Chromebooks with ARM chips (MediaTek) often crash with OpenGL. Always use Software rendering.
In most cases, this error means:
Important note: The “ePSXe core” in RetroArch is not the same as the standalone ePSXe emulator. RetroArch deprecated the standalone ePSXe core years ago. Many “ePSXe core” references in RA 3.16 are actually mislabeled or legacy cores.
Even with the ePSXe core, missing or incorrect BIOS is the #1 cause of “core stopped.” You need one of these BIOS files (case-sensitive): epsxe core stopped 3.16
Place them here:
Checksums (verify with a hash tool):
Note: We cannot provide BIOS files due to copyright. Dump them from your own PS1 console. Chromebooks with ARM chips (MediaTek) often crash with
Save states (.state or .statex files) are snapshots of the emulator’s memory. If you load a save state created in an older ePSXe version (e.g., 2.0.6 or 3.14), version 3.16 may crash because the memory layout or timing structures changed.
A growing number of users access ePSXe through the RetroArch frontend, which uses the "PCSX ReARMed" core (often confused by users as the "ePSXe core").
Procedure:
Once you have fixed the issue, follow these best practices:
Users of RetroArch (with the ePSXe core, though rare), Arc Browser, or DIG often see this error because the frontend launches ePSXe with command-line arguments that version 3.16 no longer supports.