What is the best PS2 emulator?

[animation-enthusiast]

I have been looking through and trying PS2 emulators lately and I was wondering if there was a PS2 emulator that could do all of these things.

-Memory Card Emulation
-USB Emulation
-Graphics + Sound (I am aware that PS2 emulator graphics requires powerful PC)
-Full Screen Mode

I have tried PCSX2 but I can't get the virtual Memory Card to work. I am using this console purely for experimental purposes as i'd love to be able to enjoy all the PS2 games on my PC (And there are so many good ones)

[FatTrucker]

PCSX2 is the only PS2 emulator that currently does everything you want and gives playable results on a reasonable number (but not all) of games.

[Jale]

PCSX2. Period.

[animation-enthusiast]

oh =P. thanks

[unknownerrors]

if you can you'd be much better off with a modded PS2 to play "backups" many games may work but the hassle of changing your emulation settings for every game you play and knowing what settings need to be changed. emulation is only really worth it if you have a beefy computer, and know just what your doing, not for a dabbler.

[ulaoulao]

emulation is only really worth it if you have a beefy computer, and know just what your doing, not for a dabbler. and for those that just like emulation. Why does it always have to be about play games for free?

[Lukong]

I know how to get the best emulator, but I don't think I can post it or the links

[Lukong]

and for those that just like emulation. Why does it always have to be about play games for free?

Dude who ever you quoted is a Newbie Emulation User [NEU] cause I now people who got some fine computer compared to mines and yet I can play PCSX2 just fine also its the fact that people don't Google the next PCSX2 emulator(I type in PCSX2 0.9.7 and that's how I found it and same with NO$GBA 2.6a]

My Computer Specs
MS Windows XP Professional SP3
Intel Pentium M processor 2.00GHz
2.0 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650

Seriously I would Love to tell people, I even made a Tutorial cause people at this other site kept asking about PS2 emulators.

I'm so good at using emulators that I post a list of games I played and like for a joke and made up terms, but I'm a newieee big time when it comes flash cards[I can't afford a DS].
6] SEU - Starter Emulation User: Needs to be taught how to use emulators and decompressing roms.

5] NEU - Newbie Emulation User: Has a lot of simple problems with emulators[Reinsert Cartridge]. Doesn't try to understand or think or even play around with settings.

4] IEU - Intermediate Emulation User: Has advance problems with emulators[Freezing]. Follows Tutorials.

3] AEU - Adept Emulation User: Has very Few problems with emulators[Anti-Piracy]. Plays with settings and knows what settings can do. Thinks outside the box.

2] MEU - Master Emulation User: Has no problems with using emulators. Can hack roms[Patch]. Knows the terms of emulators and its functions.

1] COE - Creator Of Emulation: Has created an emulator, plugins and etc[Need I say more]. Possibly hack roms and can do all and anything with emulators.

[ulaoulao]

I'm so good at using emulators that I post a list of games I played and like for a joke and made up terms, but I'm a newieee big time when it comes flash cards[I can't afford a DS]. - So people actually pride them self's of this ? It's an application, not rocket science, reading the docs is all you need to do. It is of no surprise if someone can use an emulator, it is the ones that can't figure it out that is surprising. This reminds me of a user named RockmanForte we had once before.

[Ryuzo]

6] SEU - Starter Emulation User: Needs to be taught how to use emulators and decompressing roms.

5] NEU - Newbie Emulation User: Has a lot of simple problems with emulators[Reinsert Cartridge]. Doesn't try to understand or think or even play around with settings.

4] IEU - Intermediate Emulation User: Has advance problems with emulators[Freezing]. Follows Tutorials.

3] AEU - Adept Emulation User: Has very Few problems with emulators[Anti-Piracy]. Plays with settings and knows what settings can do. Thinks outside the box.

2] MEU - Master Emulation User: Has no problems with using emulators. Can hack roms[Patch]. Knows the terms of emulators and its functions.

1] COE - Creator Of Emulation: Has created an emulator, plugins and etc[Need I say more]. Possibly hack roms and can do all and anything with emulators.

