Hard drives are cheap, but redundancy is annoying. Many PSX games have multiple tracks and audio data. CHD compresses audio (CDDA) and video streams effectively, sometimes removing silent null data that developers left on the original disc.
Ensure you have your .cue file and corresponding .bin files in the same folder. chd psx roms
For me, it was Final Fantasy IX —those four discs take up way too much room otherwise! 👇 If you want to customize this further, let me know: The platform (Reddit, X, Discord, or a blog?) The audience (Tech-savvy experts or casual beginners?) Hard drives are cheap, but redundancy is annoying
Modern heavy-hitters like DuckStation , RetroArch (SwanStation/Beetle cores), and MiSTer all run CHDs natively. Hard drives are cheap