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PCSX2 v2.5.286 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows PC users to play PS2 games. This version includes updates such as improved translations, removal of unnecessary CRC hacks, and fixes for various IRem games. Additional features have been integrated to optimize channel offset handling and upscale maintenance in native scaling. Documentation and linter updates for the gamedb are also included, as well as adjustments …

PCSX2 v2.5.282 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator. Designed to replicate the PS2 hardware, it employs MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine to manage hardware states and memory, enabling users to enjoy PS2 games on PC with added features. Notable updates in the changelog include automatic timezone detection for RTC, updates to the controller database, and adjustments in the CI dependencies group. Download …

PCSX2 v2.5.280 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator designed to replicate PS2 hardware on PCs. It employs MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine to manage hardware states and memory, enabling users to play PS2 games with added features. The latest update includes a base translation update for Qt and improved synchronization for CDVD access from various threads. For more details and to download, …

PCSX2 v2.5.279 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. This version emulates PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine to manage hardware states and system memory, enabling users to play PS2 games on their PCs. Key updates in this release include a base translation update for Qt and a patch for unclickable buttons on MacOS. For more details, you can access …

PCSX2 v2.5.278 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows users to play PS2 games on PC by emulating the console’s hardware through MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine for managing system memory. The latest update includes improvements to GS hotkeys for better upscale and downscale functionality. For those interested, the new version is available for download. PCSX2 v2.5.278 has been released. PCSX2 …

PCSX2 v2.5.277 has been released, offering an open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that mimics PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine. This enables users to play PS2 games on their PCs with enhanced features. Notable updates in the changelog include a Qt Base Translation update and a fix for a 1-pixel gap under layout tabs on non-Windows platforms. For more details and to download the emulator, visit …

PCSX2 v2.5.276 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator. It emulates PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine to manage hardware states and memory, enabling gameplay of PS2 titles on PCs. Key updates include removing namespace usage in the TAPAdapter header and fixing icon cell highlights and column widths in the GameListWidget. Additional features and improved performance make this version valuable for …

Play! Git (2025/11/04) is an emulator for the PlayStation 2 (PS2), developed for Windows in C/C++. It enhances performance through instruction caching and recompilation. Recent updates include fixes for recoil server shutdown issues, debug logging improvements, and clang-format corrections. The emulator now processes sound input as interleaved stereo in S/PDIF bypass mode and adjusts the effective sample rate when in use. Additionally, C_SPDIF_PROTECT has been removed due to lack of …

PCSX2 v2.5.274 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator. It emulates PS2 hardware through MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine, enabling PC gameplay of PS2 titles with added features. Notable updates include improved error messages for missing BIOS, a Flatpak update for KDE runtime, an ImGui labeler, and changes to savestate versions. Additionally, KDDockWidgets has been updated to version 2.4.0 and various translations have …

PCSX2 v2.5.268 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows PS2 games to be played on PCs. The update includes various improvements and bug fixes such as updating SDL3, refining game list functions, and cleaning up snapshot folder code. Notable changes in the Qt interface involve improved mouse locking features, warnings for mixed-resolution setups, and making mouse screen locking DPI-aware. Additionally, some unsupported serials have …

PCSX2 v2.5.259 is now available, improving the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows users to play PS2 games on their PCs. The update includes enhancements such as a Qt Base Translation update and fixes for infinite loops caused by undefined behavior (UB) during YAML parsing in memory card handling and the GameDB. These improvements help enhance the emulator’s functionality and stability. For more details and to download the …

PCSX2 v2.5.258 has been released as a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, allowing users to play PS2 games on their PCs by emulating PS2 hardware. This version includes various updates, such as enhanced translation for the Qt interface, improved functionality for video capture toggling, and the addition of game shortcut creation. The controller database has also been updated. Overall, these enhancements aim to improve user experience and performance. For …

PCSX2 v2.5.254 has been released, enhancing the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows users to play PS2 games on PC. It emulates PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine to manage hardware states and memory. Key updates include fixing a locale crash on non-Windows systems, improving response to OS color scheme changes in the debugger, and enhancing the game list dialog for resetting playtime. Overall, the …

