Ps2 to PC?

[azzo]

Hi guys

 

I recently wanted to replay some of my Ps2 games to relive the experience . However, is it possible to connect it to my Pc monitor?

 

I have been searching for AV cable converters, but to no luck. Please post a link or a way to get it hooked up to the monitor. And thanks in advance 

[Hazy125]

Something like this, this one is a bit expensive and you can find them for cheaper http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HDMI-to-Component-Converter-Adapter-RGB-Video-Stereo-Audio-/200928625018

 

It's a component to HDMI adapter

[t4t03]

If you can't find a cable you could always use an emulator on your pc like PCSX2.

[Vitalius]

If you can't find a cable you could always use an emulator on your pc like PCSX2.

This. 

It is perfectly legal to use an emulator so long as you own a copy of the system and the game on disc (not burned, but purchased on the original disc). 

 

[t4t03]

You have to get a PS2 bios and you need the network adapter to get your own. However there are bios packs available online, but that might not be strictly legal. 

[azzo]

I'm looking for them now. thank you very much

[qwertywarrior]

Hi guys

 

I recently wanted to replay some of my Ps2 games to relive the experience . However, is it possible to connect it to my Pc monitor?

 

I have been searching for AV cable converters, but to no luck. Please post a link or a way to get it hooked up to the monitor. And thanks in advance 

why ?

just emulate  it and run ur games at a much higher resolution and high smoother fps

SoTC was a dream to run on my PC

[azzo]

Thank you guys for your feed back .I think i will probably just emulate it unless i actually feel the need for a converter

[obsidian1200]

PCSX2 is decent, although certain games don't run very well on it, particularly Ratchet and Clank games as well as the Jak and Daxter games (if someone has these running smoothly, I'd like to know they're really unplayable for me). They suffer from pretty big graphical issues as well as audio glitches.

[azzo]

PCSX2 is decent, although certain games don't run very well on it, particularly Ratchet and Clank games as well as the Jak and Daxter games (if someone has these running smoothly, I'd like to know they're really unplayable for me). They suffer from pretty big graphical issues as well as audio glitches.

 

I plan to play FF series again and age of empires. i stopped halfway through XII. I'm hopefully going back to ratchet and daxter someday too

[obsidian1200]

I plan to play FF series again and age of empires. i stopped halfway through XII. I'm hopefully going back to ratchet and daxter someday too

Well, fortunately the FF series all play fairly well, although I can't speak for how well they do through to the end-game as I've only played through about half or a little more of each one through PCSX2 (so FFX, FFX-2, and FFXII). Also, the Prince of Persia series suffers from slight graphical but equal performance issues.

[Vitalius]

I plan to play FF series again and age of empires. i stopped halfway through XII. I'm hopefully going back to ratchet and daxter someday too

Do not bother with FF XII. I felt it was the downhill game of the FF series and never finished it (I am literally at the town before the final boss). 

You mean "Ratchet and Clank" and "Jak and Daxter"? I believe they all play pretty well on the Emulator.

[obsidian1200]

You mean "Ratchet and Clank" and "Jak and Daxter"? I believe they all play pretty well on the Emulator.

They don't. As I said above, I've tried them and they both suffer from graphical glitches and various slowdowns. This is a known issue in the PCSX2 community, so hopefully future revisions of the emulator will fix it, but for now they're unplayable.

[Ddm5]

why ?

just emulate  it and run ur games at a much higher resolution and high smoother fps

SoTC was a dream to run on my PC

Technically the game cannot be ran at higher FPS due to the Ps2's Engine ( ? ), Speedhacks increase the cap of FPS but in term increase ingame speed, slow mo / decreasing the FPS can also have the opposite effect, Higher internal resolutions absolutely kill Vram to the best of my knowledge, (Tested under 1280 x 1024 with the internal upscaled to x5) 

[qwertywarrior]

Technically the game cannot be ran at higher FPS due to the Ps2's Engine ( ? ), Speedhacks increase the cap of FPS but in term increase ingame speed, slow mo / decreasing the FPS can also have the opposite effect, Higher internal resolutions absolutely kill Vram to the best of my knowledge, (Tested under 1280 x 1024 with the internal upscaled to x5) 

Sotc is one of the very few games that has a variable framerate  because it pushed the limits of the ps2 hardware (frame drops)

with today's hardware its not hard to run 

ive seen people run it at  2560 x 1792

[Ddm5]

Sotc is one of the very few games that has a variable framerate  because it pushed the limits of the ps2 hardware (frame drops)

with today's hardware its not hard to run 

ive seen people run it at  2560 x 1792

If it had variable framerate wouldn't it cause varying levels of slow downs and what not?, and of course, it isn't hard to run, I've tried it on my 660 with 2Gb Vram and ran into problems as I stated, so I just backed it down to x4

[ViperGTX88]

Use a emulator like PCSX2. I use it all the time to play my legal copy's of my old games.