The Best Playstation 2 (PS2) Emulator for PC: PCSX2 (Beginner Install guide: setup / config) UPDATED

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[@chedhead3278]

Nice guide Mr S. Maybe worth mentioning that the PCSX2 Wiki has a per game guide of work arounds for any emulator issues, probably a first port of call if you run into problems on a particular game. Also some of these work arounds are relevant to AetherSX2.

[@ghileskr5394]

where do i get the bios file for the ps2 emulator help plz

[@confusedcitizen-st3ee]

Really tho. Its not hard but for newba like myself its needed.. so you dont screw something up. And doesnt show how to use 7zip or which version to download... guess it was too difficult to make an actually helpful video...

[@souhailmglitchi6890]

​@@ghileskr5394do u know how?

[@sckboyrari]

@@confusedcitizen-st3ee dude LOL

[@energytv6516]

L

[@LamestLameOK]

When I built my first gaming PC back in 2020 emulation was one of the first things I tried out since all the craptops I bought were never powerful enough to run PS2 games. Emulation is in my opinion one of the greatest features about Gaming on PC.

[@ghileskr5394]

where do i get the bios file for the ps2 emulator help plz

[@Motivation.thenics]

@@ghileskr5394 just Google Bios bro

[@atticus2274]

i was a nintendo fanboy growing up so never played ps2 or ps3 growing up. so glad we live in this time i can finally expereince the great ps games.

[@mouwa7793]

​@@atticus2274damn you missed a wonderful moment bro, PS2 was a classic geez

[@SavageMrFox-dh7ip]

What laptop do you have that can't play PS2 games from 2002 😂. Any normal laptop past the year 2015 should run any PS2 game with eaz

[@kyojurorengoku9673]

mr sujano is the most calm person i have ever seen specially in youtube

[@thafunkmanpsn5150]

He’s calm only on KZbin but he’s sliding over cars while he shoots

[@elwillypeinado]

that makes me feel uncomfortable, like he's going to rob me money

[@kuriiswz]

idk why you didnt talk about the bios file. you could have just explained and showed us instead of making us find some rare info

[@Shadow-oi6kj]

how did you do it?

[@rubenholland-furness2176]

It’s a legality, you cannot legally reproduce and distribute bios. All it takes is to search bios as he hints and every pop up is a download bro

[@kuriiswz]

@@PixelGod240 who are you to talk to me like this? your name is pixel god lil bro. i figured this shi out myself a long ass time ago. take yo mark ass somewhere else dawg. sound like a girl

[@kuriiswz]

@@rubenholland-furness2176 reproduce and distribute? aight my bad bill gates ima just download whatever pops up and get myself a virus by mistake, chill yo shit smart ass

[@kuriiswz]

@@rubenholland-furness2176 hundreds of other people are asking the same shi in the comment section. prob because they dont trust what comes up on a search engine. but nah you got it bill gates

[@bekay7663]

Thanks a lot, I can now play the games of my childhood, also that slick sub line got me to sub. Best Wishes!

[@universegaming1353]

Some advice here: Set Affinity Control on the Emulation menu to VU - GS - EE. You might get extra performance with this one, especially for some games that will slowdown for a bit.

[@ghileskr5394]

where do i get the bios file for the ps2 emulator help plz

[@TakBonez]

​​@@ghileskr5394 plug your Physical PS2 up to your Computer and dump the BIOS file over, or like any self respecting degenerate Google it. No links, but I heard Emulation General Wiki is reliable

[@PCSX2Configurations]

As with all other settings, the settings of Affinity Control varies depending on the computerized characters interaction in the video game that isn't your own character

[@brandanwilliams6465]

go google it you will find it ez @@ghileskr5394

[@HalGio1988]

​@@ghileskr5394Google PS2 bios

[@sabeanies6961]

thank you so much. i needed this for silent hill 2

[@BeeTrev]

literally what im here for

[@imentropy3551]

Isn't it already available for PC?

