Sony Playstation 2 User manual

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Sony Playstation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a sixth-generation console released by
Sony Computer Entertainment on October 26, 2000 and it was
retailed for $299.99. It has the Emotion Engine CPU at 300 MHz
with 32MB of RDRAM system memory and 4MB of eDRAM (VRAM).
Its GPU was a custom Graphics Synthesizer, which ran at 150
MHz. It became the highest selling console of all time with over
160 million units sold.This system scrapes metadata for the “ps2”
group(s) and loads the ps2 set from the currently selected theme,
if available.
Quick reference
Accepted ROM formats: .iso, .mdf, .nrg, .bin, .img, .dump, .gz, .cso, .chd
Emulators
pcsx2
libretro/pcsx2
libretro/play
play
BIOS
MD5 checksum Share file path Description
ROMs
Place your Sony Playstation 2 ROMs in /userdata/roms/ps2.
The recommended format to save space maintaining full compatiblity (starting Batocera
v31) is CHD.
Emulators

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PCSX2
PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS that supports
a wide range of PlayStation 2 video games with a high level of compatibility and functionality.
Although PCSX2 can closely mirror the original gameplay experience on the PlayStation 2, PCSX2
supports a number of improvements over gameplay on a traditional PlayStation 2, such as the ability
to use custom resolutions up to 8192×8192, anti-aliasing, and texture filtering.
Batocera is shipping the latest PCSX2 Linux standalone binary. Check out the up-to-date official
compatibility list for more information.
PCSX2 configuration
Standardized features available to all cores of this emulator: ps2.videomode, ps2.ratio
ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
GRAPHICS BACKEND ps2.gfxbackend Choose your graphics rendering
⇒ OpenGL 12, Software 13.
SHOW BIOS BOOTLOGO ps2.fullboot
Show BIOS animation when starting content.
Can be disabled for the most games but some
require playing this animation to successfully
boot.
⇒ Off 0, On 1.
VIDEO RESOLUTION
ps2.internal_resolution
Resolution scaling (2x for 720p, 3x for 1080p).
Does not affect 2D sprites. Lower for GPU
intensive games.
⇒ 1x 640×480 1, 2x 720p 2, 3x 1080p 3, 4x
1440p 2K 4, 5x 1620p 3K 5, 6x 2160p 4K 6, 7x
2880p 5K 7.
ANISOTROPIC FILTERING
ps2.anisotropic_filtering
Enhance the quality of distant perspective
textures.
⇒ Off 0, 2x 2, 4x 4, 8x 8, 16x 16.
SKIPDRAW HACK ps2.skipdraw
Skips drawing some surfaces based on how
likely they are to cause issues. This option may
help with removing ghost images or other post-
processing effect rendered incorrectly.
⇒ Off 0, 1 1, 2 2, 3 3, 4 4, 5 5.
ALIGN SPRITE (HACK) ps2.align_sprite
Fix for removing vertical black lines in several
games such as Tekken or Soul Calibur.
⇒ Off 0, On 1.
VSYNC ps2.vsync
Fix the heavy screen tearing in games (CPU
heavy)
⇒ Off 0, On 1.

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ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
MICRO VU SPEED HACKS ps2.micro_vu
Good speedup and high compatibility;
recommended but may cause issues
⇒ mVU Flag Hack: May cause bad graphics
[Recommended] vuFlagHack, MTVU: May
cause hanging [Recommended on 3+ cores]
vuThread, Instant VU1: May cause some
graphical errors vu1Instant, mVU Flag Hack +
MTVU vuFlagHack,vuThread, mVU Flag Hack
+ Instant VU1 vuFlagHack,vu1Instant.
GAMES CHEATS ps2.EmuCore_EnableCheats For cheating in games with Action Replay
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
WIDESCREEN PATCHES
ps2.EmuCore_EnableWideScreenPatches
You must use a 16/9 RATIO and disable BEZEL
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
AUTOMATIC GAMEFIXES
ps2.EmuCore_EnablePatches
Selectively use specific tested fixes for games.
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
MANUAL GAMEFIXES
ps2.EmuCore_ManualPatches
These can cause compatibility or performance
issues
⇒ Off disabled, VU Add hack - Fixes Tri-Ace
games boot crash VuAddSubHack, FPU
Compare hack - For Digimon Rumble Arena 2
FpuCompareHack, FPU Multiply hack - For Tales
of Destiny FpuMulHack, FPU Negative Div hack
- For Gundam Games FpuNegDivHack, VU
XGkick hack - For Eremental Gerad
XgKickHack, FFX videos fix - Fixes bad
graphics overlay IPUWaitHack, EE timing hack
- Try if all else fails EETimingHack, Skip MPEG
hack - Skips videos/FMVs that freezes
SkipMPEGHack, OPH Flag hack - Try if game
freeze on same frame OPHFlagHack, Handle
DMAC writes when it busy DMABusyHack,
Simulate VIF1 FIFO read - Fix slow loading
VIFFIFOHack, Delay VIF1 Stalls - For SOCOM2
n Spy Hunter VIF1StallHack, Enable the GIF
FIFO - Wallace and Gromit, Dj Hero
GIFFIFOHack, Preload TLB hack to avoid tlb
miss on Goemon GoemonTlbHack, VU I bit hack
- Scarface The World is Yours ScarfaceIbit,
VU I bit hack - Crash Tag Team Racing
CrashTagTeamRacingIbit, VU0 Kickstart to
avoid sync problems with VU1
VU0KickstartHack.
MULTITAP ps2.multitap
Allows 5 or 8 maximum player support in games
⇒ Off disabled, Port1 port1, Port2 port2,
Port1+2 port12.
RetroArch
RetroArch (formerly SSNES), is a ubiquitous frontend that can run multiple “cores”, which are
essentially the emulators themselves. The most common cores use the libretro API, so that's why
cores run in RetroArch in Batocera are referred to as “libretro/(core name)”. RetroArch aims to unify
the feature set of all libretro cores and offer a universal, familiar interface independent of platform.