Play! Git (2025/10/25) is an emulator for the PlayStation 2 (PS2), designed for Windows and written in C/C++. It enhances CPU emulation performance using an instruction caching and recompilation approach. Recent updates include improvements to JVS GPIOW, fixes for thread lifetime and non-Windows build issues, and corrections for clang-format errors. Network output has been refined, with a MAME-compatible implementation for System 2×6 lightgun recoil added. Additionally, GPIO writes for lightgun …

PCSX2 v2.5.251 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows users to play PS2 games on PCs. It utilizes MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine to replicate PS2 hardware and system memory. Key updates include loading GS settings from INI files, renaming UI elements, adding network and HDD settings, and improvements to transfer dump handling. The interface also sees updates to translation and …

PCSX2 v2.5.246 is a free, open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that allows users to play PS2 games on their PC by emulating the console’s hardware. The emulator employs MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine for managing hardware states and system memory. Recent updates include setting the QStyleHints colorScheme property, removing unnecessary code in the GameListModel, adding a separator in the MainWindow, and fixing a missing Metal Toolchain issue for …

hpsx64 v0.480 has been released as a highly experimental PlayStation and PlayStation 2 emulator for x64-based systems. This emulator is still a work in progress, indicating ongoing development and potential improvements. hpsx64 v0480 has been launched. hpsx64 (Highly-Experimental Playstation Simulator x64) is a PlayStation (PS) & PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator tailored for x64 architectures. This project is currently a WORK IN PROGRESS.…More

PCSX2 v2.5.242 has been released, enhancing the free, open-source PlayStation 2 emulator. This version emulates PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine, enabling users to play PS2 games on their PCs with added features. Key updates in the changelog include improvements to USB initialization, specifically for the EyeToy and audio management on Windows. The Qt component also received a base translation update. The new version aims …

PCSX2 v2.5.241 has been released, offering a free and open-source emulator for PlayStation 2 (PS2) that enables users to play PS2 games on their PCs. The emulator replicates PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine to manage hardware states and system memory. Key updates in this version include enhancements to the pcsx2-qt interface, optimization of the Windows Qt build for size, and updates to dependencies. Users …

PCSX2 v2.5.238 has been released, offering a free and open-source emulator for PlayStation 2 (PS2) games on PC. It emulates PS2 hardware through MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine managing hardware states. Key updates include compatibility enhancements for macOS with Xcode 26.0.1, an option to switch between system locale and timestamp formats, various GameDB fixes, and corrections to patch format strings. These improvements enhance the user experience and …

PCSX2 v2.5.234 is released, offering a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that mimics PS2 hardware through MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a virtual machine managing hardware states and memory. This enables users to play PS2 games on PC with enhanced features. The latest update includes a changelog with modifications such as removing obsolete options and adjusting on-screen display (OSD) positions. For more details and to download, visit the official …

PCSX2 v2.5.233 has been released. It is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator that replicates PS2 hardware using MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine, enabling gameplay of PS2 titles on PCs. Key updates include setting a default button in message dialogs, optimizing image names for achievements, and various macOS improvements, such as updates to Qt versions and enhanced build size. Additional fixes include a game database correction …

PCSX2 v2.5.229 has been released, enhancing the free, open-source PlayStation 2 emulator. It emulates PS2 hardware through MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine, enabling the play of PS2 games on PCs with added features. Recent updates include improved clarity and safety for memory card shutdown warnings, corrections in the Windows dependencies build script, and an upgrade to Mac OS ffmpeg to version 8.0. You can download PCSX2 v2.5.229 …

PCSX2 v2.5.226 has been released, offering a free and open-source emulator for PlayStation 2 games. It emulates the PS2’s hardware using MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers, and a Virtual Machine to manage hardware states and memory, enabling users to play PS2 games on their PCs with added features. The latest update includes a fix for a shader typo in GS/HW/Shaders. For download and further details, visit the source. Sure! Here’s a …

PCSX2 v2.5.225 has been released, enhancing the free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. It emulates PS2 hardware via MIPS CPU interpreters, recompilers, and a virtual machine, allowing users to play PS2 games on their PCs with added features. Key updates in this version include unifying blend levels for hardware, enabling framebuffer mask emulation based on blending, and creating targets before flag settings. The update also addresses various GameDB issues …