An unofficial port of the Eden Nintendo Switch emulator now works natively on jailbroken PlayStation 5 consoles. Developer BlackBearReloaded has released ProsperoEden, which adapts Eden, itself a fork of the now-defunct Yuzu Project, to run directly on Sony’s hardware as homebrew rather than through Linux or another layer. The developer also shared compatibility results for the latest version v1.000.010, and the numbers look better than expected for something still in alpha. Cuphead reportedly reached 60 FPS, Metroid Dread runs at around 40 FPS and Super Mario 3D World is playable in the tested sections. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe now also boots into actual gameplay, although it doesn’t yet maintain a stable 60 FPS.
Some caveats apply, however. So far, the port only supports OpenGL, with no Vulkan backend designed for the PS5 side. Many frame rate numbers come from menu and title screen tests instead of full playthroughs, and games like Pokemon Legends ZA are still described as very slow with crashes at shutdown. Even so, going from nothing to playable 2D titles in a single alpha release is fast paced. Nintendo has shut down emulation projects before, Yuzu being the clearest example, so how long ProsperoEden lasts probably depends on how much attention it gets and how quickly it progresses.
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