The Enhanced PSX Emulator (ePSXe) is a video-games emulator for the first Sony PlayStation console. ePSXe, when first released, brought the highest compatibility with Sony PlayStation ROMs of any PlayStation emulator. ePSXe works by reading either CDs entered in your CD drive or CD images directly from your hard drive. CD images are single file archives of a disc's contents. If you have a PlayStation ROM in a RAR file (a type of file archive) you will need to extract its contents first and then open the contents. RAR files can be opened with freeware or other shareware.

  • The Enhanced PSX Emulator (ePSXe) is a video-games emulator for the first Sony PlayStation console.
  • If you have a PlayStation ROM in a RAR file (a type of file archive) you will need to extract its contents first and then open the contents.

Open your preferred web browser and go to the 7-Zip website (see References). Download the 7-Zip installer.

Double click the downloaded installer to begin set-up. This will be stored in your web browser's default download directory unless specified otherwise.

Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.

  • Open ePSXe, click "File," then click "Open."
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.
  • Double click the downloaded installer to begin set-up.
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.
  • Open ePSXe, click "File," then click "Open."
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.

Click "Extract" then choose a destination for your extracted PlayStation ROM to be placed. Click "Extract" then close 7-Zip File Manager once it has finished.

Open ePSXe, click "File" then "Open." Locate your extracted PlayStation ROM, select it then click "Open" to load the game in ePSXe.

Open your preferred web browser and go to the RARLAB website (see References). Download the WinRAR installer.

Double click the downloaded installer to begin set-up. This will be stored in your web browser's default download directory unless specified otherwise.

Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in WinRAR.

  • Open your preferred web browser and go to the RARLAB website (see References).
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in WinRAR.

Click "Extract To" then choose a destination for your extracted PlayStation ROM to be placed. Click "Extract" then close WinRAR once it has finished. Make a note of where you stored this file.

Open ePSXe, click "File," then click "Open." Locate your extracted PlayStation ROM, select it, then click "Open" to load the game in ePSXe.

Open your preferred web browser and go to the WINZIP website (see References). Download the WinZIP installer.

Double click the downloaded installer to begin set-up. This will be stored in your web browser's default download directory unless specified otherwise.

Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.

  • Open ePSXe, click "File," then click "Open."
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.
  • Double click the downloaded installer to begin set-up.
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.
  • Open ePSXe, click "File," then click "Open."
  • Locate your RAR file and double click it to open in 7-Zip File Manager.

Click "Extract," then choose a destination for your extracted PlayStation ROM. Make a note of this location, then click "Extract" and close WinZip once it has finished.

Open ePSXe, click "File," then "Open." Locate your extracted PlayStation ROM as placed in WInZip, select it then click "Open" to load the game in ePSXe.