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;[[PCSX2]]:[[History_of_emulation#PlayStation_2|The first Playstation 2 emulator]], was originally created in 2001 by Linuzappz and Shadow as the successor to . Succeeding their earlier PCSX, a [[PlayStation_emulators|PlayStation emulator]]. Development of PCSX ceased on September 17, 2003, PCSX2 dedicated its development to focus on PCSX2faithfully replicating the PS2 experience. [[Emulation_accuracy|Accuracy]]The years haven't dimmed its shine, with continuous improvements in accuracy, compatibility , and performance has continuously improved during last years with showcased in the latest 1.7/nightly builds which features new built-in : these versions boast a sleek, modern QT GUI and a pluginless design: prevents shortcomings , eliminating the headaches of plugins, resulting plugin configuration and making all of its features are readily available out-of-the-box, no configuration is necessary to get games running outside of obtaining . Just grab the original system firmwareand you're ready to relive your PS2 memories. Also lots of new modern [[#Enhancements|enhancements]] built-in (one of the best emulators when it comes to enhancement capabilities, similar to Dolphin, Flycast, BigPEmu, PPSSPP and DuckStation) and supports some of the [[#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|hardware features, peripherals]].