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    Default cant emulate "Grand Theft Auto - Liberty City Stories (USA)" on my tablet.

    I downloaded the ROM from ep. When i launched ppsspp gold and clicked on the file ppsspp says it has to be uncompressed. So i tried uncompressing it using es file explorer and even unrar for android but the decompressed folder breaks into 26 files. Then when I try launching it with ppsspp gold it doesn't even seem to recognise the unzipped folder. What did I do wrong? I use a lenevo tablet android-4.4.2
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    the 26 files will I am guessing as you have not named them, will be a scene release and they tend to make split archives and they will need to be extracted also, all you do is find the first file that will either be a rar file but if no rar file exists it will be the first file numerically that those need to be extracted by, the following files will be read automatically so you only need to extract from 1 file not all 26

    P.S. the best version of that game was for PS2 due to the better controls, though I am sure PS2 emulation is not great on android

    EDIT - Extract the 001 file only
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    This is how the 26 files look like : a-gtalcs.001, .002 - .024, a-gtalcs.NFO, a-gtalcs.sfv
    .001 is not a zipped file. So problem still unsolved.
    I tried redownloading the file but same results.
    I agree with you PSP emulation is pretty bad on my tab let alone ps2.
    However thanx anyway. I think I rather lean towards ps1 emulation since that's much better on my tablet.

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    Unzip the 001 file (it's a rar file) You may need a better app than whatever comes with your tablet. ZArchiver is good.

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    .001 - .024 <-- that's a split archive of 24 parts. Even if whatever archive program you're using doesn't recognise it as an archive, it actually is one.

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    Has 001 been extracted yet ???

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    no way man
    i tried zarchiver
    001 is not recognised as a zipped file of any kind yet
    i am bout to give up hope here for psp emulation bcuz its really laggy on my tab
    thanx anyway for your help

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    Also make sure all the .001,.002.003 etc are in the same folder.

    Might be best to just transfer to a pc, unzip and copy the iso back to the tablet.

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    going with a android port of 7-zip should work but if not as above do this via a PC if needs be using 7-zip

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    Really thought zarchiver would work, I use it for everything and even handles ecm files.

    Maybe the archive is simply corrupt

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    If it was a corrupt download it would of had an error while extracting the .001 ect files

    I tested the files on my end though and extracted the iso of that game just fine so I know the file is not corrupt that that does not rule out an incomplete download that would make corrupt

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    If was an incomplete would it not extract the first time? (To get the multi-part archive)

    I dunno, hate to say it but I think the op is just making a simple mistake somewhere. I don't think it will run well on a tablet anyhow.

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    Maybe you can try the android version.

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    Guys,I downloaded the PPSSPP emulator and games but i cant load them because it is compressed how do I decompress it?
    By The Way,I'm using Window.
    Last edited by HiImDrunk; 28th-May-2017 at 16:33. Reason: adding more information

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    Quote Originally Posted by HiImDrunk View Post
    Guys,I downloaded the PPSSPP emulator and games but i cant load them because it is compressed how do I decompress it?
    By The Way,I'm using Window.
    Already answered in post #9

    Next time just make your own thread as your subject is not the same as the op's so not only are jumping in another users thread for a different subject but you are posting in the wrong section anyway as this section is just for android devices not a PC or other windows devices
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