# Rustation PlayStation debugger

> Rustation embeds a GDB remote debugger in a Rust PlayStation emulator core for inspecting running game code. A MIPS-targeted GDB session can read registers and memory, disassemble instructions, set code breakpoints and write watchpoints, and single-step execution.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Debugging and dynamic analysis
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/simias/rustation>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/simias/rustation/blob/5e650b949d6e5dd5a2a5d40d69638ce4ac63abb3/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rustation-playstation-debugger/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rustation-playstation-debugger/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rustation-playstation-debugger/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Rust, Cargo, SDL2, a PlayStation BIOS and a MIPS-targeted GDB are needed for debugging.
- **Limits:** The debugger is experimental; the emulator boots only a few games and may crash or freeze.
- **Limits:** Development moved to rustation-ng.
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/simias/rustation/blob/5e650b949d6e5dd5a2a5d40d69638ce4ac63abb3/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/simias/rustation/blob/5e650b949d6e5dd5a2a5d40d69638ce4ac63abb3/LICENSE>

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