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pcsx2		Play-
	Project
435	Mentions	60
10,270	Stars	1,999
2.5%	Growth	-
9.9	Activity	9.6
4 days ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
C++	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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

Play-

Posts with mentions or reviews of Play-. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-03.

[Discussion] TrollStore JIT enabler for apps
4 projects | /r/jailbreak_ | 3 Dec 2023

I’m trying to enable JIT in Play! emulator using Azula to patch the .ipa with TrollStoreJitEnabler, but it gives an error: “couldn’t copy dylib to workspace”. Azula is a mobile clone of Azule that should work on jailed devices (but it doesn’t atm), can someone jailbroken or with a Mac please try to patch it with Azule instead?
Emulating PS2 games without BIOS?
1 project | /r/macgaming | 29 Jun 2023
Play! v0.61 is now available
1 project | /r/emulation | 28 Jun 2023

You can read the progress report and see the commit history on GitHub
Ok so I've been trying to get guitar hero ps2 to work
1 project | /r/RetroArch | 17 May 2023

there's an interesting project called "Play! emulator" tho https://purei.org/ Using HLE emulation (no bios and mimicking hardware, much better) and even modern rendering with vulkan... but... it's not ready yet for the average user yet (As of today only 37.34% of the compatibility list is labeled as "Playable", so those game run with minor issues or smoothly)
AetherSX2 new developer?
1 project | /r/EmulationOnAndroid | 15 Mar 2023
With the unfortunate news about AetherSX2
1 project | /r/EmulationOnAndroid | 13 Mar 2023

Consider also starting usingPlay! , it's not on par with the compatibility as Aether but hey it's ad-free at least for now, I hope and will get proper updates.
Play! (cross-platform PS2 emulator) rendering performance improvement report
6 projects | /r/emulation | 7 Jan 2023

The biggest problem of Play! is that it is impossible to Google it. The website's domain purei.org doesn't connect to Play! very well... Maybe the project needs a more unique name...
Best way to connect to a DVI computer monitor?
2 projects | /r/ps2 | 27 Nov 2022
My phone isn't compatible with Aethersx2
1 project | /r/EmulationOnAndroid | 13 Nov 2022

Try "Play!". https://purei.org/
Yeah sounds about right
1 project | /r/shittymobilegameads | 19 Sep 2022

Did some searching and apparently apple doesn't allow emulators on the app store. Now, for PS2 emulators, Play! is the only one I know of that is developing for iOS.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

pcsx2 - PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

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

AltStore - AltStore is an alternative app store for non-jailbroken iOS devices.

rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger

PFS-BatchKit-Manager - Manage your PlayStation 2/PSX DESR HDD

xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

HDL-Batch-installer - A GUI for HDL Dump. Featuring batch installation of PS2 games to PS2 internal hdd and some game management utilities

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

DobieStation - A dog-themed PS2 emulator

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).

TrollStoreJitEnabler - Basic Tweak to allow Jit on TrollStore Installed Apps