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PCSX2

Screenshot of PCSX2 1.6.0 running on Windows ten
Original author(s)	Linuzappz, Shadow, Refraction, Saqib, Gabest, Gregory
Developer(s)	PCSX2 Team
Initial release	March 23, 2002; xx years ago  (2002-03-23)
Stable release	i.six.0 / May 7, 2020; 22 months ago  (2020-05-07)
Repository	github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2
Written in	C++, C (wxWidgets)[ane]
Operating system	Windows, Linux, macOS
Platform	IA-32 & AMD64[2]
Size	Windows: 6.85 MB[3] Linux: 4.29 MB macOS: 11.38 MB
Bachelor in	28 languages[4]
Type	Video game console emulator
License	Since 0.ix.7: GPL-3.0-or-later[5] Until 0.nine.half dozen: GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	pcsx2.cyberspace

PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS^[six] that supports a wide range of PlayStation two 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 every bit the ability to use custom resolutions up to 8192×8192, anti-aliasing, and texture filtering.

Background [edit]

PCSX2, like its predecessor project PCSX (a PlayStation emulator), is based on a PSEmu Pro spec plug-in architecture, separating several functions from the core emulator. These are the graphics, audio, input controls, CD/DVD bulldoze, and USB and FireWire (i.LINK) ports. Dissimilar plug-ins may produce dissimilar results in both compatibility and functioning. Additionally, PCSX2 requires a 18-carat copy of the PS2 BIOS, which is not available for download from the developers due to copyright-related legal issues. Since September 2016, PCSX2 is partially compatible with PlayStation games.^[7]

The master bottleneck in PS2 emulation is emulating the Emotion Engine multi-processor on the PC x86 architecture. Although each processor can be emulated well independently, accurately synchronizing them and emulating the console'southward timing is difficult.^[8]

Evolution [edit]

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Evolution of PCSX2 was started in 2001 by programmers who become by the names Linuzappz and Shadow, who were programmers for the PlayStation emulator PCSX-Reloaded. Other programmers later joined the team, and they were eventually able to become some PS2 games to the loading screen. The team then started working on the hard task of emulating the PlayStation ii'south BIOS; they got it to run, although it was ho-hum and graphically distorted. Version 0.9.ane was released in July 2006.

From 2007 to 2011, developers worked on Netplay and speed improvements. PCSX2 0.9.8 was released in May 2011 and featured an overhauled GUI written with wxWidgets that improved compatibility for Linux and newer Windows operating systems, the addition of a new VU recompiler that brought better compatibility, a retentiveness card editor, an overhaul of the SPU2-Ten audio plug-in, and numerous other improvements.^[9]

As of November 2021, 97% of PlayStation 2 games are considered "playable" on the emulator, meaning they can be played largely simply not entirely free of slight issues.^[x] 22 games are considered "perfect" – complimentary of bugs – and all but 1 at least boot to the bill of fare screen.^[10]

In 2022, PCSX2 added back up for the Vulkan API.^[11] PCSX2 was used equally a basis for AetherSX2, a PlayStation 2 emulator for Android.^[12]

Features [edit]

PCSX2 supports save states and dynamic recompilation (JIT). There is also back up for gameplay recording in Full HD using the GSdx plugin. Options such as the ability to increase/decrease game speeds, utilise unlimited memory cards, and employ whatever gamepad controllers supported by the native operating system are also bachelor. Cheat codes are supported via the utilise of PNACH patching files.

Plug-ins [edit]

PCSX2 makes use of plug-ins every bit a means of modularizing evolution efforts amongst the separate components (subsystems) of the emulated PlayStation 2 hardware. For instance, video plug-ins are utilized by PCSX2 to render images to the screen and emulate the graphics hardware of the PlayStation 2, whereas audio plug-ins emulate the sound hardware of the PlayStation two. Not only does this allow different developers to focus their efforts on one attribute of the PlayStation 2 hardware, this also allows users that accept a system configuration that does not yield good results with one plug-in to attempt to try some other to see if they have ameliorate results.

