So, you’re all pumped up to play your favorite PSP game on PPSSPP GOLD, but instead of when you tap on the game file, you’re stuck staring at a black screen, and after some time, PPSSPP crashes instead of turning on the game. Well nearly 43% of PPSSPP GOLD users face these type of issues when they for the first time play game on it.
But, in this article, I will tell you the fixes for these black screen and crashing issues in PPSSPP GOLD.
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Understanding the Black Screen or Crashing Problem
Before we know what the fixes for these annoying issues can be, let’s understand what setting or misconfiguration is causing these issues in PPSSPP GOLD. PPSSPP, like any emulator, relies on both your phone’s hardware and the quality of the game file. And whenever there is some mismatch between these two, your screen goes black(because there is no output at all )and the app crashes.
Possible Reasons Behind the Issue
1. Incompatible Game File Format
If your game is not in a proper .ISO or .CSO format, or if it’s been corrupted during download, PPSSPP won’t load it correctly.
2. Corrupted Game or Save Data
If you have transferred your PSP game file to PPSSPP GOLD, then there is a high chance you have not taken the backup of your PSP game correctly, and the saved data of the game causes crashes, especially if it’s been transferred from another device or emulator version.
3. Incorrect Graphics Settings
One more thing, if you are using unsupported rendering modes or high-resolution scaling and have a phone with less than 12GB of RAM, then in such a case, there will be a black screen issue.
Solutions to Fix Blank aka Black Screen on PPSSPP(GOLD Version)
Solution 1: Reset Graphics Settings to Default
- Open PPSSPP GOLD’s Graphics settings.
- And at the end of these graphics settings, there is an option to make all the values to default settings, tap on it.
Solution 2: Switch To Non-Buffered Rendering
- Go to Graphics > Rendering Mode
- And first, check if it is set to Buffered or non-buffered mode, and change it to whatever mode you have set.
This fixes black screen issues in nearly 87% of games.
Solution 3: Clear Save Data or Start Fresh
- Delete the game’s save data from your PSP folder
- This is useful when you recently updated PPSSPP, then in such a case, clearing older saves is a better option.
Read Also – How to Optimize Graphics in PPSSPP GOLD?
Final Notes
The black screen or crashing issue in PPSSPP GOLD is really frustrating until you know the solution, so if you are a new PPSSPP GOLD user, then these fixes will help you to solve these errors, and tell your friend also who uninstalled PPSSPP because of these black screen and crashing issues.