Sunday 30 October 2011

PS2 Emulator

PCSX2 has been going strong since late '05 when the ps2 was entering latter stages of its life.
Since then i have always wanted to test the pcsx2, i regularly read the change logs and updates for it, however it required a computer with greater specs then i could afford so i was pretty much stuck with a P4.

As i own PS2 and played on it frequently until the ps3 came out using the emulator it did not concern me greatly.

Now it does, for two reasons.
1. My PS2 is no longer in my room and is hidden in my house somewhere.
2. The 60gb PS3 has trouble playing some PS2 games.

There are a few reasons for  my recent urge to play PS2 games these are because i can and i will. Another being becuase i want to re-cap the glorious moments of older games before they are released in "HD collections" and the third; can my newly built quad-core computer handle the emualtor?


- Which the answer is yes, it does.

Below are a few screenshots.




Some games work amazingly well without no adjustment, some do with minor adjustment, some do not work and last but not least some games lag. 
This is of course  how it is with emulation.

It's a matter of "take it or leave it."


Links to PCSX2 and help are below. Enjoy.

PCSX2 website
PCSX2 config guide v0.9.8
Quick Start Guide

Will PCSX2 run fast on my computer?


PS2 bios can be found on your PS2 or on a warez/torrent site. - Goolge is your friend.