YAY! :D I'm a AEU! ^_^

[Lukong]

- So people actually pride them self's of this ? It's an application, not rocket science, reading the docs is all you need to do. It is of no surprise if someone can use an emulator, it is the ones that can't figure it out that is surprising. This reminds me of a user named RockmanForte we had once before.

Tell me all about this RockmanForte. The only thing though that puts me in the good graces of the Flash is a link of firmwares.

What the person should look for is PCSX2 0.9.7. The difference between it and PCSX2 0.9.6 is Speedhack. In 0.9.7's speedhack makes the roms run x2 as faster. Though you need to find certain files to make 0.9.7 work.

[ulaoulao]

Tell me all about this RockmanForte.

RockmanForte: He meant well but.. A few words to describe him.
arrogant:
chesty
self-important

The guy came in to the forum much like your self, posting all these how-to's. The began boasting about he is the best at such and such, here is how you do this, stinky this topic and do that. This forum is for people to ask question, not a resource haven of such. Heck most people dont even read the forums let a lone stickies. The best and most helpful posting types are the ones that reply to questions.

Anyways.. So after a few months of this random posting he does his Jerry Maguire does not return. Then one of his comrades start chanting like some sort of encore..

Mots of us just laughed in puzzlement. Thinking to our selves, what? -- who cares... Then it all came out in one topic that there was nothing special about what he did.

[Lukong]

RockmanForte: He meant well but.. A few words to describe him.
arrogant:
chesty
self-important

The guy came in to the forum much like your self, posting all these how-to's. The began boasting about he is the best at such and such, here is how you do this, stinky this topic and do that. This forum is for people to ask question, not a resource haven of such. Heck most people dont even read the forums let a lone stickies. The best and most helpful posting types are the ones that reply to questions.

Anyways.. So after a few months of this random posting he does his Jerry Maguire does not return. Then one of his comrades start chanting like some sort of encore..

Mots of us just laughed in puzzlement. Thinking to our selves, what? -- who cares... Then it all came out in one topic that there was nothing special about what he did.

Sorry, but I the ranks were just an idea...I thought all of you are just a like, I thought this place is where people who know about emulators come here and just talk.[I'm calm]

I am very sorry. I didn't mean to upset you[I'm sad], I did mean to brag I didn't mean to boast, but I'm like butternut squash on your breakfast toast and so are other people, but I don't know what everyone else knows.[I'm happy]

I'm not psychic so I say what I say and let you compare with what you know, but I guess your one of those people who are either jealous or just someone who can't tell when people are sharing there knowledge.[I'm upset]

If you can't stand what I'm saying then why don't you come up with a tutorial for getting a PS2 emulator and a good one.[I'm angry]

[I'm sorry]

[ulaoulao]

Lets just put it this way...

If an old lady is crossing the road with a crutch, it would not be unusual for someone to help her.

If a strong stalky fella crosses the road and you try to help him, you might be looked at funny ( or even get a black eye )

If you put up a sing " I will help you cross the road" You might get questioned by the local police.

My point is, you may help one out of thousands of people by blasting you knowledge and pushing it on others. In so, your going to annoy the rest. If someone wants something, its worth putting some effort in to it. Your signature is more then enough. Forums are not for advertising your knowledge, they are for sharing it. If your knowledge is not needed, dont offer it.

[Lukong]

So are I guess I shouldn't help anyone with there emulator problems,but I hope you do cause the first thing people don't see is the readme.

Also I know a dude who's like the Brawly Strong man who need didn't look like he need help across the street,but I helped him by giving him one of 1.0GB Rams cause that strong man fixed/rebooted my computer with its precious files so my RAM = 1.0GB and still the knowledge I hold is much more important than what I've lost.

The guy who fixed my computer restored the knowledge I give to others a purpose also I still can play PCSX2 0.9.7 on a computer with only 1.0GB RAM.

So unless I sound arrogant or like most people who need help then I guess I should keep sounding arrogant/helpful.

I am advertising help same way this site does for others.

It was this site and that guy who fix my computer who told me about emulators and provided.

So if I've become a AEU cause someone thrust there arrogant/knowledge onto me...
I must let others know how I feel, that if there is a will, there is a way to get free gaming

And I made up the saying "Do you Flash or Emulate?" when I was helping people with there emulators cause I can't afford Flash cards and neither the actual DS.