[@poloprofits8743]

Just buy it & feel that nostalgia 🔥 I love emulating games but nothing beats the classic style

[@ogziiink3879]

@@poloprofits8743i would if it wasnt like $300 lmao

[@JoshKosh08]

@@poloprofits8743 no way i'm gonna buy a 20 year old game for 200 dollars

[@BaileyMagikz]

love the little smile/smirk you hear in your voice when saying "search ps2 bios to possibly learn more 😉 " haven't used pcsx2 since 2012 ish so was nice to refresh myself and nice to see a modern video covering it ( 😂99% of people definitely ain't got a ps2 to dump the bios from )

[@AceSimGaming]

I have a PS2 and I never once thought about dumping my own Bios since it seems like too much of an effort lol Same with my other consoles as well

[@calebristow7698]

meat ride crazy

[@Fernando-Rodriguez]

if your game runs slow on your old quad core CPU tick the option which says "GPU pallete conversion" under Graphics > rendering

[@acedubb]

Man it took me waaay longer than I would like. I was stuck and so frustrated I didn't think I would ever figure it out. I did. Thank you for you helpful tips!

[@noxbutcher5470]

thanks for your teacher'esk approach to this guide.

[@roosmarijn2634]

I literally just want to play a game from my childhood... Why is all this so complicated😭

[@theldapperapple2382]

Don't worry homie, it's a lot easier than it seems. If you have win rar you can skip the 7zip part entirely. As for the games, there are great places online to download them (just make sure you've owned them before 😉)

[@johnhenry3820]

It's really easy I was new to pc and got it figured out.

[@andrewlewis1907]

I feel you bro if you're not tech savvy this shit is confusing

[@jacobroe-b4e]

its not as hard as it looks. is there a step you are struggling with?

[@pootiebabe6898]

bro this is to hard it aint working 😭😭

[@kidbuu4sho]

I was playing smackdown here comes the pain , HHH vs Brock Lesnar last man standing match and believe it or not it was 2 hour match (not even hard mode) I had to deliver 20 pedigree to win the match, they really did good job in this game and it's one of my favorite game.

[@kratostherealgod8564]

brock and goldberg are op in this game

[@HalGio1988]

I still play that game too in the PS2 emulator but on my android device

[@michaelgalan9930]

@@HalGio1988how?

[@HalGio1988]

@@michaelgalan9930 I have a tablet an cell phone so I downloaded the emulator on both of them and get game online but my devices are low on specifications

[@michaelgalan9930]

@@HalGio1988 but once i download the file how do i make it a app

[@zoemorn]

i had pcsx2 stable release 1.6.x and it was looking totally different UI than what you were displaying. I went out and grabbed 1.7.x nightly release and it had the UI you were demo-ing and i love the automapping controls (one of the hurdles i've had is P1 & P2 controls not working or overlapping each other etc). but i did the automap for each controller and right out of the gate it worked great on the first title i tried anyway. Thanks for the vid.

[@atticus2274]

yeah i made the same mistake and was overwhelmed. finally saw a guide and saw it was nightly being used and was super refreshing. the ps1 emulator has the same style ui so its really cool you can jump to either emulator and nothing really changes.

[@ophusky]

Love your videos man. You're the face of emulation videos❤️❤️

[@ffviifakeremake9997]

MrSujano is the only respectable emulation guy on YT, in my opinion.

[@WatanabeDarko]

The main thing which I have understood from this video is that I don't have to do anything if I don't want to. And that I can tinker around with a lot of stuff.

[@jugghead82]

Man I had an older version of this emulator all I can say is WOW just WOW this looks Amazing Thanks So MUCH

[@internet2055]

you are welcome we try our best for fans like you out there

[@Sirax7]

you are the best . i am begginer at this and you re the first one who guide me right

[@aleena.294]

what did you do for downloading your PS2 Bios, I am the most confused on this part and don't know what to do

[@playawhat11]

​@@aleena.294same u get it?

[@Mangomesh]

PCSX2 emulator is the greatest. I do find the controller setup part a bit tricky, the older version of PCSX2 worked so much better with my Xbox 360 controller.

[@chadbrick67]

Its a piece of piss to setup the controller

[@blockinglowtier]

@@chadbrick67 My controllers just have insane drift I cant even play anything on the emulator

[@Mangomesh]

But which is the best controller?

[@Miguel13504]

Thanks a lot for this. It runs perfectly fine, I've tried to play PS2 games in my PC for years and this has helped me a lot.

[@raybcandle3699]

How bro 🙁🙁🙁🙁

[@cyclonmaster]

Good beginner tips

[@llamachai]

It's so funny because the reason I was looking for a video to learn about PS2 emulation was to play Devil May Cry...and you had it showing right there xD thanks for a perfect explanation!

[@dantebenavente1439]

Thank you so much first time I tried some thing like this but it worked I'm playing gran turismo 4 took a lil min to figure out how to but your video is perfectly put together to know how to make it run

[@danpatrick7176]

The built in wide-screen hacks are so good. Im suprised how easy and non buggy those generally look

[@haworth137]

Awesome guide! Strait to the point and easy to follow. Just what I wanted. Great job with your channel!

[@RafcioPafci00]

Straight 🤓

[@ghileskr5394]

where do i get the bios file for the ps2 emulator help plz

[@haworth137]

@@ghileskr5394 Sorry I dont remember where I got the file from. But I do remember that it did not take long to find when asking Google the right questions.

[@RafcioPafci00]

@@ghileskr5394 i can show you a great folder with bioses but i cant seem to find it you'll need direct acces to the folder i have them lol but its great over 20 bioses i think

[@ghileskr5394]

​@@RafcioPafci00 i find it in google lol thanks for the reply bro

[@edlichanimation]

Thanks for your help and what a nice voice you have! Love from Denmark :)

[@arcyarcanine]

Didn't expect to be taught by such a stud.

[@salelias8321]

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction

[@FaelonZ]

would be nice to mention how to download the bios, no one has this just natively and if it's required it should be a part of the "how to" guide

[@LetitbeDjeno]

Great video and tutorial ... Works like a charm and games are not stuttering lagging or anything and finally i can play Fifa Street. Ty 🤩

[@littledudefromacrossthestr5755]

Help me bro 😭

[@TrevHolland]

"you can tinker around here if you'd like" Don't threaten me with a good time!

[@FilipeGomesDrummer]

OMG I didn't know there were Retroachievements on the PS2, thank you !

[@vaioserpent]

I feel free to thank you very much for this video

[@zero_to_1000]

Finally got mine working, so badass. I'm an old fart now and this games are bringing back some good memories.

[@Scicluna_Matata]

legend

[@AfroMyrdal]

Oh your voice is like good butter on a baked potato, perfect! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@hah6360]

bros voice is majestic

[@jonathontallman]

Your a hero thanks man

[@RealMichaelMTZ]

Can you do wii u next please

[@gpcrafty9570]

Use dolphin emulator, it's a lot easier than this.

[@Sagninaw]

Just a tip, If you want crystal clear smoothed graphics you should go under internal resolution and set it to "4x Native" and turn on FXAA contrast sharpening to "sharpen and resize display resolution" you can also turn dithering to completely off to remove the muddy texture overlay, it looks absolutely amazing on my RTX laptop

[@adamvillanueva2387]

Bro I’m so confused on how to do any of this

[@Sagninaw]

@@adamvillanueva2387 you go under the settings menu and click on graphics

[@manuelmorse3338]

Thanks!!! Helped a lot!!!

[@IIIIlllI799]

Mr. S is da goat

[@KingJim97]

thanks for this video mate, you're a blessing!

[@heisenberg8354]

where did you find the bios and AVX2, i cant find those

[@onkelhiphop]

Thank you so much you’re the best I’m gonna pull an all nighter playing resident evil code Veronica 😊 thanks for another great video and keep up the good work🤘😎

[@Z33Zy]

thank you for the updated information! will be using this to stream RAC 1 and possibly more.

[@Nofux2give]

thank you sir !

[@aerobiker8230]

thanks for this video! it helped a lot :D!

[@toycoma98]

Its funny to me some comments cant figure it out, I had just done it and playing. I'm a high school dropout with a GED and I'm playing PS2 games on my laptop with a xbox controller and a headset.

[@Infinity_Vision_Tv]

Just read And Know the Process

[@goldenultra]

The 1.6 stable release has the 8 bit option that is needed for GTA Liberty Cities which the latest nightly version does 🚫 not.

[@iNotoriousAJ]

Great guide :) Followed and I've tested 3 games so far Killzone, Need for Speed Underground 2 and Battlefield Modern Combat all running well

[@raybcandle3699]

Where do you get the games from

[@iNotoriousAJ]

@@raybcandle3699 not sure if I am allowed to say on here, but googling ps2 roms or on reddit should put you in the right direction :)

[@Kazifu_Gaming]

Just search ps2 roms.​@@raybcandle3699

[@JohnRambo1947-July-6th]

Nice tutorial, my friend!

[@Peter_1986]

I have an msi computer from 2022, and it was marketed as a "gaming computer", and I want to play "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater". I would guess that a fairly modern gaming computer should be able to handle a game from 2004 fairly well.

[@perfectusonly]

thank you so much for this useful video, and we would like to know what composants we need to get in order to make the games run better on a laptop without any lagging or slowness.

[@Daltongaming78]

Wow man PCsx2 finaly works grate now on my pc cause before it was a diferent version of pcsx2 and i had an older pc, just grate am playing all my favorite ps2 games so clear and clean on a 43 inch tv and i can not belive how good it works even better then the original ps2

[@Megidramon]

Thank you for making this video. I'm PC illiterate, and just got into PC gaming. My one question is, how do I go about connecting a controller to the PC in order to map the buttons to it? Does it have to be an Xbox 360/One controller, or can be it any usb connectable controller? Playing on mouse and keyboard really hurts my hands, which has prevented me from actually going out and downloading the emulators that I want to download.

[@jeffreylove6415]

A wireless controller like an Xbox controller can be paired via bluetooth

[@Megidramon]

@jeffreylove6415 right, but the reason I'm asking is because I genuinely despise how Xbox controllers feel in my hands. I don't like the layout, either. So, I was hoping to connect a (clearly superior) Ps4 or 5 controller.

[@jesusiskingofkingss]

@@Megidramon hey man you can connect it , then when you open pcsx in the controller menu you will match each button of the controller one by one, you can invert each stick individually etc. i only used those cheapest knockoff ps2-like usb controllers but on the reddit they said new controlers work too

[@dragonic77]

great guide but i did find it confusing how you never really showed how or where to get the bios for it at all

[@PinchePaisa]

did you find anything?

[@Randy_Ramos1990]

As a casual gamer are the bios files of games already on on you’re pc like steam etc all I have are physical ps2 games!

[@cybercity79gaming46]

When did PCSX2 get the new modern looking G.U I. ? Thanks Mr. Sujano

[@geddoe316]

my favorite part is how everyone in comment sections and on reddit 100 percent legally own a ps2 and all the games they are downloading ;)

[@Nick-hz9no]

Thank you.

[@windowdresser1643]

Well done!

[@no.402]

Also enable widescreen patches if you're playing in 16:9

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Great guide. Many thanks.

[@ramdjow2882]

You never explained where and how to get a bios file. What bios file? That's the whole reason I clicked on this video was to learn how to do that one step. Are you talking about the ROM that holds whatever game?

[@ezwires]

a legend indeed

[@trapbeats2086]

Im just not good at this type of stuff.

[@djob7384]

Gotta start somewhere 🍻

[@BEARFACE0187]

hi this is a really great video!! BUT, i followed all steps and i still don't have the pcsx2 bios. the bios file shows empty... HELP!!??

[@LunaMoonFreya]

Me too don't find...

[@jouldalk]

More tutorials! 😊 Great stuff 👍

[@D0land0_94]

This man is a robot

[@user-karan78]

ty its working great

[@shivshankar8874]

thank you so much sir from india

[@ninjascout]

im not all about computers and sh, but why do I have to get a BIOS? bruh the dolphin emulator does not need this type of crap, I was just gonna play PaRappa 2

[@H1pyx]

How fo i even get a bios and what is it?

[@arcaderacer586]

I have a old dell optiplex i5 3rd gen and a gt-1030 gpu and it runs fine

[@kikithepupper6774]

I need to play silent hill 2 so here i am!

[@TAREEBITHETERRIBLE]

*YAH DAT MR. SUJANO*

[@jordanharris9838]

thanks for showing us how to get a bios file...

[@peacetrash9284]

I agree, it’s kinda hard cause a lot of websites are untrustworthy

[@spike24.7]

@@peacetrash9284 what do you mean “google fu”?

[@Pskinn]

What about using a controller? Do I need a PS2 Controller or can it be PS3 or PS4? How would I plug in a PS2 Controller? With an adapter? Or Can I use a wireless controller?

[@omountifield]

Where do I actually download the PS2 games though? Are there any non-sketchy websites?

[@Seven69297]

CDromance

[@SqwertSoda]

damn thanks a lot literally took me 15

[@TheRealScurred]

Good guy you are.

