To do that, click on the “System” drop-down menu and click “Boot CDVD (full)” (we’re not sure if “(full)” or “(fast)” is the most recommended method, but “(full)” worked for us.īrowse to the folder containing all of your PS2 games, pick a game, and load it. When you are done, click “Apply” to finish your configuration. Each key you set for your virtual controller will appear on the left hand side after. You’ll then get a window that looks something like this:Ĭlick on the “Pad 1” tab along the top and you’ll come to a screen like this:Ĭlick on any button that is on the right hand screen that appears above “Configure Binding” and press the key you want that button to be represented by on your keyboard. For that, we just need to click on the “Config” drop-down menu, then hove the mouse over “Controllers (PAD)” and click on “Plugin Settings…”: The first thing we need to do is configure out virtual controller. This screen will be accompanied by a program log file window. You’ll eventually wind up on a screen that looks like this: Refresh the list of BIOS files in the emulator, select the BIOS, and finish the set-up wizard. When it gets to the point where it asks you for the BIOS file, put the BIOS files into the bios folder (found wherever you placed the emulator files or installed the emulator to). We opted for whatever default settings it presents us. As this is likely your first time running this emulator, you’ll be guided through a first run set-up wizard. Just put all of the images into this folder – it’ll be convenient for when you direct the emulator to the images. In that PS2 folder, it’s advisable to create a folder for your game DVD images. We prefer to create a PS2 folder for all of our PS2 needs and put all Ps2 related files in that. We haven’t tested the validity of this, but we tried a different BIOS and everything seems to work fine.Īfter this, just install (if you got an installer) or drag and drop (if you got a binaries copy) the emulator into a folder that is convenient for you on your hard drive. We can’t tell you how or where to find it, but some say that as long as it’s not the Japanese 1.0 BIOS, it really doesn’t matter which BIOS you get. The next thing we need to do is track down a BIOS. Just head over to the downloads section and download a copy that is appropriate for your operating system. This emulator can easily be found on the PCSX website. The first thing we need to do is track down this emulator.

In this guide, we show you how to play games that were released on this system via the PCSX2 emulator. It would be one of the few consoles that could compete with Nintendo’s Gamecube system. The PS2 is the next console that was released after the PSX.

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