My Father gave me this laptop so I guess seeing as I haven't paid for this myself I should put it to good use and that guy I was talking about doesn't have a good laptop as mines.

Also I introduced a whole bush of people to emulators and one of them asked if you can get PS2 emulators, I said "I don't know" cause I never tried.
Cause I haven't been able to tell them I got a PS2 Emulator and working(We only meet at the library and its being rebuilt) so feel by spreading the PS2 emulator all over the internet hoping that person finds it.

I also promise to teach another friend everything about emulators, but cause I live with a person who will not let me go outside just to go visit a friend...there suck with not that much.

[shinya2104]

THIS GUY>>>
My Laptop Specs
MS Windows XP Professional SP3
Intel Pentium M processor 2.00GHz
1.0GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650

Sry to be an asshole,but you Child are soooo full of shit. Laptops cannot emulate ps2 games good at all, especially with your specs. onboard Geforce 6150go and 1GB of ram? Lay off the weed ok lol.
My old layout was amd phenom Dual core 4GB's ddr2 ram and 2 geforce 280's, and the ps2 emulator worked ok but it stuttered here and there, and some games just ran to slow. I upgraded to a quad core and 16gb of ram and the emulator plays the games real nice with a hiccup with some games. I bet a 6core processsor will have the games runniing almost flawless. Been messing around with emulators over 10 years, and ps2 about 2 years. In my opinion you need serious cpu power and ram to run the games smoothly. The guy I quoted seriously is full of shit.

[FoxeR]

THIS GUY>>>

Sry to be an asshole,but you Child are soooo full of shit. Laptops cannot emulate ps2 games good at all, especially with your specs. onboard Geforce 6150go and 1GB of ram? Lay off the weed ok lol.
My old layout was amd phenom Dual core 4GB's ddr2 ram and 2 geforce 280's, and the ps2 emulator worked ok but it stuttered here and there, and some games just ran to slow. I upgraded to a quad core and 16gb of ram and the emulator plays the games real nice with a hiccup with some games. I bet a 6core processsor will have the games runniing almost flawless. Been messing around with emulators over 10 years, and ps2 about 2 years. In my opinion you need serious cpu power and ram to run the games smoothly. The guy I quoted seriously is full of shit.

I actually made an account just to mention how much of an idiot you sound like. You feel you needed to upgrade to 16GB of memory just to run a PS2 emulator decently? What a troll. Stating you can't run it smoothly with a 280 SLI 2 way is also bullshit.

Any old decent rag can run a PS2 emulator. The previous poster is just posting what he has, no need to assume you know if he can run it or not.

[ulaoulao]

FoxeR, good first post! Could not agree more.

[sobe987]

I actually made an account just to mention how much of an idiot you sound like. You feel you needed to upgrade to 16GB of memory just to run a PS2 emulator decently? What a troll. Stating you can't run it smoothly with a 280 SLI 2 way is also bullshit.

Any old decent rag can run a PS2 emulator. The previous poster is just posting what he has, no need to assume you know if he can run it or not.

Umm What exactly is this "old decent rag" you refer to ? last I check pcsx2 was not able to emulate the ps2 100% yet... not even close. the dev team that are developing the emulator can't even claim what you've claimed. and you're calling other people idiots?

[ulaoulao]

Lukong, the point when way over your head.



last I check pcsx2 was not able to emulate the ps2 100% yet

What?

For god sake, where do we get these guys?

1) 100% , this is sort of a oxymoron with emulation. Very few even get 100%.
2) I play many games on the pcsx2, including guitar hero, and that has to be timed very well to play it.
3) You do know there is a revision based release for pcsx2 right?

http://code.google.com/p/pcsx2/

Get with the times dude.

[shinya2104]

About FoxeR <<<<<<<<<DOUCHEBAG
Computer hardware
q6600 @2.8GHz
8BG DDR3 1333 Memory
9800GTX 2 way SLI
Gender Trans-sexual.


I actually made an account just to mention how much of an idiot you sound like. You feel you needed to upgrade to 16GB of memory just to run a PS2 emulator decently? What a troll. Stating you can't run it smoothly with a 280 SLI 2 way is also bullshit.

