The best PS2 emulator

Building an ps2 emulator is definitely not a simple job, and much more complicated than emulating ps1 games as developer stated. It has come a long way, and I can finally say that there is one very playable ps2 emulator around and that's PCSX2. To download the emulator go to its official website pcsx2.net

Is PCSX2 the best ps2 emulator around? Yes it's.

Can it play homebrew games? Yes, it can.

How's the game compatibility? Pretty good.

Now I have answered some of the most popular question. But don't get too happy yet. The emulator is still not as perfect as ps1 emulator. Most games I tried either have minor graphical issues or sound bugs and it does not look as good. Nonetheless it's still very playable. And also you need a very powerful CPU to run ps2 games at decent speed. Currently I'm using an amd athlon x2 5000+ 2.6 ghz with 9600gt nvidia graphic card, most games I played fps still dropped to under 40 very frequently including persona 3 and shadow hearts 2 convenant. You need to maintain the fps above 50 to play smoothly, otherwise it'll be slow and sluggish. Anything below 20 fps is basically unplayable. Although you can do some tweaking and hacking, it's not going to work well. So my guessing is you need at least a dual core 3.0 ghz above cpu to play perfectly, preferably an intel cpu as the current best graphic plugin work best with intel and support better direct x version.

I'm sure a perfect ps2 emulator is not very far away from now and definitely not impossible. Be a little bit more patient. I'll try to update again when the near perfect ps2 emulator is out. In the mean time, for those who have powerful cpu you can download the emulator and try it yourself.