PS2 Emulator Without Physical Disk (RESOLVED)

[leo1798]

Basically, what I am trying to do is find a way to play the "Futurama" video game for PS2 without wasting ridiculous amounts of money for one of the original disks which are actually quite rare. There seems to be only one good emulator available, but it only supports physical disks which I do not have access to. I do have a PS2 which I can get the metadata from or whatever it's called, but I was wondering if there are any other emulators that can play a rom file or if it is possible to burn a game to a disk of some sort (CD or DVD)? I am not asking for a rom which would be against the guidelines, I just wanted to know if there are other emulators or if you could burn a PS2 disk.

[braveshine]

I'm not sure how else you would, without resorting to piracy - unless it is available as a PS2 Classic on the PS3 or PS4 PSN store.

[leo1798]

Sorry, check for update.

[Master Disaster]

Emulation and a ROM however doing so would be illegal.

 

PCSX2 fully supports booting ROMs.

[Oshino Shinobu]

What you're essentially asking us is how to pirate the game. Regardless of the reasons, we can't help you with that. 

 

Helping with emulators to play PS2 games is somewhat of a grey area anyway. 

[leo1798]

I'm not asking for a rom, I'm asking if there are any emulators or if it would be possible to burn a disk if I *did* have a rom?

[Master Disaster]

Just now, leo1798 said:

I'm not asking for a rom, I'm asking if there are any emulators or if it would be possible to burn a disk if I *did* have a rom?

PCSX2

[leo1798]

Requires a phsyical disk.

[braveshine]

Just now, leo1798 said:

Requires a phsyical disk.

It doesn't. You can boot from ISOs.

[leo1798]

Just now, braveshine said:

It doesn't. You can boot from ISOs.

Oh, nevermind then. Thanks.

[Master Disaster]

It does require a BIOS which is even more illegal than a ROM though.

[braveshine]

1 minute ago, leo1798 said:

Oh, nevermind then. Thanks.

No problem. Here is a screenshot of where to find that menu option i found on google real quick (no pcsx2 installed on my work PC)

 

Keep in mind though, obviously, ISOs will need to be ripped from physical discs. You're on your own when it comes to sailing the seven seas.

 

edit: Master Disaster also noted the BIOS, which I forgot. Good luck

[Mira Yurizaki]

Even if it didn't have a native ISO booting plugin, you can mount the ISO anyway and it'll show up like any other physical optical drive.

[KenjiUmino]

9 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

It does require a BIOS which is even more illegal than a ROM though.

AFAIK emulation (even if it requires a BIOS file) is not illegal if you own the real hardware. and own the games of course.

 

you are expected to dump the bios file from your own console. 

 

18 minutes ago, leo1798 said:

Basically, what I am trying to do is find a way to play the "Futurama" video game for PS2 without wasting ridiculous amounts of money for one of the original disks which are actually quite rare.

seems like futurama is not all that expensive - at least not on ebay.de - some games can be had cheaper if you buy an import version (JAP version is often cheaper for example) 

 

 

yes it would be an import game that is probably PAL and not NTSC (i am assuming you live in a NTSC region) but a physical copy is a physical copy. ( = not pirated) 

 

 

[Master Disaster]

6 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

AFAIK emulation (even if it requires a BIOS file) is not illegal if you own the real hardware. and own the games of course.

 

you are expected to dump the bios file from your own console. 

 

seems like futurama is not all that expensive - at least not on ebay.de

 

 

yes it would be an import game that is probably PAL and not NTSC (i am assuming you live in a NTSC region) but a physical copy is a physical copy. ( = not pirated) 

 

 

Emulation isn't illegal at all however the BIOS file contains code that falls under copyright and having a copy of a BIOS without owning the original hardware means you're 100% breaking the law. Luckily for me I own both a phat & slim PS2 anyway which means I don't need to emulate.

 

As for the old "you can have a ROM if you own the game" argument, it's grey at best. It's never actually been tested in a court and while most devs don't care if people are emulating their 15 year old games it still remains untested and therefore unknown.

[KenjiUmino]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Emulation isn't illegal at all however the BIOS file contains code that falls under copyright and having a copy of a BIOS without owning the original hardware means you're 100% breaking the law. Luckily for me I own both a phat & slim PS2 anyway which means I don't need to emulate.

 

As for the old "you can have a ROM if you own the game" argument, it's grey at best. It's never actually been tested in a court and while most devs don't care if people are emulating their 15 year old games it still remains untested and therefore unknown.

let's say i own a PS2, and a physical copy of all the games i ever play on the emulator.

 

buy i am just too lazy to get up from my computer, blow the dust off the console and find a TV to hook it up to (many modern TVs dropped analog inputs already and PS2 does not have HDMI) 

 

not to mention i can play at 2x, 3x, 4x the video resolution the original hardware would provide

 

and where is the difference between me pulling the game disc from the shelf instead of playing from an ISO i created myself from this exact disc ? other than not wearing down the orignal disc and not dealing with terrible load times 

 

this is technically the same as creating a backup file of a DVD movie. the disk stays on the shelf and does not get worn or damaged while i can watch the movie even on a laptop without optical drive

 

so ... i say using iso files from games YOU PHYSICALLY OWN is about as legal as a movie backup. 

[leo1798]

30 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

AFAIK emulation (even if it requires a BIOS file) is not illegal if you own the real hardware. and own the games of course.

 

you are expected to dump the bios file from your own console. 

 

seems like futurama is not all that expensive - at least not on ebay.de - some games can be had cheaper if you buy an import version (JAP version is often cheaper for example) 

 

 

yes it would be an import game that is probably PAL and not NTSC (i am assuming you live in a NTSC region) but a physical copy is a physical copy. ( = not pirated) 

 

 

Yeah, they're not so cheap here in the US.