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{{Introduction | {{Introduction | ||
| − | |introduction = '''PCSX2''' is a open-source video game console emulator that was developed and released by the [[Company:PCSX2 Team|PCSX2 Team]]. It | + | |introduction = '''PCSX2''' is a open-source video game console emulator that was developed and released by the [[Company:PCSX2 Team|PCSX2 Team]]. It emulates the [[Emulation:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]] console. |
| − | + | The use of PCSX2 requires a BIOS of the PlayStation 2 console, which can be only dumped from the console itself. Almost all PlayStation 2 titles are playable.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://pcsx2.net/compat/|title=PCSX2 Compatibility List|date=17 May 2023}}</ref> | |
| − | |release history = Development of PCSX2 begin in 2001 and was released on March 23, 2002. Since then, numerous improvements were made to the emulator to | + | |release history = Development of PCSX2 begin in 2001 and was released on March 23, 2002. It was plugin-based, using PSEmu Pro's specs. Since then, numerous improvements were made to the emulator, like the removal of the plugin system<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/4436}}</ref>, the migration to the Qt interface<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/5363}}</ref>, automatic game fixes<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/5593}}</ref>, and the addition of Vulkan<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/5224}}</ref> and Metal<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/pull/5577}}</ref> rendering backends. |
| − | |current state = As of June 28, 2023, the development of PCSX2 is still on-going.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/commits/master|title=GitHub Commits activity|date=17 May 2023}}</ref> | + | |current state = As of June 28, 2023, the development of PCSX2 is still on-going.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/commits/master|title=GitHub Commits activity|date=17 May 2023}}</ref> |
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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
{{Availability| | {{Availability| | ||
| − | {{Availability/row| Official | https://pcsx2.net/downloads/ | DRM-free | Does not include Games or BIOS | + | {{Availability/row| Official | https://pcsx2.net/downloads/ | DRM-free | Does not include Games or BIOS due to copyright. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} |
}} | }} | ||
{{mm}} [https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2 PCSX2 Source code (GitHub)] | {{mm}} [https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2 PCSX2 Source code (GitHub)] | ||
{{ii}} Nightly builds are highly recommended, as they are more frequently updated and have more features/bugfixes than the latest stable release which was released on May 07, 2020. | {{ii}} Nightly builds are highly recommended, as they are more frequently updated and have more features/bugfixes than the latest stable release which was released on May 07, 2020. | ||
| − | {{++}} Has a built-in auto-updater | + | {{++}} Has a built-in auto-updater. |
==Game data== | ==Game data== | ||
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\inis\}} | {{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\inis\}} | ||
{{Game data/config|OS X|}} | {{Game data/config|OS X|}} | ||
| − | {{Game data/config|Linux|}} | + | {{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|xdgconfighome}}/inis}} |
}} | }} | ||
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\memcards\{{Note|For Memory Cards}}|{{p|game}}\sstates\{{Note|for Save States}}}} | {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\memcards\{{Note|For Memory Cards}}|{{p|game}}\sstates\{{Note|for Save States}}}} | ||
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}} | {{Game data/saves|OS X|}} | ||
| − | {{Game data/saves|Linux|}} | + | {{Game data/saves|Linux|{{p|xdgconfighome}}/memcards/{{Note|For Memory Cards}}|{{p|xdgconfighome}}/sstates/{{Note|for Save States}}}} |
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|windowed notes = Double click the window to go Fullscreen and vice versa. | |windowed notes = Double click the window to go Fullscreen and vice versa. | ||
|borderless windowed = true | |borderless windowed = true | ||
| − | |borderless windowed notes = | + | |borderless windowed notes = |
|anisotropic = true | |anisotropic = true | ||
|anisotropic notes = Up to 16 samples. | |anisotropic notes = Up to 16 samples. | ||
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|60 fps = limited | |60 fps = limited | ||
|60 fps notes = Per-game basis. Natively supported by many (but not all) games, others can be patched (if a patch exists). | |60 fps notes = Per-game basis. Natively supported by many (but not all) games, others can be patched (if a patch exists). | ||
| − | |120 fps = | + | |120 fps = false |
| − | |120 fps notes = | + | |120 fps notes = |
|hdr = false | |hdr = false | ||
| − | |hdr notes = | + | |hdr notes = |
|ray tracing = false | |ray tracing = false | ||
| − | |ray tracing notes = | + | |ray tracing notes = |
| − | |color blind = | + | |color blind = false |
|color blind notes = | |color blind notes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
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==Input== | ==Input== | ||
{{Input | {{Input | ||
| − | |key remap = | + | |key remap = true |
| − | |key remap notes = | + | |key remap notes = |
| − | |acceleration option = | + | |acceleration option = unknown |
|acceleration option notes = | |acceleration option notes = | ||
| − | |mouse sensitivity = | + | |mouse sensitivity = unknown |
|mouse sensitivity notes = | |mouse sensitivity notes = | ||
|mouse menu = true | |mouse menu = true | ||
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|audio notes = | |audio notes = | ||
|interface = Qt, Dear ImGui, wxWidgets | |interface = Qt, Dear ImGui, wxWidgets | ||
| − | |interface notes = | + | |interface notes = wxWidget is only used until stable release 1.6.0 |
|input = SDL2 | |input = SDL2 | ||
|input notes = | |input notes = | ||
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| Developers | |
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| PCSX2 Team | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 23, 2002[1] |
| Linux | April 14, 2002[2] |
| macOS (OS X) | December 30, 2009[3] |
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PCSX2 is a open-source video game console emulator that was developed and released by the PCSX2 Team. It emulates the PlayStation 2 console.
