PCSX2 | PS2 Emulator

What is PCSX2? 

PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 'emulator', a free program that tries to replicate the Playstation 2 console enable you to play PS2 games on your PC

How to use it?

1.Download the version suited for you from our Downloads Section (for beginners, the full installer of latest stable release is recommended.

2.Get the BIOS file from your Playstation 2 console. This is not included with PCSX2 since it is a Sony copyright so you have to get it from your console.  Visit the tools section to find out how to do this.

3.Install PCSX2

4.Configure PCSX2. For beginners the Configuration Guide video and the Quick Start configuration guide should help you. For a detailed description of every single option you can always refer to the full guide.

5.Insert your PS2 game CD/DVD in your DVD rom. YOu can either run it directly from the disc or create an ISO image of your disc with a program like IMGburn for faster reads.

6.Enjoy!!!

System Requirements

 

Minimum

Operating System	CPU	GPU	RAM
- Windows 7 or newer (32 or 64 bit) - Ubuntu 18.04/Debian or newer, Arch Linux, or other distro (32 or 64 bit)	- Supports SSE2 - PassMark Single Thread Performance rating near or greater than 1600 - Two physical cores, with hyperthreading	- Direct3D10 support - OpenGL 3.x support - PassMark G3D Mark rating around 3000 (GeForce GTX 750) - 2 GB Video Memory	4 GB

Note: Recommend Single Thread Perfomance is based on moderately complex games. Games that pushed the PS2 hardware to its limits will struggle on CPUs at this level. Some release titles and 2D games which underutilized the PS2 hardware may run on CPUs rated as low as 1200. A quick reference for CPU intensive games: Wiki, Forum and CPU light games: Forum

Recommended

Operating System	CPU	GPU	RAM
- Windows 10 (64 bit) - Ubuntu 19.04/Debian or newer, Arch Linux, or other distro (64 bit)	- Supports AVX2 - PassMark Single Thread Performance rating near or greater than 2100 - Four physical cores, with or without hyperthreading	- Direct3D11 support - OpenGL 4.5 support - PassMark G3D Mark rating around 6000 (GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) - 4 GB Video Memory	8 GB

Note: Recommended GPU is based on 3x Internal, ~1080p resolution requirements. Higher resolutions will require stronger cards; 6x Internal, ~4K resolution will require a PassMark G3D Mark rating around 12000 (GeForce GTX 1070 Ti). Just like CPU requirements, this is also highly game dependent. A quick reference for GPU intensive games: Wiki