An open source PS2 emulator for Windows and Linux

[dlevere]

Developer's note:

PCSX2 is an open source Playstation 2 emulator. It's purpose is to mimic the the PS2 hardware, using a combination MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers and a Virtual Machine which manages hardware states and PS2 system memory.

The PCSX2 team has released a new build of their ongoing PCSX2 project, an open source Playstation 2 emulator for Windows and Linux.

System Requirements

Minimum

Windows/Linux OS
CPU: Any that supports SSE2 (Pentium 4 and up, Athlon64 and up)
GPU: Any that supports Pixel Shader model 2.0, except Nvidia FX series (broken SM2.0, too slow anyway)
512MB RAM (note Vista needs at least 2GB to run reliably)

Recommended

Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32bit or 64bit) with the latest DirectX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.2ghz or better
GPU: 8800gt or better (for Direct3D10 support)
RAM: 1GB on Linux/Windows XP, 2GB or more on Vista

Note: Because of copyright issues, and the complexity of trying to work around it, you need BIOS dump extracted from a legitimately owned PlayStation 2 console to use the emulator.

Note: PCSX2 only takes advantage of 2 cores so far; so a quad-core processor will not help with speed. We still plan to add quad-core support at a later date, if possible.

Changelogs:

revision 4817
zzogl-pg: open the dat file...

revision 4816
Silence a SIF dma warning.

revision 4812
debian: reduce package complexity. Merge pcsx2-data (only 2 files) into pcsx2 and pcsx2-plugin.

revision 4811
pcsx2, zzogl-pg: allow to change some default path with compilation flags.
cmake: Add PLUGIN_DIR and GAMEINDEX_DIR options to easily select install
directory. Install GameIndex.dbt during install phase.

[dlevere]

File Description

The best PS2 emulator for PC just got better. Check out the latest stable release changes here!

Do you want to relive the PS2 era from the comfort of your PC? Then checking out PCSX2 is a no-brainer. Updates don't come around to this project too often, so it's always a good idea to snag them when you see them. This latest stable release provides small bug fixes, sweeping changes to the overall engines, and integrates with over 1200 user-created widescreen patches. The changes are too numerous to list here, so please check them out below. A Linux build can also be found at the source link too!

PCSX2 v1.2.1 - Bug fix release

03 February 2014
In other news, some sneaky bugs crept in and got past our amazing 10-step testing

This bugfix release fixes Psychonauts and others that rely on correct MFIFO

Sorry for this, we promise it was all refrac...eerrr some very bad luck!

1.2.0 has been replaced by the 1.2.1 release so you can get it as usual in our Downloads section

PCSX2 v1.2

02 February 2014
It has been a year and a half since our first major release and as promised we decided PCSX2 has progressed enough for yet another stable release. Needless to say, we have been continuing our hard work since then to further improve the emulator, adding new features and fixing more bugs.

As I'm sure many of you have been following the SVN revisions and have noticed the changes we have made in this time and many of you even assisted in finding problems for us to fix, so a big thank you to all those who helped out!

One big change in this release is the integration of the wide screen patches made by the community for the community numbering nearly 1200 games patched to support proper 16:9 aspect ratio. A huge thanks to everyone who has contributed for this and keep up the great job!

Here are a rundown of the biggest changes in this release:

Windows

Core:

microVU fixes for Dreamworks games, later Tony Hawks games, Evil Dead and others
Fixes to New GIF unit to solve regressions
microVU bugs fixed (affecting Extreme-G Racing and others)
CDVD fixes (Impossible Mission now boots)
Path 3 arbitration and timing refinements
MFIFO fixes for DDR games
Huge DMAC bug fix solving most of the problematic videos. (Baldurs Gate 2, Katamari Damacy and more)
Memory card support improved in many games, now supports PSX memory cards also Multitap support improved greatly
Many game fixes for COP2 problems inherent with emulation. (Ace Combat, Forbidden Siren and others)
VIF Unpack optimizations
VU Delays added to fix the graphics of Snowblind engine games (Champions of Norrath, Baldurs Gate 2)
Various other game specific fixes in GameDB
NVM file creation (if one doesn't exist) now fills in iLink ident. (Age of Empires 2)

SPU2-X:

Improved DMA system
Fixes to reverb
Improved time-stretcher recovery on extreme speed changes.
Portaudio (providing WASAPI in Windows, ALSA/+OSS in Linux) now supported and the default output module. Latencies with this mode are lower than other modules

GSdx:

Improved adapter selection for detecting of videocards
CLUT (Color LookUp Table) fixes for games such as Disney Golf
Texture Offset options added to help improve upscaling artifacts
OpenGL mode added (Experimental currently)
Various CRC hacks
Hack for NVIDIA cards, solves problems with stretching on drivers above 320.18
New shader resources! Complete PCSX2 FX Revised 2.0 by Asmodean has been integrated

DEV9ghzdrk:

Improved support for online play and make the users MAC address unique.

