We are just a few months away from the twentieth anniversary of the PlayStation 2 in Europe, and despite all this time, the console continues to amaze us. 155 million units sold, a fabulous catalog of games, hacks and modifications... having an original PS2 guarantees us thousands of hours of entertainment, but the potential multiplies with the help of emulators. PCSX2 appears at the top of the list and after four years of behind-the-scenes improvements, its new stable version 1.6.0 arrives. If you have thought about revisiting some PS2 classic, this is the ideal moment to do so..
Metal Gear Solid. Silent Hill. Grand Theft Auto. Gran Turismo. God of War. Final Fantasy. Kingdom Hearts. I could go on all day. Each of these franchises achieved success across multiple platforms, but their popularity was catapulted after passing through one console: the PlayStation 2. With twenty years under its belt, we have learned a lot about that system, which enabled a fundamental resource such as emulation. We know well that backward compatibility is not a strong point among Sony's ranks, and although there are still many consoles on the second-hand market, emulating the PlayStation 2 opens up a whole range of new possibilities.
The key piece for this is PCSX2. Its constant development and the participation of a huge community of users have given rise to a large number of tools such as the 60 FPS patches, the removal of interlacing, and the widescreen support. During the last four years, PCSX2 accumulated constant updates essentially development builds, prioritizing compatibility and performance. Finally, all those updates appear concentrated in a new stable build, under version 1.6.0.
PCSX2: The Best PlayStation 2 Emulator
The complete list of fixes and optimizations is impressive. It represents four years of work, and many of the entries are cryptic so only its creators understand what they are about, but occasionally we find references to specific games, a piece of hardware with compatibility issues, or the DirectX renderer. In fact, in the video we shared above 55 games in two and a half hours, the channel "someother1ne" made a great effort it uses DX11, combined with 60 FPS patches, and resolutions five or six times higher than the originals.
https://old.neoteo.com/playstation-2-adios-definitivo/In summary, many games with errors should now work well in PCSX2 1.6.0, while others considered "stable" can achieve graphical quality and fluidity impossible for the original hardware. The best part? PCSX2's requirements remain at very reasonable levels. The video uses a Core i7-4790k at 4.5 GHz alongside a GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, but it is a more extreme case due to resolution and FPS adjustments.
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