Any old decent rag can run a PS2 emulator. The previous poster is just posting what he has, no need to assume you know if he can run it or not.



Umm What exactly is this "old decent rag" you refer to ? last I check pcsx2 was not able to emulate the ps2 100% yet... not even close. the dev team that are developing the emulator can't even claim what you've claimed. and you're calling other people idiots?



Good first post Foxer you made yourself look stupid, and someone other than me got t oyou before I did lol. Sounds to me like you hating on me or something lol cause maybe you run a rag shit box and to you the emulator don't perform the way you want. I never bragged nor do i need to brag to a bunch of online people i neither know here. I explained what I had before and what I have now. How much of a difference the emulator performed with the upgrade in cpu and maxed ram. Like I said the games I played on it emulated quite good and smooth. Read up on the Pcx2 it don't perform too well on intel chips or ati cards. The emulator can't run good at all on a laptop especially with the specs that moron posted,and thats a fact. Also Foxer you little troll, Sli is useless with emulators,and can run just fine with 1 card, if you didn't talk out your ass you would know it is raw cpu power that is needed. The more cpu cores and are unlocked determines how smooth it plays. You made yourself look like a total moron. You are a such a joke you had to make a post...bitch pls you are a total douche. Look at your specs lol good cpu decent ram and 2 shitty cards that are way out of date in sli mode is a fucking joke.

[Rommy]

Any windows 7 recent update problems or issues? I can't run it.

[Miss Aya]

@Shinya2104: I just signed up because I saw your post and thought about how much of a douche you sound like. Seriously, do you have to swear in every sentence just to get your point across? If you don't care about "a bunch of online people" then why are you insulting them like they've offended you? LOL.


ANYWAY, I was looking at this thread solely to find out if my computer would handle emulation (I don't have a great system at all). I'm going to try it out anyway just to find out whether you need all of that fancy ass hardware as Shinya2104 puts it.

[ulaoulao]

na, just a dual core. People over reacting with emulation is normal, and annoying.

[Miss Aya]

@ulaoulao: Ah okay, then all should be fine for me.

[frankieanime]

Well... I need some help too, i'm pretty good with this stuff. But not sure how to work this PS2 emulator, I got the one everyone says is good, the PXSC2 or whatever... I use DeSmuMe and VBA and Project 64, but have NO idea what to do with PS2 emu's... I know how to mount an ISO image file to a disc, I do that with OS systems and stuff. Message me on here if you can help, where do I get roms etc
Is my computer good enough?
Hp G60-549DX
4 Gb Ram
Dual Core
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Please help thanks

[ulaoulao]

I can only extract two questions from this post.

1
where do I get roms etc
2
Is my computer good enough?

1, That is not permitted here. Find another forum to ask this one.
2, You didnt mention the video card or cpu speed. My guess is yes it would be good enough to play the games that are emulating well enough to play. Speed is always a concern and the faster the cpu the better.

[demz05]

Hey guys Just posted something a while ago about this thread... I think I did something wrong because it didn't appear... I was kinda hoping if you guys can check if my system is good enough for PS2 emulator...I'm not good at computers so go easy on me...I'm using an HP notebook by the way...

System Info:

Intel(R) Atom(TM)
CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
1.60 GHz. 0.99 GB of RAM
Physical Address Extension

I don't know which is which so I just copied what it says on Properties of My computer

also for additional details I also checked the device manager... hope it will help

Device Manager:

Display Adapter: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Processors: Intel(R) Atom(TM)CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
Intel(R) Atom(TM)CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz

Thanks....

[ulaoulao]

You had a dup post I fixed that for you...

An atom is not going to emulate ps2, sorry. You need a 2 or better GHz and at-least sse2 (http://google.ad.sgdoubleclick.net/pagead/nclk?sa=L&ai=1&fadurl=googleads.g.doubleclick.net&u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSSE2&aclck=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsearchgroup.com%2Findex.php %3Fsearch%3Dsse2) or even better sse3. Since you have an atom I'm guessing its a laptop or hand held? Laptops can be fine for emulation but you need a top end one.

