DownloadPCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. Its purpose is to emulate the PS2's hardware, using a combination of MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers and a Virtual Machine that manages hardware states and PS2 system memory. This allows you to play PS2 games on your PC, with many additional features and benefits. The PCSX2 project has been running for more than ten years. Past versions could only run a few public domain game demos, but newer versions can run most games at full speed, including popular titles such as Final Fantasy X and Devil May Cry 3. Visit the PCSX2 compatibility list to check the latest compatibility status of games (with more than 2500 titles tested), or ask for help in the official forums. The latest officially released stable version is version 1.6.0. Installers and binaries for both Windows and Linux are available from our website.
Features
- You need the Visual C++ 2019 x86 Redistributables to run PCSX2
- Make sure to update your operating system and drivers to ensure you have the best experience possible
- You need a BIOS dump extracted from a legitimately-owned PS2 console to use the emulator
- PCSX2 uses two CPU cores for emulation by default
- Requirements benchmarks are based on a statistic from the Passmark CPU bench marking software
- The latest officially released stable version is version 1.6.0.
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