Are you using an emulator? I want to play this since its the only one I have not finished.
Yeah, I'm using RPCS3 to play it.
Download this version of RPCS3, anything later will freeze in the tutorial:
RPCS3 0.0.6-6718
Download this PS3 Software:
PS3 Software
Download this DeS Iso:
Demon's Souls
Extract DeS iso w/ 7zip
Extract RPSC3 w/ 7zip
Run RPSC3 -> Click File -> Install Firmware
Select your PS3 Software file named PS3UPDAT.PUP
Once that is finished click configure and ensure your CPU section looks like this:
CPU Setup
Now select GPU and make sure it looks like this:
GPU Setup
Go to the System tab and select English (US) as your console language
Now select the joystick icon to setup controls:
Icon Location &
Controller Setup
Now click File > Boot Game
Select the folder BLES00932
The game will load, you can now play normally.
Note: If you get an error when trying to select BLES00932 it's probably because windows default is to view PS3_DISC.SFB as a .txt file, just remove the .txt (save it as "all files" instead of .txt) and it will work
Note: The first time you run the game or enter a brand new area you may experience very minor hitching as items are loaded and cached for the first time.
Note: There may be even more stable versions of RPCS3 for DeS emulation further back, this is just the most recent functional build. If you roll through bosses expect a brief loss of frames, no big deal though.