[Lukong]

Sorry, I get everyone's frustration, but Its not the emulator's speed, but my patience is sometimes with me. So no matter how slow that emulator runs [5-18%], I still get to play the game.

People tell me I'm weak when I do things or the knife I use is too dull, but when I use Tachnique instead of Blaming the Tool, or Using my Strength, I get the job done.

Here's bits of a Moral.
1. One must blame themselves first in the Situation, because even if it is or not your fault, you are apart of the solution to your problem. In doing so you believe in change, nothing you need is impossible and anything you would like becomes possible.

2. There is a difference between Hard and Easy, Simple and Difficult.
Work Hard for something and execute the plan Simply, Take the Easy way and the plan becomes Difficult to do.

3. There is a difference between Want, Would Like and Need.
The 'Want' is something you don't have to have, the 'Would Like' is something you want & could have and the 'Need' is something you must have, should have or need to have.

4. In every 'Situation' [The Event, What Happened], there is a 'Problem', 'Solution', 'Obstacles' and 'An Objective/Result'
The Problem Needs to be solved.
There are many Solutions to solve the Problem.
Obstacles that you work around and stops you from using your Solution, having to use another solution, but if it stops you from getting to your Result/Objective then its becomes a Problem.
The Objective/Result is what you need, would like or want in the end or How you want to solve the Problem.

[Lukong]

THIS GUY>>>

Sry to be an asshole,but you Child are soooo full of shit. Laptops cannot emulate ps2 games good at all, especially with your specs. onboard Geforce 6150go and 1GB of ram? Lay off the weed ok lol.
My old layout was amd phenom Dual core 4GB's ddr2 ram and 2 geforce 280's, and the ps2 emulator worked ok but it stuttered here and there, and some games just ran to slow. I upgraded to a quad core and 16gb of ram and the emulator plays the games real nice with a hiccup with some games. I bet a 6core processsor will have the games runniing almost flawless. Been messing around with emulators over 10 years, and ps2 about 2 years. In my opinion you need serious cpu power and ram to run the games smoothly. The guy I quoted seriously is full of shit.

Question were you using PCSX2 0.9.6 or 0.9.7 because I remember bringing up a similar conversation up with another person and they were blasting PCSX2, but when I asked what version, they said it was 0.9.5.

Its like people who mistake NO$GBA GBA emulator for NO$GBA DS emulator. In the Situation an emulator will not run because of missing software and Hardware could help with other things like RAM, CPU & Graphic Card Drivers, but it all starts with Oneself and how they choose to change the Problem into a Solution or Solve the Problem. It may not be the emulator that needs to be fast, but the Patience of the User Agent should be stead fast because
All of the Work has already been done by the Inventors of Emulation, Developers of Software, Game Developers, Computer Engineer Technicians, Manufacturers, Retail Stores, Delivery Trucks/Airplanes/Boats, Miners, Plastic Sculptures, etc and all we had to do was Download and Play unless you had to Upgrade/Buy your Hardware.

Also its very sad when you said DDR2 which to me sounds like you got a Desktop which may = Your Not Mobile...unless you have a Flash Drive or DDR2 is also used in Laptops.

Anyways I also came to post this, if the "Blue >>" button is click on it would lead to 2 solutions this one is if the First doesn't help.

http://i54.tinypic.com/x5useu.png
I was trying to play DEF JAM - Fight for New York and was getting large blacks columns, so of course I tried different plugins I found out there is another plugin and I think this setting that the other GS plugin I suggested didn't have may be able to solve your problem.

Try This Plugin
GS: GSdx 4600 (MSVC 15.00, SSE2) 0.1.16
-Settings-
Renderer: Direct3D10 (Hardware) OR: Direct3D9
Interlacing (F5): None [Note: Its for shaking & etc]
-D3D Internal resolution (can cause glitches)-
Original PS2 resolution : Checked
-Hardware Mode Settings-
Allow 8-bit textures: Checked
http://oi54.tinypic.com/5k1st5.jpg

Do do not be afraid to change the resolution settings because it maybe that the "Allow 8-bit textures" options is what allowed me to see the menu. Uncheck Native > or Use Scaling: Choose "Custom" > Enter in Pixel by Pixel to change Resolution [640x640, 800x600, 1024x768, 640x480, etc]

[SEVENFOOTSWORD]

pcsx2 is almost at v1.0 thought i would add my limited knowledge on the subject.

