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Posted by S3xySeele on May 9, 2011, 12:24 a.m.

Dunno if any of you guys are big into emulation, except for hel.

But I just noticed that a new version of PCSX2 got released a few days ago. Supposedly it boasts noticeable speed gains, in addition to better game compatibility, among other things.

Imma boot into Windows to put it through its paces. My hardware's strong enough to where performance was never too big of an issue with the old version, but some games did experience some hang ups. I'm more excited about compatibility improvements. Maybe it'll be able to start up my copy of SOCOM? I'll find out shortly, I suppose. lol

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Praying Mantis 13 years, 7 months ago

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If anyone can recommend any PS2 games I might be missing out on, then I'll go grab it.

Shadow of The Colossus. You like boss battles right? That's what the game is all about. Ico, is another, it's by the same developers, and equally as brilliant.

I mostly just hope the compatibility has improved, very few games are 100% functional.

S3xySeele 13 years, 7 months ago

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very few games are 100% functional.

Really? I haven't had many compatibility issues. Out of all the PS2 games I've tried, only SOCOM wouldn't even get in-game and only Steambot Chronicles had glitches that made it unplayable.

Kamira 13 years, 7 months ago

Kilin, try Final Fantasy X and Katamari Damacy. Great games.

KaBob799 13 years, 7 months ago

I like emulators that can play the discs, since I prefer playing games I own =p

*installs*

I do have to wonder now that its installed, it says it is only legal to use your "own" bios. I own a ps2, why would it be any less legal for me to download a bios? Is this just like how rom sites used to say "it is legal as long as you delete within 24 hours"?

S3xySeele 13 years, 7 months ago

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Yeah, pretty much. I don't think there's any possible way to identify which individual PS2 a bios file came from, so it's not like it matters, so long as you do have a PS2.

Extravisual 13 years, 7 months ago

Shadow of the Colossus doesn't run well for me at all. Any hints on making it perform better? Or is my Core2 Duo E8400 just not potent enough for it?

Nighthawk 13 years, 7 months ago

Awesomesauce, now maybe I can run Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut at a more decent framerate.

S3xySeele 13 years, 7 months ago

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Shadow of the Colossus doesn't run well for me at all. Any hints on making it perform better? Or is my Core2 Duo E8400 just not potent enough for it?

Your processor should be able to handle it… try going into the options and enabling some speedhacks. You can turn just about all of them on without breaking SoTC.

Also, I think the default graphics plugin doesn't take full advantage of modern processors. Try picking the sse4 version of the plugin.

Extravisual 13 years, 7 months ago

Already did the latter. As far as the speedhacks, I turned on about half. I'll try all of them.

SleepinJohnnyFish 13 years, 7 months ago

I guess it's time to load up Disgaea 2 again. It'll run like a dream.

Holy Sheet, PCSX2 0.9.8 is out! :D

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