The PCSX2 executable has been built and tested with PGO optimizations enabled so it will be an extra 10% faster over regular SVN builds.

We hope you enjoy this release and have fun playing your games on it!

Here's to the future of PCSX2!

Download

Source

Source

[47iscool]

This newest version won't run on mine, says something about missing DLL's. I know as this emulator gets better it will require more CPU power so I should probably stick with the older 2011 release as it has good speed and compatibility.

I have a 2.10 GHz cpu with 3 GB of RAM running Win7 32-bit, I know they recommend a faster CPU but I'm stuck with this one right now.

[lee4]

This newest version won't run on mine, says something about missing DLL's. I know as this emulator gets better it will require more CPU power so I should probably stick with the older 2011 release as it has good speed and compatibility.

I have a 2.10 GHz cpu with 3 GB of RAM running Win7 32-bit, I know they recommend a faster CPU but I'm stuck with this one right now.

because you need this dll files below

You need the Visual Studio 2013 redistributable for this version to work.
Download it HERE

source: pcsx2.net

[47iscool]

because you need this dll files below

source: pcsx2.net

Got it, and pcsx2 tells me this below:

[lee4]

I had same error before.

you sure that was installed (Run as Administrator)?

Visual Studio 2013 redistributable main page
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=40784

[47iscool]

I had same error before.

you sure that was installed (Run as Administrator)?

Visual Studio 2013 redistributable main page
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=40784

Sure did, any more ideas?

[Mezmorize]

Here's something you could try, in case you once had a virus or something that screwed up some files:

Running System File Checker:
1. Hold the Windows keyboard key, and press 'R' to open the Run... dialog.
2. Type cmd and press the enter key then type sfc /scannow
3. Wait for the scan to complete, this page list more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

[47iscool]

Here's something you could try, in case you once had a virus or something that screwed up some files:

Running System File Checker:
1. Hold the Windows keyboard key, and press 'R' to open the Run... dialog.
2. Type cmd and press the enter key then type sfc /scannow
3. Wait for the scan to complete, this page list more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

Vista had the DOJ moneypak virus once, never could get it back fully working right even after the virus was removed.

My choice was re-install Vista or go upgrade, then I got 7 and loved it even though a handful programs actually worked better on Vista than 7 I have no regrets. I've used sfc /scannow in the past before, guess I'll give it another shot.

[47iscool]

Nope, that didn't fix it either. I guess my hardware may be too dated. My PC came out in 2008.

[lee4]

if want download the dll by itself

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dl...shtml?msvcp120

click on the "download zip file" button
(dont click on FIXER button)

manual copy msvcp120 into pcsx2 folder

[47iscool]

if want download the dll by itself

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dl...shtml?msvcp120

click on the "download zip file" button
(dont click on FIXER button)

manual copy msvcp120 into pcsx2 folder

Finally got it working, all I had to do was remove the DLL out of pcsx2's folder. Thanks for the help and suggestions Mez and lee!

[dlevere]

PCSX2 1.2.2 Linux

The best PlayStation 2 emulator. Requires a strong computer to play the games at full speed.

By PCSX Team

Change log (1.2.2 Linux):

This is the PCSX2 1.2.2 compressed package for Linux.

Dependencies:

libaio, libasound2, libbz2, libegl1-mesa, libgl1-mesa, libglew-dev 1.10, libgtk2.0, libjpeg 8.0, libsdl 1.2, libsoundtouch 1.7, wxwidget 2.8 unicode, locales-all, nvidia-cg-toolkit (3.1), portaudio 2, zlib 1.2.8

The PPA has also been updated for Ubuntu users. Add the PPA then install PCSX2. Get it HERE.