Some release titles and 2D games which underutilized the PS2 hardware may run on CPUs rated as low as 1200. Games that pushed the PS2 hardware to its limits will struggle on CPUs at this level. Note: Recommended Single Thread Performance is based on moderately complex games. PassMark G3D Mark rating around 3000 (Geforce GTX 750, Radeon RX 560, Intel Arc A380) Two physical cores, with hyperthreading PassMark Thread Performance rating near or greater than 1800 Ubuntu 22.04/Debian or newer, Arch Linux, or other distro (64-bit) Windows 10 Version 1809 or later (64-bit) System Requirements Minimum Operating System Installers and binaries for both stable and development builds are available from our website. The latest officially released stable version is version 1.6.0. Visit the PCSX2 compatibility list to check the latest compatibility status of games (with more than 2500 titles tested), or ask for help in the official forums.
Past versions could only run a few public domain game demos, but newer versions can run most games at full speed, including popular titles such as Final Fantasy X and Devil May Cry 3. The PCSX2 project has been running for more than twenty years. This allows you to play PS2 games on your PC, with many additional features and benefits. Its purpose is to emulate the PS2's hardware, using a combination of MIPS CPU Interpreters, Recompilers and a Virtual Machine which manages hardware states and PS2 system memory. PCSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator.