PCSX2

A native PCSX2 port for the jailbroken PS5 can now read PS2 discs from the console's own drive. The feature is one day old, it is off by default, and half of the PS2 library cannot be read at all.

A Switch emulator now runs as native PS5 homebrew, no Linux involved. PS3 emulation on PS5 is real too, but it runs under Linux and Digital Foundry tested it back in May. The thing that actually changed this month is a Vulkan driver.

ARMSX2 2.6.9 spent a month optimising the PS2 graphics core for ARM handhelds. The two chips it was benchmarked on are the Retroid Pocket 5's Snapdragon 865 and the Anbernic RG477M's Dimensity 8300. Here is what actually changed.

NVIDIA confirmed there will be no DLSS 5 override in its app. Within days the mod scene shipped one anyway, with automatic detection for nineteen emulators including mGBA and Snes9x. That list tells you everything.

The leaked neural rendering library has been pushed into a PlayStation 2 emulator. It works, which is the surprising part, and it raises a question the retro scene has been circling for years.

Raising internal resolution transforms some libraries and wrecks others. Here is the honest map for PSP, GameCube, Dreamcast, PS2, PS1 and N64, which games to revisit first, and the one setting that matters more than resolution on each.

PCSX2 is the best PS2 emulator there is, and it is x86 only. Here is the full setup, the settings that actually matter, and the upscaling trade nobody explains.

The PS2 games that push emulators hardest, the ones that run on almost anything, and how to use both lists to pick the right handheld and settings.

PS2 runs great on the Steam Deck through PCSX2. Here is how to set it up with EmuDeck, add your BIOS and games, and tune it for smooth performance.

NetherSX2 vs ARMSX2 vs AetherSX2 vs PCSX2, plus which handhelds actually run PS2 well and how to set them up.