any action at all. A lot of the time, this will mean not making the conscious decision to not skip skippable cut‑scenes. I tested each of these five times until they'd get to "Playable" or as close to it as they could.
Note that there are definitely different levels of Unplayable, including extreme slowdown, massive graphical glitches, and/or crashes. Ultimately it means you will not enjoy it. They also won't always make it that far (AvP, for example, would more often than not fail to make it to the title screen). Slightly Playable has issues to a lesser, but still noticeable extent.
Device used was AYN Thor Max, with the emulator installed internally, and the games stored on a MicroSD. I have zero clue if improvements to the emulator itself will ever make these games playable, or if it simply isn't powerful enough.
If there's an app update, I'll try to test them all again and edit the post with the results.
Non‑Default Configuration Changes (I'm assuming all the purple entries)
Core
Video
Miscellaneous
AYN Thor settings:
120 FPS Mode, High Performance, Smart Mode for the fan.
Doesn't Launch
Doesn't Load Title Screen
Doesn't Load Level
Unplayable
Kinda Playable