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[[Category:Sixth-generation video game consoles]]
Also has Xbox Series X|S support
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The '''[[wikipedia:PlayStation_2|PlayStation 2]]''' (PS2) is a sixth-generation console released by Sony on October 26, 2000 and it was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|299.99|2000}}. It has the Emotion Engine CPU based off the MIPS R5900 at 300 MHz with 32MB of RDRAM system memory and 4MB of eDRAM (VRAM). Its GPU was a custom Graphics Synthesizer, which ran at 150 MHz. It became the highest-selling console of all time with over 160 155 million units sold.
==Emulators==
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Versionversion! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulatorsemulators|Recommended]]
|-
! colspan="7"|PC / x86
| [[PCSX2]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [https://pcsx2.net/download.html downloads/ 1.6.0] (stable)<br /> [http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2 SVNNightly]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
| [[AetherSX2]]
| align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM|macOS}}
| [https://www.aethersx2.com/archive/?dir=desktop Builds]
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
| [[Play!]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}| [http://purei.org/downloads.php Builds{{Play!Ver}}]
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓✗}}
| {{✗}}
|-
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/hpsx64 hpsx64HPS2x64]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [http://www.emucr.com/search/label/hpsx64?&max-results=16 {{hpsx64Ver}}]
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
|-
|-
! colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM
|-
| [[AetherSX2]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.aethersx2.android {{AetherSX2Ver}}] <br>[https://www.aethersx2.com/archive Alpha/Beta]
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
| [[Play!]]
| [[DamonPS2]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
| [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.damonplay.damonps2.free 45.0.1]
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
! colspan="7"|Consoles
|-
| [[Official_Sony_EmulatorsAetherSX2]] | align=left|{{Icon|XB1|XboxSXS}}| [https://www.aethersx2.com/archive/?dir=uwp Alpha] | {{✗}} | {{✗}} | {{✓}} | {{✓}} |-| [[Official_emulators#PlayStation_2|ps2_emu]]
| align=left|{{Icon|PS3}}
| FW 4.78
===Comparisons===
;[[PCSX2]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://pcsx2.net/compatibility-list.html compatibility])</small>:The first Playstation 2 emulator. Accuracy has continuously improved during dev builds. The emulator is capable of playing most titles without any major glitches. Check the [[Game problems FAQ#PS2|Game Problems FAQ]] or the [https://pcsx2.net/compatibility-list.html Official Compatibility List] for information regarding playability. :;[[AetherSX2]]:A closed-source freeware emulator, partially forked from PCSX2. It's designed to be more optimal for ARM-based platforms, primarily those running Android.
;[[Play!]]:Able to run a decent amount of commercial games. Development is almost all done by the single maintainer jpd002. Compatibility information is located on the emulators [https://purei.org/ home page]. Also has a playable Android port.
;[https://github.com/PSI-Rockin/DobieStation/ DobieStation]:Many titles can go ingame, focused on accuracy, and therefore inherently slower than Play! or PCSX2. A compatibility list is provided [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kPLMTBSB2xZ8Rar140jiLWNRqsLX9vlCx12PJS2H5aw/edit#gid=0 here]. Once accuracy has reached an acceptable point, the focus will be shifted to optimization/speed. ;[[sourceforge:projects/hpsx64/|hpsx64HPS2x64]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18OtsWyo9pTJ7swAhUXa8c_J3qX0G_b4px24dFXeLPlw/ compatibility])</small>:Can also run quite a few commercial games, but probably less so, and at slower speeds, than Play!. It also emulates and focuses more on [[PlayStation emulators|PlayStation]] emulation. There is also a [https://github.com/Zero3K/hpsx64 mirror] that has fixes done to it. ;[[DamonPS2]]:Closed-source payware/malware emulator only for Android, illegally based off of [[PCSX2]], [[Play!]], and [[PPSSPP]]. '''It can hardly run any games ''' and behaves very much like virus software. '''It is best to NOT use this emulator'''. DamonPS2 uses un-necessary DRM making the emulator useless without an internet connection.
==Emulation issues==
Despite a large interest in PS2 emulation due to its sizable collection of games, it is still one of the hardest harder consoles to emulate for several reasons.
First of all: many people believe that since the main CPU (Emotion Engine) runs at a clock speed of 294Mhz (299Mhz on later revisions), it would make emulation easy on recent hardware. But this is not the case, because the clock speed of the emulated CPU is not necessarily indicative of the ease of emulation. Specifically, the PS2 CPU contains a multitude of custom sub-components and chips such as the FPU co-processor, 2 Vector Units, IOP, SPU2, Graphics Synthesizer, and SIF which together work asynchronously to comprise the 128-bit Emotion Engine. To emulate them perfectly with correct timing requires an enormous amount of power. Moreover, the PS2 just like PS1 uses the MIPS architecture instead of standard x86 code, thus making emulation slower.<ref>https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Why-is-PCSX2-slow</ref>
PCSX2 is the only emulator that can emulate EyeToy mechanics in games.
==USB Pluginplugin==
Some PS2 games make use of a USB adapter with a module/dongle consisting of two jack ports for microphones. [[wikipedia:List_of_songs_in_SingStar_games_(PlayStation_2)|Installments]] from the [[wikipedia:SingStar|SingStar]] series on the PS2 were able to use microphones (Sometimes bundled with these game discs) with this method.
:These adapters could either formally or informally be called:
While PCSX2 isn't benefiting from a working USB plugin in its original release, Jackun, a PCSX2 plugin author, made a [https://github.com/jackun/USBqemu-wheel USB plugin] that supports a microphone in most games and even steering wheel for racing games. The plugin is still updated nowadays.
A compatibility list of the working titles with this plugin can be found [https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Qemu-USB-Wheel-Storage-mod-Singstar-test?pid=320737#pid320737 here].
==Arcade variations==
===Konami Python 2===
Konami Python 2 is a Konami arcade system based on PlayStation 2 hardware.
A [https://github.com/987123879113/pcsx2 fork] of PCSX2 supports emulation of Konami Python 2. Notice this fork requires extra BIOS files (civ.bin, cks.bin, eks.bin, and kek.bin).
==PSX==
''Not to be confused with [[PlayStation emulators|original PlayStation]].''
The PSX is a Sony digital video recorder with a fully integrated PlayStation 2 home video game console, which is also the first device to use Sony's XrossMediaBar (XMB) graphical user interface, which was later used on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, some Blu-ray Disc players, and 2008-era BRAVIA TVs.
None of the PSX features have been emulated yet.
==External links==
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Home consoles]]
[[Category:Sixth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Sony consoles]]
[[Category:PlayStation 2 emulators|*]]
