PlayStation 2 emulators: Difference between revisions

{{Emulator comparison introduction|[[#Enhancements|enhancements]], [[#Hardware features and peripherals|hardware features & peripherals]], [[#Arcade hardware variants|arcade hardware variants]], and [[#PSX|PSX DVR]]}}

! colspan="8" |PC

If you count the [https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Category:Games_with_known_issues Games with known issues] from PCSX2 wiki: ~{{Emulator compatibility|2379|2690|link=https://pcsx2.net/compat/}}

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|[https://github.com/DiscoStarslayer/pcsx2-reliquary/releases {{PCSX2ReliquaryVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})||{{Ya}}

|[https://github.com/PenguinVRLab/PenguinScreen2/releases {{PenguinScreen2Ver}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})||{{Ya}}

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|{{Emulator compatibility|3|link=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18OtsWyo9pTJ7swAhUXa8c_J3qX0G_b4px24dFXeLPlw/edit#gid=691475490}}||{{WIP-Box}}

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! colspan="8" |Mobile

| rowspan="5" |PCSX2-based

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|14%||{{Na}}

|{{Emulator compatibility|16|link=https://old.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/bqvl3t/the_compiled_list_so_far_damonps2_the_good_the/}}||{{Na}}

|[https://testflight.apple.com/join/jDZ4BM99 {{Emulator version|Alune}}]||{{Dunno}}

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! colspan="8" |Browser

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! colspan="8" |PC

! colspan="8" |Mobile

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|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/pcsx2/ LRPS2]||{{Ya}}||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})

|{{Emulator compatibility|2641|2690|link=https://docs.libretro.com/library/lrps2/#compatibility}}||{{~}}

|[[Play!]]||{{Ya}}||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})

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|{{Emulator compatibility|2681|2690|link=https://pcsx2.net/compat/}}||{{Ya}}

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PS4/PS5

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|{{Enhancements/Post-processing/Shader chain}}|| colspan="2" {{WIP-Box|link=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/14433}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240709172136/https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/discussions/11261<br>https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/12586<br>https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/13440</ref>||{{Ya}}||{{Na}}

| colspan="3" |Dolby Pro Logic II

Dolby Digital 5.1

 

DTS Surround (DVD-Video only)

| rowspan="71" |Peripherals

|Controllers|| colspan="2" {{Ya}}||{{Ya}}||{{~}}<br><small>Only supports up to 4 players, not 8.</small>

| rowspan="2" |Firewire

| colspan="2" |[[PlayStation 2 emulators#i.LINK|i.LINK]]|| colspan="2" {{Na|link=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/4472}}||{{Na}}||{{Na}}

| colspan="2" |Python I/O board||{{Na}}||{{Ya}}||{{Na}}||{{Na}}

| rowspan="3" |Storage

| colspan="2" |[[PlayStation 2 emulators#Hard disk drive|Hard disk drive]]|| colspan="2" {{Na|link=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/tree/master/pcsx2/DEV9/ATA}}<br><small>Supported, but doesn't seem to work in games and in the system BIOS.</small>||{{Dunno}}||{{Na}}

| colspan="2" |Memory card|| colspan="2" {{~}}<br><small>Fully supported capacities: 8, 16, 32 and 64 MB. Limited support of 128 MB, which can be used for saving, but unavailable in images creator and does not identify it in the emulator's card list.</small>||{{Dunno}}||{{Ya}}

| rowspan="50" |USB

|Hori HOTAS HP2-13/HP2-217<ref group="note">HP2-217 features rumble and more buttons than HP2-13.</ref>|| colspan="2" {{Na|link=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/13636}}||{{Na}}||{{Na}}

|Logitech Flight Stick|| colspan="2" {{Na|link=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/13636}}||{{Na}}||{{Na}}

| rowspan="4" |Racing wheel

| colspan="2" |Trackball||{{Na}}||{{Ya}}||{{Na}}||{{Na}}

| rowspan="4" |Misc.

