Feel the need to run some classic PlayStation 2 games? It's set to get a lot easier, as the RetroArch team have reported on their work with PCSX2. They've had a bounty open to pay someone to do it since 2018, with it currently sat at $915. The good news is that progress appears to be good!
RetroArch has been ported to the PlayStation2 by @fjtrujy, and starting as of version 1.7.6 you can already try it on your own homebrew-enabled PS2! A couple of (libretro) cores have been included as part of this initial release. RetroArch on Xbox isn't perfect-and games are capped at a 2GB limit, meaning that not every PS2 game is playable-but as you can see in the video below from Modern Vintage Gamer, it's possible to.
The RetroArch team noted it's getting 'quite usable' and it shouldn't be too much longer until it gets a first release with support for libretro and RetroArch so you can have another emulator under one roof. User aliaspider has been doing a lot of the work, which you can follow the conversation of on GitHub. It currently only supports 64bit and OpenGL / Direct3D 11 with OpenGL having more features supported. It seems Android and macOS are not currently planned for the PCSX2 emulator core.
Play Ps2 Games On Retroarch
Check out their work in progress look at it running:
Direct Link
Retroarch Ps2 On Switch
Find their blog post on it here.
Retroarch On Ps2 Iso
The RetroArch team noted it's getting 'quite usable' and it shouldn't be too much longer until it gets a first release with support for libretro and RetroArch so you can have another emulator under one roof. User aliaspider has been doing a lot of the work, which you can follow the conversation of on GitHub. It currently only supports 64bit and OpenGL / Direct3D 11 with OpenGL having more features supported. It seems Android and macOS are not currently planned for the PCSX2 emulator core.
Play Ps2 Games On Retroarch
Check out their work in progress look at it running:
Direct Link
Retroarch Ps2 On Switch
Find their blog post on it here.