RickR Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 http://www.pcgamer.com/why-you-should-play-your-ps2-classics-on-pc-not-ps4/ Check this out. I had no idea this was possible. Emulation of Playstation 2 on the PC, with the ability to play the games from real PS2 discs. I'm going to give this a try and report back. I have a Logitech USB gamepad that looks very similar to a PS2 controller, so this is going to be very interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Super sweet if it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 http://www.pcgamer.com/why-you-should-play-your-ps2-classics-on-pc-not-ps4/ Check this out. I had no idea this was possible. Emulation of Playstation 2 on the PC, with the ability to play the games from real PS2 discs. I'm going to give this a try and report back. I have a Logitech USB gamepad that looks very similar to a PS2 controller, so this is going to be very interesting indeed. I've heard of this way back but never tried it. Pretty much was waiting for it to be perfected first. I also have one of those Logitech USB gamepads too. Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 It works and works pretty well, quality and performance of the emulation of course depends on PC specs. I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nice! I'm going to check this out right now. I used to have the Logitech gamepad, now I use an adapter that let's me use my PS2 controller on PC. "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 So, I have zero knowledge of BIOS and am getting stuck right away. Let me know how it goes Rick! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 So, I have zero knowledge of BIOS and am getting stuck right away. Let me know how it goes Rick! OK, I'll give it a shot as soon as things settle down here. OK, I mean after football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 So, I have zero knowledge of BIOS and am getting stuck right away. Let me know how it goes Rick! You can get a copy of the BIOS HERE (you will have to place it where the emulator expects it, probably have to unzip it as well) http://www.emuparadise.me/biosfiles/bios.html I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Thanks! Made it through set up. Now to get a game to play. "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 So close! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 So close! did it work? Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 It works! Use the BIOS file MaxRD linked above. And follow this guide. http://blog.en.uptodown.com/pcsx2-tutorial-ps2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 It works! Use the BIOS file MaxRD linked above. And follow this guide. http://blog.en.uptodown.com/pcsx2-tutorial-ps2/ Great guide! Also fun to fiddle with settings, amazing what can be achieved with some of the graphic options, PS2 never looked so good. I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 No luck here. Maybe it's just my old PC. "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 No luck here. Maybe it's just my old PC. Well even if configured correctly it will require a bit of horsepower to get games playable. I still use my PS2 console, my PC I built like 6 years ago now but it isn't too shabby. Requirements (for PCXS2) and really when you see requirements like this you are going to usually want to meet the "Recommended" to be worth bothering. System Requirements Minimum (most games will be unplayable slow) 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) Recommend Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32bit or 64bit) with the latest DirectX CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.2 GHz or better OR i3/i5/i7 @ 2,8 GHz or better OR AMD Phenom II @ 3,2 GHz or better GPU: 8800gt or better (for Direct3D10 support) RAM: 1GB on Linux/Windows XP, 2GB or more on Vista / Windows 7 I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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