How to play Ps2 games on Windows Pc (Full Guide with Pics)

December 23, 2020

1- Minimum requirement of PC - At least 2gb of Ram, 2gb of graphic card nvidia 750 or amd radeon rx 460, i3 processor or amd a8 processor.

2- Files to download

Pcsx2 file link- https://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/index.php?m=dl&rev=v1.7.0-dev-341-g0e9dcfbf3&platform=windows-x86

Ps2 bios link- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BOF-qnQNzv_57jVq7DnIgMxL_tKqzNIY/view?usp=drivesdk

WinRar (For Zip and Rar File Extraction)Link- https://www.win-rar.com/predownload.html?&L=0

DirectX websetup link- https://www.google.co.in/url?q=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx%3Fid%3D35&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi4p5r7q_HoAhWDV30KHWrlAEYQFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0tXA1T1PaH-OuDuYWKxHrK

Visual C++ x64 2015,2017,2019 link- https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

3- First install Direct x and Visual c++ if you haven't.

4- Install winrar and extract pcsx2 and bios file

5- Copy the extracted bios file folder in pcsx2 folder.

6- Run pcsx2.exe file

7- Follow the steps just like screenshot

8-Click on system and then enable Cheats

9- Click on system and enable Widecreen patch

10-Go to config>Video(gs)>click on CoreGs settings

11-Click on GsWindow>

Change aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 >

Change Fmv Aspect Ratio override to 16:9

Create

Create Custom window size same according to

your desktop or laptop screen resolution

Remove tick mark from

hide window from paused and toggles full screen mode

Tick on

Default to full screen mode on open

Click on speed hacks and tick on MTVU (Multi threaded MicroVu1)

Tick on preset and set it balanced or whatever boost the game performance and click on apply then ok

Click on config> video gs> then click on plug in settings

Change renderer to Direct3d11

Change the internal resolution to 2x(native)

*Note- Internal resolution depends on your GPU and CPU performance. If you have a low,mid or high end pc you can change it to 3x,4x to 8x native. Whatever your PC can handle.

12- Click on OK

14-Click on Config >then click on Controller pads

Click on Pad 1

Set your USB controller by clicking on L1 by mouse and then click the controller button by pressing on L1.

Similarly click on L2 and other button icons via mouse and then press buttons L2 and other buttons just like PS2 controller. After setting all buttons click on OK.