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DamonPS2 is a commercial, closed-source [[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]] emulator focused on the Android platform.
* GameIndex.dbf do come from PCSX2, but such file ===Trademark Theft===DamonPlay Technology is an index file that including game title also attempting to steal trademarks of various emulator's names, so whatever, the emulator will contain such file and it will be similar to PCSX2 Gameindex.dbf by any mean;* CDVD (contained icons in libserial.so) only used the same function names as PCSX2US, EU<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/3kBvJZK.png Image of Lei Xu's trademarks in the actual function is different, US and EU on WIPO]</ref> and such library has been removed as early as China.<ref>[https://www.zhifufu.com/firm/589c5617e423dd9655d8ef54d463a311.html?owner=南京游萌互联网科技有限公司 南京游萌互联网科技有限公司's registered trademarks in version 0.95;* PCSX2 is a benchmark standard for DamonPS2 accuracy-test while developing, so such a standard made DamonPS2 behavior leaned to PCSX2, which explain the identical graphical output as PCSX2;China]</ref>
The PCSX2 team posted a DMCA request to Google Play, but such post isn'==External links==* [https://www.facebook.com/DamonPS2/ Facebook group]* [https://t accepted and so DamonPS2 is still available on Google Play.me/DamonPS2_ROM Telegram group]
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|title = DamonPS2
|logo = DamonPS2.png
|logowidth = 155120
|developer = DamonPlay Technology Co., Ltd.
|version = 25.50|active = YesNo|platform = [[Emulators on Android emulators|Android]]
|architecture = ARM
|target = [[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]]
}}
'''DamonPS2''' is a commercial, closed-source [[PlayStation 2 emulators|PlayStation 2]] emulator focused on the Android platform. '''Due to issues listed below, it is heavily recommended you avoid using this emulator.''' ==Download=={| cellpadding="4"|-|align=center|{WIP{Icon|APK-big}}|'''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damonplay.damonps2.pro.ppsspp Play Store Pro Paid version]'''<br/><small>Payware $10</small>|-|align=center|{{Icon|APK-big}}|'''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damonplay.damonps2.free Play Store Free version]'''<br/><small>Adware, all options locked</small>|}
==General Information==
Unlike most of the emulators that are built by the community, DamonPS2 is developed by a commercial company called DamonPlay Technology Co., Ltd. in China, which made it a commercial product kind of similar to [[Bleem!]].
==Issues==
===Privacy Concerns===
DamonPS2 requires access to users personal data unrelated to emulation (eg. contacts and location data). And as of version 3.0 it requires constant internet connection, leaving a lot to speculate it is selling user's data to advertisers.
===Terrible User Experience===
As a commercial product, the purpose of it is to create revenue and to maximize revenue, the free version of DamonPS2 is plagued with in-app advertisements, and most of the functions locked, including important functions such as memory card saving, causing a terrible user experience.
Also, DamonPS2 have some abnormal behaviors during its operation, such as checking SoC thermal control policy.
==Potential =Code Stealing Issue===The [[PCSX2]] team and others have accused the developers of DamonPS2 of using the code from the PCSX2 project without permission and violating its GPL v2 license in a blog post.
The evidence provided by PCSX2 team include:<ref>https://pcsx2.net/286-the-pcsx2-team-s-statement-regarding-the-damonps2-emulator.html</ref>
* GameIndex.dbf file distributed with the emulator contained patches that were specific to PCSX2；PCSX2.* CDVD strings, such as the message returned when a PSX/PSone disc is inserted in emulated PS2, is the same to PCSX2;.* Matching file structure and graphical output (including glitches) that mirrors GSdx in PCSX2 is found.* Instead of writing their own MIPS to ARM dynarec to replace PCSX2's, DamonPS2 uses an x86 to ARM dynarec on top of PCSX2's MIPS to x86. On Baidu, DamonPS2 devs replied to the accusations stating:<ref>https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5540262646</ref> (P.S. reference website is in Chinese) * GameIndex.dbf do come from PCSX2, but such file is an index file that including game title names (even though the patches were still being used), and this was removed (or baked into the binary) as in version 0.95.* CDVD (contained in libserial.so) only used the same function names as PCSX2, the actual function is different, and such library has been removed (or baked into the binary) as in version 0.95.* PCSX2 is a benchmark standard for DamonPS2 accuracy-test while developing, so such a standard made DamonPS2 behavior leaned to PCSX2, which they claim explain the identical graphical output as PCSX2;* The DamonPS2 development team repeatedly emphasized that the Chinese government’s copyright agency has reviewed its source code and the source code of its emulator has obtained copyright certification in China, and copyright of all source code protected by the Chinese government.
DamonPS2 didn't reply to such questions in represent of was taken off Google Play for a corporationshort time following a DMCA request from PCSX2. However, on Baidu Tieba (the PCSX2 team had posted publicly that they would be sending a website similar to Reddit)DMCA request, and it seems DamonPS2 team replied as:<ref>https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5540262646</ref> (P.Spulled their emulator off the store before and during the review process. reference website is in Chinese)
==References==
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[[Category:Emulators]]
[[Category:PlayStation 2 emulators]]
[[Category:Android emulation software]]
