/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7313089
Yes but its shit because USB 1.0 has to slow a transfer rate to be actually enjoyable (especially in games with dynamic loading).

>>7313089
>USB
You can do that but nobody does because it fucking sucks
Get a fat PS2, a freemcboot memory card, a network adapter, and a hard drive

Play games over Sambda server. Works on PS2 slim or PS2 fat. If you have a fat you can also load up an HDD, but unless you want to use an IDE drive (old format, low space, you probably don't have a pc connector laying around) you'll want to modify your network adapter to connect to SATA drives. Not hard to do, or you can buy one pre-modded, or you can skip the network part and get a SATA adatper, but those are unreliable. If you're going the with a SMB server its easy to add games, just put .iso files into a directory on your PC, change some settings, and plug in an ethernet. Games load fsster than on disc in my experience. You just need a memory card with McBoot on it (you can buy this for like 10 bucks) or if you have a DVD burner and your PS2 dvd drive is a blessed version, just burn a single DVD with FreeDVDBoot and launch .elf files (like OPL) from USB. I just set all this up like 3 days ago so it is fresh in my mind. Let me know if you have any questions.

>>7313089
Just play them over ethernet if you have a fat/IDE drive.

>>7313089
Has anyone posted such retarded zoom?
The answer to both questions is yes

>>7313089
Yup, finished Alundra and RE2 for the nth time, among others. It has a few graphical/sound glitches here and there that don't happen while you play it with a cd but it's serviceable

>>7313104
What does one do if they have a slim?

>>7313310
For 70k series DIY hdd mod kits are available.
For 90k there's nothing but a dick to choke on.

>>7313310
Just play via Network ya dummy.

I feel obligated to use my PS2's disc drive since I bought it with a modchip in it, even though it also came with a network adapter.

USB1 is too slow for jack shit. The solutions for PS2 are fat model with a big hard drive, SMB (though i could never figure out how to make this work honestly), or simply replacing your disc drive laser if/when it dies. Replacement lasers are cheap and the install is relatively simple, no soldering required.

>>7313558
This, but beware that it's not perfect. On a few different network setups I get the occasional hitch in dynamic games, but it's a ton better than USB.

>>7313847
It takes some general knowledge and SMB is a janky protocol anyway, but it works nicely enough. Just gotta triple check your IPs, share names, and share permissions. I've found that a direct ethernet connection between two machines is best. I only recently discovered that you can do this with any ethernet cord, not just crossover.

>>7313284
The answer is yes, but you shouldn't because it's slow and for many games unplayable. Maybe think before you post like an uppity nigger.

>>7313089
I tried it as a quick test and it sucks.

I still say an ODE is a better solution all around.

>>7313953
>I still say an ODE is a better solution all around.
It's not going to be a plug and play solution. How many times to we have to go over this? not even the best minds in the modding community can make something for the ps2 that it retard proof plug and play. It's just not going to happen given the complexity of the hardware.

>>7313089
i have a fat model with a network adapter (you'll want an official one if you want to FTP the games over) + an adapter to covert it to sata and a 500gb drive i had lying around.

then you just copy the FHDB image to the HDD and you're essentially done other than additional programs (like HDLgameinstaller) and games.

as far as getting games onto it the easiest way is network transfer. i couldn't get ulaunchelf or HDLdump to copy games but HDLGameInstaller works perfectly so i recommend that.

otherwise you can manually install them by plugging the drive into the computer.

>>7313894
>you're right
>but you triggered me by saying zoom
>because i'm an insecure snowflake
>so i'm seething

PS2 peripherals use SPI bus, SD cards can be used in SPI mode. Someone made a driver for it. Games ca be played with OPL wil SD to to MC adapter with speeds faster than USB.

>>7313889
>>7313847

If you have a spare raspberry pi laying around, I recommend this. I use this with my slim and have 0 issues

https://github.com/toolboc/psx-pi-smbshare

>>7313894
Based beyond belief

Yes but not all games work well, the loading times are longer and videos are choppy, some games do work without that issue like all the GTA games, Metall Gear 2 and 3, Resident Evil 4, Darkwatch, Zone Of the Enders 2nd Runner, Ultimate Spiderman, Godhand, Killzone, Odin Sphere (and most of the 2d games), Ico, Shadow Of the Colossus, Timesplitters 1 and 2, Beyond Good and Evil, Monster Hunter, SSX3, Black, The Red Star and the all Lego games.

I’ve done the Ethernet route and it worked great for 90% of games I tried, but motor storm had performance issues. No idea why, Ethernet is theoretically faster than disc

>>7313310
you can burn games to a disc and play them

I did this with my fat PS2. Played good shit all lockdown.

>>7314476
There's a patch you can apply to iso's, then burn them and they just work as long as you have the right dvd driver version. This is the easiest solution.

