Beginner Question

[Gorilabiskut]

Hi everyone, im very new to the emulation game and was wondering if there is a good playstation 2 emulator for mac (i have snow leopard).
I am looking to play final fantasy 12 with it, any assistance and/or tips are very appreciated.

[Lukong]

I don't know about MAC, but you could try PCSX2 0.9.8. Its one of the best PS2 emulators out there. Sorry I guess not [This is why most of my post say Last edited] I just checked.

PCSX2 Project Site

System Requirements

Minimum

• Windows/Linux OS
• CPU: Any that supports SSE2 (Pentium 4 and up, Athlon64 and up)
• GPU: Any that supports Pixel Shader model 2.0, except Nvidia FX series (broken SM2.0, too slow anyway)
• 512MB RAM (note Vista needs at least 2GB to run reliably)

Recommended

• Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32bit or 64bit) with the latest DirectX
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.2ghz or better
• GPU: 8800gt or better (for Direct3D10 support)
• RAM: 1GB on Linux/Windows XP, 2GB or more on Vista

Note: Because of copyright issues, and the complexity of trying to work around it, you need BIOS dump extracted from a legitimately owned Playstation 2 console to use the emulator.

Note: PCSX2 only takes advantage of 2 cores so far; so a quad-core processor will not help with speed. We still plan to add quad-core support at a later date, if possible.

You could always use a Flash Drive[USB Stick, Juke Drive, External Hard Drive, etc] and play it off your Flash drive on a Library computer...its what I use to do or if your Mac computer has enough space you could Dual Boot your computer which allows you to have 2 Operating Systems...and you could do it for free...its what I did when Windows 7 on another computer [Tower] couldn't use my old graphic card [ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 9000] driver so I installed Windows XP in a second Hard Drive...that I got from another computer because it didn't have enough space [1st HHD = 80GB & 2nd HHD = 40GB].
My sister and I had 2 problems, for my sister didn't have enough space on 80GB and for me the driver wasn't compatible on the Operating System.

When I have computer problems I think about solving them before bothering a professional. A User of Computer using a Developer's Software, a Engineer's Hardware and a Hacker's Exploit...all we had to do is Use...and what ever problem comes your way try and solve with Software, Hardware or Oneself...Hackers have a saying "Nothing is too impossible".

If you want me to tell you how/find links to how to Dual-Boot Mac with Windows XP on Mac for you then reply. I know it sounds like a lot of work, but once you do it then hey a least you don't have to do it again.

Sorry my reply is long, but when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.

[Gorilabiskut]

Thank you for the post, and yea I've tried the pcsx2 before and it didnt work. And yea a bump in the right direction for a mac one would be great!

[Lukong]

So should I tell you how to Dual-Boot?