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04-23-2015, 09:02 AM
Now that I really want to try PS2 Emulator and I don't have a PS2 console, I want to TRY it first so I know if i'll be buying it or not. So why do I need PS2 Console for that "BIOS" thing?
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04-23-2015, 09:25 AM (This post was last modified: 04-23-2015, 09:28 AM by Shouvanik.)
(04-23-2015, 09:02 AM)BloxxingBlocks Wrote: Now that I really want to try PS2 Emulator and I don't have a PS2 console, I want to TRY it first so I know if i'll be buying it or not. So why do I need PS2 Console for that "BIOS" thing?

The real ps2 won't function without a bios so the emulator for running a ps2 on your pc won't function without a bios.
You have to buy a ps2 to play your games on pc. It's illegal to play with pcsx2 without owning the bios from your *own* ps2.
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04-23-2015, 10:06 AM
Why do you want to play PCSX2 in the first place when you don't have a PS2?
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04-23-2015, 10:12 AM
(04-23-2015, 09:02 AM)BloxxingBlocks Wrote: Now that I really want to try PS2 Emulator and I don't have a PS2 console, I want to TRY it first so I know if i'll be buying it or not. So why do I need PS2 Console for that "BIOS" thing?
Because the ps2 BIOS is copyrighted by Sony.
Therefore, you need to buy a licence to use it.
Since they sell it only embedded in their ps2, you have to buy a ps2.
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04-23-2015, 01:52 PM
(04-23-2015, 09:02 AM)BloxxingBlocks Wrote: Now that I really want to try PS2 Emulator and I don't have a PS2 console, I want to TRY it first so I know if i'll be buying it or not. So why do I need PS2 Console for that "BIOS" thing?

if your interest is on the emulation process then, you can swing by the source code and fork it and ....... Never mind Tongue2 ( close call)

It would be best if, you actually get the console in the first place and dump it's bios. Tutorial.
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04-23-2015, 02:02 PM
(04-23-2015, 09:02 AM)BloxxingBlocks Wrote: Now that I really want to try PS2 Emulator and I don't have a PS2 console, I want to TRY it first so I know if i'll be buying it or not. So why do I need PS2 Console for that "BIOS" thing?

1. You need a legally-extracted BIOS for the emulator to even play games.
2. PS2s aren't expensive; here you could prolly find them for ~$20-35 bucks.
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04-23-2015, 02:10 PM (This post was last modified: 04-23-2015, 02:13 PM by bomblord.)
(04-23-2015, 01:52 PM)ssakash Wrote: if your interest is on the emulation process then, you can swing by the source code and fork it and ....... Never mind Tongue2 ( close call)

It would be best if, you actually get the console in the first place and dump it's bios. Tutorial.

Just an FYI when I first tried to get PCSX2 working I attempted that tutorial and it does not work. Some of the required files are missing and the instructions don't seem to work as well as needing extra hardware like a LAN adapter.

IMO this is the best tutorial out there for getting custom code on your PS2 and the only one that doesn't require extra hardware that I could find.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/swap.php
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