The use of PCSX2 requires a BIOS of the PlayStation 2 console, which can be only dumped from the console itself. Almost all PlayStation 2 titles are playable.[4]
Development of PCSX2 begin in 2001 and was released on March 23, 2002. It was plugin-based, using PSEmu Pro's specs. Since then, numerous improvements were made to the emulator, like the removal of the plugin system[5], the migration to the Qt interface[6], automatic game fixes[7], and the addition of Vulkan[8] and Metal[9] rendering backends.
As of June 28, 2023, the development of PCSX2 is still on-going.[10]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
Does not include Games or BIOS due to copyright. | |
- PCSX2 Source code (GitHub)
- Nightly builds are highly recommended, as they are more frequently updated and have more features/bugfixes than the latest stable release which was released on May 07, 2020.
- Has a built-in auto-updater.
Game data
- The Configs and Save data locations below referring to "path-to-game" are the default directories for the Development builds. The Stable installation builds default to Documents instead of the base folder.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\inis\[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inis |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\memcards\[Note 2][Note 1] <path-to-game>\sstates\[Note 3][Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/memcards/[Note 4] $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sstates/[Note 5] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Per-game basis. Natively supported by some games, others can be patched (if a patch exists). A database of widescreen patches is included with PCSX2, but disabled by default. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Per-game basis. Possible via game patches (if a patch exists). | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Per-game basis. Possible via game patches (if a patch exists). | ||
| Windowed | Double click the window to go Fullscreen and vice versa. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SSAA (via raising internal resolution) | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | Per-game basis. Natively supported by many (but not all) games, others can be patched (if a patch exists). | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | PCSX2 UI requires Mouse and Keyboard. Controller only works on BIOS and Games. | |
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Game dependant. Can also be done by remapping the right analog stick. |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | DualShock prompts only. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | Also support DualSense and DualSense Edge. | |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | Dualshock 1 (for PS1 Games) and Dualshock 2. | |
| Light bar support | On DualShock 4, the color of light bar vary depending which player the controller was assigned to. On DualSense and DualSense Edge, the light bar remain in blue as the player indicator lights were used instead. | |
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | , , , Wireless (Bluetooth), Wired |
|
| Generic/other controllers | Also support force feedback racing wheels from various manufacturers on certain PlayStation 2 titles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | Regular rumble on supported controllers. | |
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Game dependant. | |
| Surround sound | Some games support Dolby Pro Logic II or Dolby Digital. | |
| Subtitles | Game dependant. | |
| Closed captions | Game dependant. | |
| Mute on focus lost | There's an option to pause when minimizing the window. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Arabic | ||||
| Catalan | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Croatian | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Indonesian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Lithuanian | ||||
| Malay | ||||
| Malay | Malaysia | |||
| Norwegian | Bokmål | |||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | Modern | |||
| Swedish | ||||
| Thai | ||||
| Turkish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | 2D The Emulator can be played with the VR Driver vorpX. Note: PCSX2 is not listed on the official vorpX game list but has a profile on the factory profile list. 3D is not confirmed yet. You may follow the discussion in the vorpX forum on how this is developing. |
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Issues fixed
PCSX2 not responding when selecting a BIOS in the QT builds
- Selecting a BIOS will cause PCSX2 to crash after updating several times.
| Delete PCSX2.ini |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11, 12 | 9 and 10 dropped after the 1.6.0 stable version. |
| OpenGL | 3.0+ | |
| Software renderer | ||
| Metal support | ||
| Vulkan | Not on 1.6.0, only on the latest Dev Builds. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 32-bit dropped after 1.6.0 and the latest Dev Builds. | |||
| macOS (OS X) | Latest Development builds support the M1 Chip. | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | cubeb | |
| Interface | Qt, Dear ImGui, wxWidgets | wxWidget is only used until stable release 1.6.0 |
| Input | SDL2 |
System requirements
- System requirements vary depending on the game. Some are vastly more demanding than others, such as those that require mipmapping enabled.
- 32-bit support was dropped after stable release 1.6.0. The last 32-bit development build was PCSX2 1.7.2484.
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 21H2 (1809 or later) | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual core with four threads | Quad core |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon RX 560 Intel Arc A380 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible DirectX 10 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4.6 compatible DirectX 12 compatible |
| Other | CPU supporting SSE4.1. | CPU supporting AVX2. |
- Any version made after 1.6.0 requires a 64-bit operating system despite the fact that the said version has a 32-bit installer.[11]
- Windows XP and Direct3D 9 support was dropped after stable release 1.4.0.
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Direct3D 10 support was dropped after stable release 1.6.0.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.14 (Mojave) | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual core with four threads | Quad core |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon RX 560 Intel Arc A380 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM |
| Other | CPU supporting SSE4.1. | CPU supporting AVX2. |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 20.04/Debian or newer, Arch Linux, or other distro | Ubuntu 22.04/Debian or newer, Arch Linux, or other distro |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual core with four threads | Quad core |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon RX 560 Intel Arc A380 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4.6 compatible |
| Other | CPU supporting SSE4.1. | CPU supporting AVX2. |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ For Memory Cards
- ↑ for Save States
- ↑ For Memory Cards
- ↑ for Save States
References
- ↑ PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 emulator - PCSX2 v0.026 - last accessed on 2022-04-28
- ↑ PCSX2 v0.031 - last accessed on 2022-04-28
- ↑ PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 emulator - Mac - last accessed on 2022-04-28
- ↑ PCSX2 Compatibility List - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ GitHub Commits activity - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ PCSX2/pcsx2: PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator - last accessed on 2022-05-01