A list of several plug-ins follows:

Name	Subsystem	Notes
GSdx	Video	The fastest, most accurate graphics plug-in. Requires Direct3D or OpenGL support and optionally uses a GPU. GSdx plug-in is compatible with PSX emulators but is express to software rendering with them. In that location likewise exists an unofficial ToCAEDIT[13] version and the GSdx-Cutie version.[xiv]
GSdx FX	Video	Post-processing shader pack for GSdx plugin.
ZZogl	Video	A less optimized graphics plug-in that uses Open GL. Uniform with Linux and Windows. This plugin is fork of ZeroGS KOSMOS plugin.
SPU2-10	Audio	The well-nigh accurate sound plug-in.
SSSPSX Pad	Input	A simple input plug-in.
LilyPad	Input	An advanced input plug-in that supports keyboards, mice, and controllers.
Nuvee	Input	An input plug-in that supports lightguns and USB mice.
TwinPad	Input	Another keyboard and mouse plug-in.
XPad	Input	An Xbox 360 controller input plug-in.
CDVD	Optical	A unproblematic optical media plug-in that runs games from optical discs.
Linuz ISO CDVD	Optical	A plug-in which has the ability to shrink ISO images.
Dev9	Hard drive	Handles PS2 hard disk and Ethernet emulation.
MegaDev9	Hard drive	A more advanced version of Dev9. Currently, information technology only partially emulates the PS2 hard drive.
Netplay	Netplay	A plug-in which allows sure games to be playable multiplayer over the Internet.

Equally of v1.7.0-dev-1420^[15] PCSX2 has merged all functionality into the core emulator, eliminating the concept of plugins.

The list of plugins that have been merged are listed below:

• GS: GSDX
• SPU: SPU2
• PAD: Lillypad (Windows) | Onepad (Linux)
• DEV9: Dev9Gigaherz
• CDVD: CDVDGigaherz

Graphical Improvements (GSdx Plugin) [edit]

The GSdx plug-in offers a diversity of epitome quality improvements over the original PlayStation 2 hardware, such as:

• Pick to increase internal resolution (only in hardware mode)
• Anti-aliasing: FXAA, MSAA (simply in the hardware mode and was later removed during 1.5 development) and Edge-AA (but in software mode)
• Post-Processing Pixel Shaders
• Mipmapping (required for correct functioning of some games, similar the Jak and Daxter series)
• Bilinear filtering and Trilinear filtering (OpenGL only)
• Anisotropic filtering
• Widescreen hacks

Hardware requirements [edit]

System requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
Personal Computer[16]
Operating system	Windows 8.1 (IA-32) or higher Ubuntu eighteen.04 or higher, Debian, Curvation Linux, or other distro (IA-32 or x86-64)	Windows 10 (x86-64) or higher Ubuntu 19.04 or higher, Debian, Curvation Linux, or other distro (x86-64)
CPU	SSE4.1 back up, 1600 Single Thread Functioning on Passmark west/ 2 physical cores and hyperthreading support.	AVX2 support, 2100 Single Thread Performance on Passmark due west/ four concrete cores with and/or without hyperthreading.
Memory	four GB RAM.	viii GB RAM.
Graphics hardware	DirectX ten or OpenGL 3.10 supported GPU and 2 GB VRAM.	DirectX xi or OpenGL 4.5 supported GPU and four GB VRAM.

Hardware requirements are largely game-dependent. Due to the enervating nature of emulation, PCSX2 is much more probable to perform well with modernistic mid-range to high-terminate hardware, with lower-stop systems likely to experience less than total performance. The performance bottleneck in almost cases is the CPU rather than the GPU. This is especially the case in software way, in which just the CPU is used for emulation. In hardware manner, the GPU emulates the graphics, but can still be a bottleneck if the internal resolution is set too high. Some games may also run slower due to unoptimized graphics code or weak video cards. Equally computer hardware has connected to accelerate with time, the likelihood of functioning issues with PCSX2 has experienced a corresponding decrease.