[Lukong]

pcsx2 is almost at v1.0 thought i would add my limited knowledge on the subject.

Dude I was just looking on the Official Site of PCSX2 looking at the Compatibility and I saw this

Drakengard 2 | SLUS 21373 | U | PS2 | Playable | 0.9.8
Drakengard | SLUS 20732 | U | PS2 | Playable | 0.9.8
DreamMix TV - World Fighters | SLPM 65384 | J | PS2 | Playable | 0.9.8
Drive to Survive | SLUS 21109 | U | PS2 | Playable | 0.9.8
Driver - Parallel Lines | SLUS 21271 | U | PS2 | Intro | 0.9.9

And then I googled it, but can't say, but when you see it you'll know what to do

And then I was like this http://images.ukcs.net/13983/bloo.gif

[tati]

you see the best one is pcsx2 0.9.8 because pcsx2 0.9.6 does do ok in speed put not in graphics and it has lots of errors and 0.9.7 does not do full screen easily but the problem with 0.9.8 is IT IS TO SLOW!!!! I have been looking in every video put can not find the sloushon to it it lags in digimon world data squad and dragon ball z infinite world I AM SO MAD i am a very great fan of dbz but it does not work sorry i was not much help if you know how to fix the laging in pcsx2 0.9.8 then please write it down in this thread thank you;):

[vilecrasher]

Sorry... I'm a newbie here... Just wanted to ask, I checked the official PCSX2 site, lately I'm in for classics, and I chose this:

SLUS 21735 U PS2 Playable 0.9.8

It's specs for Mana Khemia, and here I got in my PC:

OS : Windows XP Professional ver. 2002 SP3
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU
E7500 @2.93 GHz
2.93 GHz, 1.99 GB of RAM
PAE
VGA : None, currently being repaired >.<, so the graphic work is built-in, or such.

Can I play Mana Khemia on PCSX2 0.9.8? Just to make sure, thx.

[ulaoulao]

Are you saying you have a built in graphics car? As in part of the mother board. If so forget about any hi-level game including emulation. Get a real video card and come on back.

[vilecrasher]

Oh... Alright... I had 9800 GT but the stabilizer's been broken... Guess I should just wait for it, then. Thx again :) :thumb_up:

[J-Sime]

I have a ati radeon hd 4250 video card and with a dual core... anyone knows how to suit settings so that i can make games "playable"?

[Lenteja]

Dude who ever you quoted is a Newbie Emulation User [NEU] cause I now people who got some fine computer compared to mines and yet I can play PCSX2 just fine also its the fact that people don't Google the next PCSX2 emulator(I type in PCSX2 0.9.7 and that's how I found it and same with NO$GBA 2.6a]

My Computer Specs
MS Windows XP Professional SP3
Intel Pentium M processor 2.00GHz
2.0 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650

Seriously I would Love to tell people, I even made a Tutorial cause people at this other site kept asking about PS2 emulators.

I'm so good at using emulators that I post a list of games I played and like for a joke and made up terms, but I'm a newieee big time when it comes flash cards[I can't afford a DS].
6] SEU - Starter Emulation User: Needs to be taught how to use emulators and decompressing roms.

5] NEU - Newbie Emulation User: Has a lot of simple problems with emulators[Reinsert Cartridge]. Doesn't try to understand or think or even play around with settings.

4] IEU - Intermediate Emulation User: Has advance problems with emulators[Freezing]. Follows Tutorials.

3] AEU - Adept Emulation User: Has very Few problems with emulators[Anti-Piracy]. Plays with settings and knows what settings can do. Thinks outside the box.

2] MEU - Master Emulation User: Has no problems with using emulators. Can hack roms[Patch]. Knows the terms of emulators and its functions.

1] COE - Creator Of Emulation: Has created an emulator, plugins and etc[Need I say more]. Possibly hack roms and can do all and anything with emulators.
Are you retarded?

[ulaoulao]

No he is not. Just a bit of a odd ball. And very certain of him self, to put it one way ;)