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Free Software PS2 Emulator PCSX2 Hits 1.0

Posted by Unknown on from the hurd-feeling-lonier-by-the-week dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from geek.net on the release of PCSX2, a GPLed emulator for the PS2: "PCSX2 is a free PS2 emulator for the PC that has been in development since the year 2000 and managed to reach version 1.0 last week. As an emulator it's an impressive piece of work, boasting compatibility with over 73 percent of games, which is some 1,697 titles. It can offer up graphics beyond what the original hardware was capable of, achieving resolutions up to 4096 x 4096 with anti-aliasing and texture filtering. You can save games, record video as you play, use a range of controllers, and even adjust game speed if you so wish. Of course, you'll need a fast machine to run PS2 games at a decent speed, but the spec is still reasonable. It's recommended you have at least a Core 2 Duo running at 3.2GHz, or a Core i5 at 2.66GHz+. As for graphics cards, a GeForce 9600GT or Radeon HD 4750 is desirable." Grab it while it's hot (official binaries and source). Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be packaged for any GNU/Linux distros (Debian has packages of the predecessor to PCSX2, PCSX: Reloaded which, naturally, emulated the Playstation).

5 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Took yer time by DarwinSurvivor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but NASA didn't have to deal with Sony's BS.

  2. Re:Can it play from the disc? by JDG1980 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, PCSX2 can play from the original disc and you do not need any special hardware to do that. However, ripping your disc to an ISO is a better choice because this pretty much does away with access times.

  3. I've always admired peoples' commitment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've always admired peoples' commitment to creating emulators for gaming platforms. Years down the track they're often the only platform left to play, unless of course the game publisher decides to 're-release' an old title with an inbuilt emulator for a nominal fee.

    As time goes on and as subsequent generations of consoles become more complicated in both their hardware and embedded operating systems, emulating them will become increasingly difficult. I don't know how long it can last.

    Hopefully console manufacturers will shy away from overcomplicated designs as they have been quite costly for them in the current generation of consoles, but this is probably wishful thinking.

  4. Re:Gonna check it out again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you. Please keep us updated.

  5. Re:Unfortunately, the GL plugin sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whining is bad, but what is wrong with informing other people about the limitations of the software, before they waste time on trying to use it?