Reception [edit]

PCSX2 has been very well received. Matthew Humphries of Geek.com described it as "an impressive piece of work".^[17] Alex Garnett of PC World criticized the difficulty of setting up PCSX2 but called information technology a "masterpiece."^[eighteen] Although David Hayward of Micro Mart also criticized the complexity, he also called information technology "technically amazing."^[xix] Sriram Gurunathan of In.com described PCSX2 as "arguably the most pop emulator effectually" and named it every bit one of the site'due south superlative 5 emulators.^[20] Brandon Widder of Digital Trends included PCSX2 in his Best Emulators article.^[21] John Corpuz of Tom'southward Guide mentioned PCSX2 in his All-time PlayStation Emulators for PCs article, proverb, "When information technology comes to stable, playable Playstation 2 emulation, PCSX2 is pretty much the all-time game in town at the moment."^[22]

Run across also [edit]

• Dolphin, a Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator
• Listing of video game emulators
• Mednafen

References [edit]

1. ^ "Debian -- Details of parcel pcsx2 in stretch". Debian. Retrieved 2017-07-28 .
2. ^ "x64 Work and Testing · Word #4102 · PCSX2/pcsx2". GitHub . Retrieved 7 July 2021.
3. ^ "PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 emulator - Windows". pcsx2.internet . Retrieved 9 June 2021.
4. ^ "PCSX2/pcsx2". GitHub . Retrieved 9 June 2021.
5. ^ "Upgraded PCSX2 core and utilities to GPLv3". GitHub. 2009-09-08.
6. ^ "Getting Started". Pcsx2.net . Retrieved April 21, 2016.
7. ^ "Ramapcsx2 PSX manner past gregory38 · Pull Request #1583 · PCSX2/Pcsx2". GitHub.
8. ^ "Why is PCSX2 boring?".
9. ^ Refraction (2010-11-05). "The History of PCSX2". PCSX2. Retrieved 2013-09-03 .
10. ^ ^{a b} Plunkett, Luke (11 November 2021). "PS2 Emulator Tin can At present Boot Every Single Championship Except For Ane Weird Golf Game". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 9 Dec 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
11. ^ Bailey, Dustin (ten January 2022). "PS2 emulator PCSX2 adds Vulkan back up". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on eleven January 2022. Retrieved 18 Feb 2022.
12. ^ Simons, Hadlee (23 January 2022). "AetherSX2: What you need to know almost the all-time PS2 emulator for Android". Android Authority. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
13. ^ "Custom GSdx Plugin Released". Toca Edit. 2014-12-xx. Retrieved 2016-04-21 .
14. ^ "s90110019/Gsdx-cutie: pcsx2 plugin". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-04-21 .
15. ^ "Merge GS, Mcd into core, remove plugin selector/subsystem". Govanify Edit. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-07-eleven .
16. ^ "PCSX2/pcsx2". GitHub . Retrieved xvi March 2021.
17. ^ Humphries, Matthew (August 6, 2012). "PlayStation ii emulator PCSX2 reaches v1.0, plays games in 1080p". Geek.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October five, 2013. Retrieved September three, 2013.
18. ^ Garrett, Alex (September 1, 2011). "How to Emulate the Sony Playstation two (PS2) on Your PC". Retrieved September 3, 2013.
19. ^ Hayward, David (2013-07-19). "Retro Console Emulators Grouping Test: PCSX2 i.0.0 Review". Micro Mart. Dennis Publishing. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2013-09-03 .
20. ^ Gurunathan, Sriram (February 4, 2011). "Top Five Emulators". In.com. Network 18. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
21. ^ Widder, Brandon (April 20, 2013). "Best Emulators (NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, and more)". Digital Trends . Retrieved October three, 2013.
22. ^ Corpuz, John (January thirty, 2013). "Best Playstation Emulators for PCs". Tom's Guide . Retrieved Oct 3, 2013.

External links [edit]

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