A new innovation in the retro gaming community now allows you to run your entire PS2 library directly from a $50 memory card, thanks to the Multi-Purpose Memory Card Emulation (MMCE) protocol.
A new innovation in the retro gaming community now allows you to run your entire PS2 library directly from a $50 memory card, thanks to the Multi-Purpose Memory Card Emulation (MMCE) protocol.
Probably cheaper/better to use a 2.5" hard drive. Though I guess this works with Slims as well
I think the best thing is to load your games over the network. The usb ports are only 1.0. And I’m pretty sure the network adapter hard drive connector either only accepts up to 40gb drives or it only uses a pata connection.
I have a 500GB drive in my hard drive slot using the third party adapter and grimDoomer OPL
I bought a 3rd party drive adaptor without a network port and had to load my games on my PC using a network enclosure.
It was still a pain. Its all soooooo slow and buggy.
There are newer adapters for the network port. I use a 500GB SATA drive just fine, it’s just a pain in the butt to transfer games
Why is it a paid in the butt
Probably because it’s pretty slow, and the custom drive format used by the PS2 isn’t very flexible; game images have to be in one continuous block, and blocks can’t be moved. You can overwrite one game with another, but only if it’s the same size or smaller. So if you delete games off in the reverse of the order you put them on you’re fine, but otherwise you’re going to leave empty “holes” of wasted space.
I just added a SATA drive to my ps2 yesterday, and it plays ps2 games fine but I really want to play psx games. Is there a solution for this yet?
I modded my PS Mini for PS1 games. Its pretty simple.
Hell yeah, that sounds awesome. Does it have native composite video out? I wanna play on my crt without using an hdmi converter
Its HDMI only.
The Wii someone else suggested may be a good way to go, I think they are fairly easy to get a hold of. I have not personally modified a Wii yet but its next ony todo list for console upgrades.
I think the PS Mini is HDMI only.
Do you happen to have a Wii lying around? It can do actually pretty good PS1 emulation nowadays, and supports analog signals (including 240p)
You can use POPStarter to use the built-in software emulator, but it’s not great. There’s also FreeMCBoot and MechaPwn if burning discs isn’t a problem (might only work on some models? I’m not sure)