AetherSX2
Developer(s) Tahlreth
Latest version N/A
Platform(s) Android
Emulates PlayStation 2
Website Aethersx2.xyz (FAQ)
Programmed in Java[1]
License Proprietary (GUI)
LGPL (core code)

AetherSX2 is a closed-source PlayStation 2 emulator for Android maintained and developed by Tahlreth.

Download

  Play Store

Overview

AetherSX2 is essentially a closed-source Android port of PCSX2. However, unlike the incredibly shady DamonPS2, it uses the current version of PCSX2, which is almost entirely licensed under the LGPL save for some minor GPL parts (namely the MPEG decoder which uses libmpeg2, and the code for the on-screen display which uses FreeType). To be fully compliant with the LGPL, Tahlreth is expecting to rewrite the GPL code.[2]

Supported formats
  • .iso, .chd, .cso, .bin, .elf
BIOS

Required : here

Official Discord server

References

  1. Tahlreth on Reddit. November 23, 2021. "No Java source code will ever be public [...]"
  2. Bositman (November 24, 2021). AetherSX2 brings PCSX2 to mobile. PCSX2.net.