Pcsx2 Installation

I write this post after someone commented my Harvest Moon 3 on PC post. He/She can not run Pcsx2 0.9.5 beta. So I feel compelled to make simple tutorial about this. And I start it all the way from the basic.

First, I want to make clear that I am not related to pcsx2 developer team, so everything I say/said is based on my experience on my own computer, which has different specs than yours. I try my best to explain this, but I don't take responsibility if anything happens to your computer. OK? Let's start it.

How to make pcsx2 runs in your computer?

•see if your computer meets the minimum requirement (based on my experience) :
◦dual core processor, my second computer is an AMD Athlon XP 2200 with 512MB RAM and it runs so slowly or should I say crawls?
◦1 GB RAM
•next, obviously download the pcsx2 0.9.4 installer.
•install/extract it (depends on what kind of file you download : installer or zipped)
The original installer already included some plug ins, but you can download the newer version, especially Gabest' GSdx here and here too - a pcsx2 graphic plug in.

But you can not run pcsx2 without ps2 original bios file. You must place the bios file into BIOS folder inside pcsx2. Bios files named with something like scphXXXXX (x is its version number). The legal way to get BIOS file is by downloading it from your own ps2 (this tutorial won't show you how).

For legal reason I can not give you any ps2 bios download link.

After all files needed in place, start your pcsx2, and then configure it. Choose which graphic plug in you would use, sound plug in, BIOS etc.

There you go.

To be continued...

next Pcsx2 Configuration, but since different game needs different configuration I will post per game title configuration.

note:

•Pcsx2 is a PS2 emulator that is not perfect, yet. So not all ps2 games can run on pcsx2. You can check pcsx2 compatibility list inside compat_list folder in pcsx2 folder.
•Gabest's GSdx needs two files placed correctly:
◦one is in pcsx2 main folder e.g d3dx9_36.dll, depends on what directx version you have.
◦the other in pcsx2 /plugin folder e.g: GSdx9.dll