We know that the Palm Pre isn’t just capable of multitasking but also emulating the NES for some retro gaming. But did it ever occur to anyone that it could also run Playstation games? This is exactly what this latest development has done. ZodTTD who is a master in this specialty has in the past done similar work for the iPhone, this time though he used his jailbroken Palm Pre and loaded up his Playstation psx4all emulator for some Wipeout gameplay.

Though there are still areas that needs to be improved with this new psx4pre, there is no doubt his genius work will be thanked by tons of Pre users who will enjoy abit of Playstation gaming fun every now and then.

As addressed by ZodTTD, here are the few issues that still needs to be improved.

• There is no sound output (but it’s emulated), as Pulse Audio is required for the Palm Pre, and I have yet to support it. It will come soon.
• I have not figured out hardware rotation or scaling, or whether it is possible. Until then I am using the raw framebuffer device and blitting 320×240 software scaled.
• I figured out how to read the keypad device on the Palm Pre, though there are times it fails to give a keyup event, making keys “stick”. This is annoying and I’m looking for a workaround.
• As things progress I will have fullscreen landscape working as well.

Check out the below Wipeout XL gameplay video which was done running on the Palm Pre using psx4pre:

[via ZodTTD, PreThinking]