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RetroArch configuration
RetroArch offers a Quick Menu accessed by pressing [HOTKEY] + which can be used to alter
various things like RetroArch and core options, and controller mapping. Most RetroArch related
settings can be altered from Batocera's EmulationStation.
Standardized features available to all libretro cores: ps2.videomode, ps2.ratio, ps2.smooth,
ps2.shaders, ps2.pixel_perfect, ps2.decoration, ps2.game_translation
ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
GRAPHICS BACKEND ps2.gfxbackend Choose your graphics rendering
⇒ OpenGL opengl, Vulkan vulkan.
AUDIO LATENCY ps2.audio_latency
Audio latency in milliseconds, turn it up if you hear
crackles
⇒ 256 256, 192 192, 128 128, 64 64, 32 32, 16 16, 8 8.
THREADED VIDEO ps2.video_threaded
Improves performance at the cost of latency and more
video stuttering. Use only if full speed cannot be
obtained otherwise.
⇒ On true, Off false.
libretro/pcsx2
libretro/pcsx2 configuration
libretro/play
libretro/play configuration
play
play configuration
Standardized features available to all cores of this emulator: ps2.videomode
Controls
Here are the default Sony Playstation 2's controls shown on a Batocera Retropad:

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Troubleshooting
A lot of the special configuration for troubleshooting is done via pcsx2-config which
you can reach via the Batocera applications menu.
Performance
PS2 emulation with PCSX2 requires a relatively decent CPU with a good GPU for hardware
acceleration. It will only work on x86/x86_64 machines. Even if your Batocera system does emulate
Wii U or even PS3 games fine it may struggle with PCSX2 emulation in terms of graphic improvements
or resolution upscaling. You can find some PC performance measurements and recommendations on
this page.
If you still have trouble try to keep the original resolution and default emulation settings. Some games
need high-end, possibly overclocked CPUs or powerful GPUs, whereas some games run even on weak
processors.

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The PCSX2 Wiki offers tons of well documented guides and optimizations for specific
games - just use the search function on that wiki to find your desired game guide.
With that said, what if you're experiencing unusually low performance on hardware that should
otherwise be running it at full speed? Sometimes the configuration file gets corrupted and resets to
using “all defaults” according to PCSX2, which is to say not good. You can reset your configuration by
doing the following:
Open up the file manager by pressing [F1] on the system list.1.
Click Applications in the top of the sidebar on the left.2.

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Double-click pcsx2-config to open up the PCSX2 configuration tool.3.
Navigate to Config → Emulator settings…4.

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Slide the preset at the bottom of the window to the right until it says “3 - Balanced”. On older,5.
single/dual-core machines you may want to slide this back to the default of “2 - Safe”.

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Press Apply. Quit PCSX2 with [Ctrl]+[Q] or by using the File menu.6.
Test out your game. 7.
Intermittent warped audio
Due to how the synchronizing function of the audio plugin works, even when running games on a
computer that is capable of going way above 100% speed in a stable fashion, random bits of time-
stretched audio can be heard occasionally or even frequently.
A good workaround is to set the audio syncing method to Async Mix via pcsx2-config. This can
cause A/V sync issues with certain games and is not recommended with rhythm games. Do not
set it to None as it basically does the same thing as Async Mix but has more issues.
Specific game does not boot
Be aware that some games relies on BIOS to get start-up parameters and thus may not work correctly
with disabling the BIOS start animation. Therefore you should enable the boot animation in the first
step for problematic games with ps2.fullboot=1.
Also ensure that automatic gamefixes are enabled in Batocera. If you still have problems take a look
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game.
Further troubleshooting
For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.
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