pcsx2 vs OmniScaler

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pcsx2		OmniScaler
	Project
435	Mentions	8
10,303	Stars	50
2.8%	Growth	-
9.9	Activity	0.0
4 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
C++	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	-

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

pcsx2

Posts with mentions or reviews of pcsx2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-26.

Do the PS2 versions work on PS3?
1 project | /r/Slycooper | 10 Dec 2023

Idk what you might be doing wrong, and I'm not in the tutorial business, but I highly recommend giving the latest version of PCSX2 and a random YouTube tutorial another shot, it's gonna be a lot easier than jailbreaking your PS3. Either way good luck have fun.
PCSX2 patch: accuracy improvements for multitaps and memory cards
1 project | /r/emulation | 6 Dec 2023
PCSX2 Disables Wayland Support
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Nov 2023

[2]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/i...
Related:
- https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/10065
PCSX2 Vertimas pradėtas
1 project | /r/lithuania | 20 Sep 2023
Bully (PS2): Closet game to GTA IV and FREE
1 project | /r/GTAIV | 6 Sep 2023

Download PSC2X (latest nightly) this is the emulator (the console) https://pcsx2.net
Burnout 3: Takedown 4-player splitscreen via Nucleus Co-op and Burnout Online revival server
1 project | /r/nucleuscoop | 31 Aug 2023

The latest Nightly Build of pcsx2 Home | PCSX2.
Welcome to r/OnlinePreservation!
6 projects | /r/OnlinePreservation | 17 Aug 2023

PCSX2 (PlayStation 2) Emulator: https://pcsx2.net/
Is it possible to find an emulator that plays San Andreas on P.C.?
1 project | /r/GTASA | 13 Jul 2023

you can get the pcsx2 emulator here
PCSX2 is an open source PS2 Emulator
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 13 Jul 2023

1 project | /r/hackernews | 12 Jul 2023

OmniScaler

Posts with mentions or reviews of OmniScaler. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-07.

September 2021 Game of the Month - Ecco the Dolphin
2 projects | /r/emulation | 7 Sep 2021

link: https://github.com/mashakos/OmniScaler/releases/tag/v0.5.9-alpha
OmniScaler major update v0.5.0
1 project | /r/emulation | 30 Apr 2021
I wrote a small utility. Feedback appreciated (win 7-10 supported)
1 project | /r/pcmasterrace | 17 Apr 2021

1 project | /r/windows | 17 Apr 2021
Fullscreen util for emulators/games with subpar fullscreen. Win 7-10 supported
4 projects | /r/emulation | 17 Apr 2021
I made this utility to get reshade CRT scanlines with XM6 Type G running perfectly
1 project | /r/sharpx68000 | 17 Apr 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pcsx2 and OmniScaler you can also consider the following projects:

duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64

RAWeb - RetroAchievements.org Platform

xemu - Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger

xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

dolphin - Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

Silent-Hill-2-Enhancements - A project designed to enhance Silent Hill 2 (SH2) graphics and audio for the PC. It also includes scripts to build or modify SH2 audio files (SFX, BGM and Dialog).

swanstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for PC and Android [Moved to: https://github.com/libretro/swanstation]

Play- - Play! - PlayStation2 Emulator

ppsspp - A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org.

yuzu - Nintendo Switch emulator

binmerge - Tool to merge multiple bin/cue tracks into one. Great for redump.