S400 Firewire cable for connecting two PS2 consoles together and play split screen on separate TVs. Similarly to [[Sega NAOMI and variants#NAOMI Multiboard|NAOMI Multiboard]], it can also be used for multiple screen play replicating modern ultrawide experience {{YouTubeVideo|ZSN3Lo_Mv50|hooking up three PS2 consoles}} Not all games supported it, and it was dropped in later versions of the console. Currently no emulators support it.

! colspan="3" |PCSX2 forks

|[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=586 Konami Python] / Konami Bemani Python / Konami Python Satellite Terminal||{{No}}<br><small>Will never support Python 1.<ref name="magicgate_note" group="note">The MagicGate code used in this fork does not support [https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/4274 memory card MagicGate encryption] properly for the dongles used by Python 1 and System 246/256.</ref></small>||{{~}}<br><small>[https://github.com/DiscoStarslayer/pcsx2-reliquary/releases/tag/v1.5-reliquary Initial support for Konami Python 1 titles].</small>||{{No}}||{{No}}||{{No}}

|[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=976 Konami Python 2] / Konami Bemani Python 2||{{Yes}}<br><small>Requires <abbr title="SHA-1: 0ea98a25a32145dda514de2f0d4bfbbd806bd00c">"ps2-0190j-20030822.bin" BIOS</abbr> and [[Emulator_files#PlayStation_2|MagicGate keys]].<ref name="p2_bios_note" group="note">Requires MagicGate key files in the BIOS folder (civ.bin, cks.bin, eks.bin, and kek.bin).</ref></small>||{{Yes}}<br><small>Requires full BIOS dump using [https://github.com/F0bes/biosdrain biosdrain] and [[Emulator_files#PlayStation_2|MagicGate keys]].<ref name="p2_bios_note" group="note" /></small>||{{No}}||{{No}}||{{No}}

|[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=543 Namco System 246]<ref group="note">MIPS II R3000A IOP Sub-CPU.</ref>||{{No}}<br><small>Will never support System 246.<ref name="magicgate_note" group="note" /></small>||colspan="2" {{~}}<br><small>Work in progress.</small>||{{Yes}}<br><small>Requires files in <tt>arcaderoms</tt> subdirectory.<ref name="play_namco" group="note">[https://github.com/jpd002/Play-#namco-system-2x6-arcade-support Play! Namco System 2x6 Arcade Support]. See also: [https://literalmente-game.github.io/compatibility_lists/arcade.html Play! Namco System 246/256 Compatibility List].</ref></small>||{{Yes}}

|[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=546 Namco System 256]<ref group="note">Larger VRAM & overclocked CPU.</ref>||{{No}}<br><small>Will never support System 256.<ref name="magicgate_note" group="note" /></small>||colspan="2" {{~}}<br><small>Work in progress.</small>||{{Yes}}<br><small>Requires files in <tt>arcaderoms</tt> subdirectory.<ref name="play_namco" group="note" /></small>||{{Yes}}

|[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=872 Namco System Super 256]<ref group="note">Variant used by ''Time Crisis 4''.</ref>||{{No}}||{{Dunno}}||{{~}}<br><small>Work in progress.</small>||{{Yes}}<br><small>Requires files in <tt>arcaderoms</tt> subdirectory.<ref name="play_namco" group="note" /></small>||{{Yes}}

|[https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=981 Namco System 147]||{{No}}||colspan="2" {{Dunno}}||{{Yes}}<br><small>Requires files in <tt>arcaderoms</tt> subdirectory.<ref name="play_namco" group="note" /></small>||{{Yes}}

! colspan="3" |PCSX2 forks

|Lamps and LED lights||{{Na}}||colspan="2" {{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}

|Link cable||{{Na}}||colspan="2" {{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}

| colspan="5" |None of the emulators have built-in support. But, [https://github.com/GXTX/YACardEmu/ YaCardEmu project] support emulating the various magnetic cards for arcade cabinets.

|Motion sensor||{{Na}}||colspan="2" {{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}

|Online connectivity||{{Na}}||colspan="2" {{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}

|Satellite terminal||{{Na}}||colspan="2" {{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}

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