Confused about Open source

[jackjones03]

epsxe, is closed source, does that mean i wont have access to it forever, if they say, shut it down?

 

[pix07]

There is also other emulator called play!.

https://purei.org/

Play! is a portable PlayStation2 emulator. The focus of the project is on making PlayStation2 emulation easy and accessible. Just pop in your favorite game's disc and have fun!

• No BIOS required. Play! is an high-level emulator.
• Easy configuration. No custom settings to fix specific games.
• Available on many platforms. Making sure the experience is the same everywhere.

Play! v0.47 is now available. Here's what's new in this build:

- Compatibility improvements: Atelier Marie & Elie and Tairyou Jigoku now go ingame.
- Fixed regression in Mushihimesama. Goes back ingame.
- Fixed sound/music issues in Kingdom Hearts.
- Vulkan: Improved handling of min & mag filters (some games should look less blocky).
- iOS: Added support for AltServer JIT activation. This needs to be enabled in the settings.
- Android: Improved position of FPS label on notched screens.
- Android: Fixed crashes.

https://purei.org/downloads.php

Other emulator which also is open source is mednafen:

https://mednafen.github.io/

The following systems are supported(refer to the emulation module documentation for more details):

• Apple II/II+
• Atari Lynx
• Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
• WonderSwan
• GameBoy (Color)
• GameBoy Advance
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
• Virtual Boy
• PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)
• SuperGrafx
• PC-FX
• Sega Game Gear
• Sega Genesis/Megadrive
• Sega Master System
• Sega Saturn (experimental, x86_64 only)
• Sony PlayStation

 

[Lefteris_D]

epsxe, is closed source, does that mean i wont have access to it forever, if they say, shut it down?

You have no access to the source code, this is what "closed source" means.