[@ZaydSaqib]

cool tutorial. I managed to find a bios file

[@ghileskr5394]

where do i get the bios file for the ps2 emulator help plz

[@thebitsanpiecesman4423]

Just search on google you’ll find ut

[@luqmanhakim112]

Hey bro can you make video tutorial how to setup or play exagear window emulator on android for beginners please 👍😁

[@chadbrick67]

No

[@cucumbreloom9289]

bro come on buy a computer

[@samstadtlander4746]

THANK YOU

[@AllenSolomon-ts9ud]

nobody tells you how to get games tho

[@cjdakid0813]

It’s easy to find I would ask chat gpt it will tell you

[@mohammadal-kamsha4020]

I paid so much money as a kid Games i wished i could play again Harsh world

[@jackluffy7914]

You get the games from vault that’s where all emulated games comes from

[@goblinphreak2132]

For the audio side of things, you ABSOLUTELY have to change settings. I own a ps2 and a copy of the game Frequency. You CANNOT play the game without messing with audio settings. Which proves the out of the box experience isn't perfect.... Frequency is a time sensitive game, its a music game. If you don't fix the audio, you absolutely get issues. GRANTED, I am still using ver 1.6.0 of PCSX2.... which is the CURRENT STABLE version. your "nightly build" while newer, isn't fully stable yet. hence why they haven't moved it to stable. For the SPU2-X settings, you are gonna use TimeStretch which is recommended. then set 25ms for average latency. however, click advanced. now set all those settings to their LOWEST value. sequence length 20. seekwindow size 10. overlap 5. this will give you the BEST performance/quality. now time sensitive games like frequency or other games where you have to press a key when prompted will have faster response. it makes frequency perfectly playable without any misses, audio issues, or lag. the stock out of the box setting without these tweaks, the game stutters and you WILL miss notes/button presses because of it.... Going by your video at 5:09, you would set target latency 25ms, and then the bottom 3 settings you would turn to their lowest settings (matching what I gave in the small tidbit above). this will result in the best performance/quality for any game. I always tell people, if you can play frequency with 0 stutters/lag, you can play ANY game with zero stutters/lag. frequency is like THE go-to in order to see if your PC is powerful enough to properly render PS2 games.... so yeah. do this, and thank me later. (note i have recorded a full playthrough of frequency on my page. so yeah)

[@CT-nb5lm]

As awesome as PCSX2 is i would take my Psyclone componnet cables on a 4k TV. If i could find a modern TV w/ COmponent. I miss hands on buying em. i do both now ;D

[@mwkcope]

You feel like if the Koskela Brothers from Alan Wake II were one person

[@dancingdan1994]

How would you save and play the games from an external HDD and make sure that they are not staggering please. Love your vids and have subbed

[@timpact]

thanks bro

[@Al-With-An-A]

Struggling with this, you cant get past the set up without a BIOS file to get to the bit you're on.

[@angelinetchouawa1399]

I had a Windows 11 pc but I messed it up hopefully I will have a gaming laptop for homework, gaming, etc. for 5,000 dollars for church

[@camabuntaa]

trying to find a good place to get ps2 games from. any recomendations??

[@derylpina1999]

I wish they should add Dolphin Emulator with Achievements in the future.

[@edgarruiz-enriquez5239]

When downloading it only gives me the option to download X64-QT anyone else having this problem

[@TheRealScurred]

thank you.

[@dartheory4423]

my bios file is empty. i thought the bios file would be provided. but i cannot choose anything. did i do something wrong?

[@Ariees77]

same

[@Eclipse.clipss]

in these vids they dont tell you where to get the bios ps2 file which is dumb

[@AceSimGaming]

@@Eclipse.clipss Because you cant legally, theres a reason why nobody does. Anyone who does ends up getting their video taken down

[@doublebassrox]

I read on the website that we need to download some C++ windows thing? Is it necessary to be able to run PCSX2 and play games?

[@Dreadnought422]

0:58 You don't need 7zip or any other compressing program anymore as off windows 10. tho I still prefer to use Winrar it's not needed since windows 10+ has an unpacking program when you rightclick on your file that you want to unpack. Otherwhise great guide. Just wondering if you know how to get the ps2 startupscreen? My emulator always go straight to the game startup. but I actually mis the classic bootup from ps 2 :(

[@hardcr4m419]

hello sir i want to play with this emulator but i dont have a ps2 and dont find a bios how could i make it? greetings

[@whoknows8500]

just buying a ps2 at this point. Followed step by step but mine was all different i give up

[@stephenallen4635]

This uses the latest nightly release at the time. Its a little different but it shouldnt be too hard. The only set up you really need to do is download the bios file, copy it into the bios folder, select the bios dor your region (it really doesnt even matter) then map your controller and select your game folder