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! scope="col"|[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PlayStation_2_emulators[#PSX |<abbr title="Sony digital video recorder with a fully integrated PS2 console">PSX</abbr>]]

! scope="col"|[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Texture_Packs#Texture_Replacement_.283D.29 <small>Texture<br/>enhancement</small>! scope="col"|[[libretro]]

! colspan="1413"|Desktop

| [https://pcsx2.net/downloads/ Nightly]<ref group=N name=pcsx2stable>The stable versions are years out-of-date and missing countless features and bug fixes. '''Nightly versions are a better choice for almost all users'''; the stable versions should only be used if you have a specific need for them.</ref><br/><abbr title="Hard fork of PCSX2 for RetroArch.">[https://docs.libretro.com/library/pcsx2/ LRPS2]</abbr><ref group=N>This is a complete hard fork of PCSX2 and its own separate emulator at this point, so there is no point in chasing after any kind of upstream. LRPS2 is still under development, standalone [https://pcsx2.net/downloads/ PCSX2-nightly] builds recommended to use instead.</ref>| {{~}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/987123879113/pcsx2/wiki#builds Possible only for Python 2 with this build], [https://github.com/987123879113/pcsx2/wiki/Setup#required-setup Guide]</ref>. '''This fork only applies for Python 2 games. This does not and will never support Python 1 ''' (entirely separate from Python 2) or System 246/256 games as those would require much more work than a simple USB device to make work. The MG MagicGate code being used in this fork also does not support memory card MG MagicGate encryption stuff properly (the memory card dongles used for Python 1 and System 246/256) so those platforms aren't really any closer to working compared to before.</ref>| {{✗}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/4274 *MagicGate PR]</ref>

| {{✓}}<ref group=N>[https://www.teamxlink.co.uk/wiki/PCSX2_XLink_Kai_Setup *PCSX2 XLink Kai Setup]</ref>| {{✓}}<ref group=N name=TE>[https://gbatemp.net/forums/pcsx2-hd-texture-pack-group.549/ *<abbr title="This group is to collect HD texture packs for the PCSX2 emulator, since there's no centralized location for them right now.">PCSX2 HD texture pack group</abbr>]| {{✓}}</ref>

| {{✓}}<ref group=N name=Play2x6>[https://github.com/jpd002/Play-#namco-system-2x6-arcade-support *Play!: Namco System 2x6 Arcade Support]</ref>

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! colspan="1413"|Mobile / ARM

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| [http://purei.org/downloads.php Builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]

| {{✓}}[https:<ref group=N name=Play2x6><//github.com/jpd002/Play-#namco-system-2x6-arcade-support *]ref>

! colspan="1413"|Console

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| {{~}}<ref group=N>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_remasters_for_PlayStation_consoles#PlayStation_3 PS2 games that received HD ports]</ref>| {{✗}}| {{~}}<ref groupname=NHDPorts>[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/927750-playstation-3/69863918 No PS2 game has trophy support or enhancements for PS3 backwards compatibility] but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_remasters_for_PlayStation_consoles#PlayStation_3 PS2 games that received HD ports], do.</ref>| {{~}}<ref group=N name=HDPorts></ref>

| {{✓}}[https:<ref group=N name=Play2x6><//github.com/jpd002/Play-#namco-system-2x6-arcade-support *]ref>

::;[[AetherSX2]]:A closed-source freeware emulator partially forked from PCSX2. It's designed to be optimal for ARM-based platforms, primarily those running Android. :::2 Versions now exist. The latest google play version which contains ads while an ad free Alpha version can be downloaded directly from the AetherSX2 website.

;[[Play!]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://github.com/jpd002/Play-Compatibility/issues compatibility], [https://purei.org/ compatibility#2])</small>:Development is almost all done by the single maintainer jpd002. Compatibility information is located on the emulator's [https://purei.org/ home page]; [https://github.com/jpd002/Play-Compatibility/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Astate-playable 804 games 864 (35%) out of 2442 tested titles are reported playable] and unlike [[PCSX2]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch@emugamer2610/search?vquery=REdPPdmwxk0 246%2F256 namco System 2x6 supported] unlike PCSX2. Also has a playable Android and iOS port.

Twitter user @DiscoStarslayer claims to be [https://nitter.pussthecatsnopyta.org/DiscoStarslayer/status/1570428063502012417 working on bypassing the HDD encryption of the PSX], which could result in this hardware being emulated, and it would allow for replacing the HDD in those consoles. This user also encourages dumping the content of the HDD of your PSX using a [https://nitter.pussthecatsnopyta.org/DiscoStarslayer/status/1592187362947526657 guide] made by a PCSX2 contributor called [https://nitter.pussthecatsnopyta.org/_987123879113 987123879113]