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Sony Playstation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a sixth-generation console released by
Sony Computer Entertainment
retailed for $299.99. It has the Emotion Engine CPU 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 million units sold.This system scrapes metadata for the "ps2"
group(s) and loads the ps2 set from the currently selected theme,
if available.
Quick reference
Accepted ROM formats: .iso, .mdf, .nrg, .bin, .img, .dump, .gz, .cso, .chd
Emulators
pcsx2
libretro/pcsx2
libretro/play
play
BIOS
MD5 checksum Share file path Description
ROMs
Place your Sony Playstation 2 ROMs in /userdata/roms/ps2.
The recommended format to save space maintaining full compatiblity (starting Batocera
v31) is CHD.
Emulators
Batocera.linux - Wiki - https://wiki.batocera.org/
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on October 26, 2000 and it was
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  • Page 1 2022/12/10 22:50 1/11 Sony PlayStation 2 Sony Playstation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a sixth-generation console released by Sony Computer Entertainment on October 26, 2000 and it was retailed for $299.99. It has the Emotion Engine CPU at 300 MHz with 32MB of RDRAM system memory and 4MB of eDRAM (VRAM).

  • Page 2: Video Resolution

    PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS that supports a wide range of PlayStation 2 video games with a high level of compatibility and functionality. Although PCSX2 can closely mirror the original gameplay experience on the PlayStation 2, PCSX2 supports a number of improvements over gameplay on a traditional PlayStation 2, such as the ability to use custom resolutions up to 8192×8192, anti-aliasing, and texture filtering.
  • Page 3 2022/12/10 22:50 3/11 Sony PlayStation 2 ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value Good speedup and high compatibility; recommended but may cause issues ⇒ mVU Flag Hack: May cause bad graphics [Recommended] vuFlagHack, MTVU: May MICRO VU SPEED HACKS ps2.micro_vu...
  • Page 4 ⇒ On true, Off false. libretro/pcsx2 libretro/pcsx2 configuration libretro/play libretro/play configuration play play configuration Standardized features available to all cores of this emulator: ps2.videomode Controls Here are the default Sony Playstation 2's controls shown on a Batocera Retropad: https://wiki.batocera.org/ Printed on 2022/12/10 22:50...

  • Page 5: Troubleshooting

    2022/12/10 22:50 5/11 Sony PlayStation 2 Troubleshooting A lot of the special configuration for troubleshooting is done via pcsx2-config which you can reach via the Batocera applications menu. Performance PS2 emulation with PCSX2 requires a relatively decent CPU with a good GPU for hardware acceleration.
  • Page 6 Last update: 2021/11/25 00:32 systems:ps2 https://wiki.batocera.org/systems:ps2?rev=1637800337 PCSX2 Wiki offers tons of well documented guides and optimizations for specific games - just use the search function on that wiki to find your desired game guide. With that said, what if you're experiencing unusually low performance on hardware that should otherwise be running it at full speed? Sometimes the configuration file gets corrupted and resets to using “all defaults”...
  • Page 7 2022/12/10 22:50 7/11 Sony PlayStation 2 Double-click pcsx2-config to open up the PCSX2 configuration tool. Navigate to Config → Emulator settings… Batocera.linux - Wiki - https://wiki.batocera.org/...
  • Page 8 Last update: 2021/11/25 00:32 systems:ps2 https://wiki.batocera.org/systems:ps2?rev=1637800337 https://wiki.batocera.org/ Printed on 2022/12/10 22:50...
  • Page 9 2022/12/10 22:50 9/11 Sony PlayStation 2 Slide the preset at the bottom of the window to the right until it says “3 - Balanced”. On older, single/dual-core machines you may want to slide this back to the default of “2 - Safe”.
  • Page 10 Last update: 2021/11/25 00:32 systems:ps2 https://wiki.batocera.org/systems:ps2?rev=1637800337 Press Apply. Quit PCSX2 with [Ctrl]+[Q] or by using the File menu. Test out your game. Intermittent warped audio Due to how the synchronizing function of the audio plugin works, even when running games on a computer that is capable of going way above 100% speed in a stable fashion, random bits of time- stretched audio can be heard occasionally or even frequently.

  • Page 11: Further Troubleshooting

    2022/12/10 22:50 11/11 Sony PlayStation 2 game. Further troubleshooting For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages. From: https://wiki.batocera.org/ - Batocera.linux - Wiki Permanent link: https://wiki.batocera.org/systems:ps2?rev=1637800337 Last update: 2021/11/25 00:32 Batocera.linux - Wiki - https://wiki.batocera.org/...