>>7314818
eat shit retarded starwarsfaggot go back to plebbit

>>7313089
Don't even bother.
>USB loading
Slow as shit, FMVs stutter, you're limited to 4GB games, not all games are compatible.
>HDD loading
Have to remove the HDD every time you want to transfer a new game, that or use a ethernet cable and wait up to 30 minutes to transfer a 3GB+ game.
>inb4 OPL SMB
Nice PS1 emulation son, and not all PS2 games are compatible.

Just install a fucking modchip and get a stack of CDs and DVDs, if the laser shits itself you can replace it for a mere $10, and it doesn't require soldering.

>>7317793
The "easiest" ps2 chip is still about 100x more of a pain in the ass to do than just running FMCB and runs the risk of trashing your console. Lasers being replacable or not, optical media is unreliable as fuck and you inevitably end up with coasters and a book full of sharpied plastic. In game reset alone makes OPL such a nicer experience

>>7313104
Why is everyone misspelling legend?

>>7315531
>not using a wireless controller to match the lag of your HDMI TV
Why not just emulate

>>7316326
Seethe harder zoomie

>>7315098
Cool, thanks.

>>7313104
How many of those do you think are still men? I know the top middle one definitely is now.

>>7318610
wrong

>>7315098
I use my Pi as a Wi-Fi bridge to run SMB from my router.

>>7313089
Couldn't give a fuck about skipping and glitchy FMV cutscenes, I use USB on my fat PS2 to play games all the time. But yeah, ethernet is better per se.

>>7318172
I'm not autistic enough to notice the lag. GT4 plays fine.

Smb works fine. Some games are a bit fucky like Klonoa, but it works with the right setting. Ace Combat 5 also crashes in a cutscene, so that one is better skipped.

>>7319015
>I'm not gud enough to notice the lag
FTFY slowbrain

>>7319276
Whatever works for you, retard.

>>7317793
>Just install a fucking modchip
>on the PS2
Optical media is SHIT
in 5 years it'll be like the PS1 where you can't buy a new functioning drive anymore.

>>7319335
Your slow laggy shit doesn't work for me, retard. Because by brain doesn't run at half speed like yours does. Seriously. Does your brain run at 50hz or something?

>>7313089
Early PS2's can also use the Firewire 400 port to get 6mb/s from external storage.

It's pointless though since the only PS2's with the iLink port also have the HDD bay.

Little known fact but most slim PS2s (specifically the SCPH-75000 models onward) have much better performance when playing games from USB than earlier consoles.
This is because these consoles replace the older IOP chip with a new DECKARD chip which is significantly faster but also bugger due to being partially emulated.
Games which gave me loading speed trouble on my fat PS2 with USB were nearly flawless on my slim PS2.
Presumably this performance increase also applies to playing games with SMB, although I haven't personally tested it.

>>7313104
John Miller fucks

>>7320475
where do you download your isos from?

>>7320475
Can confirm, my fat ps2 always got stuck at the very end of KH2FM, once you beat xemnas the ending fmv didn't play and you were stuck there eternally, meaning you couldn't access new game+ and cave of remembrance, my 9XXX slim has no issue playing this game through usb, and yes i do use the same iso since i ripped it from the dvd i ended up patching with esr.

>>7320475
Interesting.

>>7317793
>>7317879
>>7319501
PS2 ODE when?

>>7322982
wats the best ps2 model

>>7314947
if the memory card ports are faster than USB then why are the memory cards so goddamn slow?

>>7317793
>Have to remove the HDD every time you want to transfer a new game
is that supposed to be difficult?
>Just install a fucking modchip and get a stack of CDs and DVDs
most games work fine in ESR

>>7322982
Best bet right now is OPL.

>>7323035
Depends. Early slims are good, mid-gen fats are good. I personally use a slim that I'm too lazy to look at the serial number right now. It's a bit after they replaced the PS1 stuff with emulation but it works fine enough.

>>7314947
God bless SPI, it just werks. We can also thank it for Gamecube's SDGecko and SD2SP2.

>>7313545
>For 70k series DIY hdd mod kits are available.
i have one with 77000, will it works?

>>7313104
It's USB 1.1 tho

>>7319501
>in 5 years it'll be like the PS1 where you can't buy a new functioning drive anymore.
if there was a way to have sex with my PS1 Fat with a stolen, perfectly functioning PSOne laser, I would.

>>7317793

>Nice PS1 emulation son, and not all PS2 games are compatible.

Does POPSTARTER work differently over SMB vs. on HDD/USB? I haven't noticed any differences. Its much easy to put PS1 .VCDs into my PS2SMB folder on my PC and not having to transfer anything. And what compatibility issues are there with SMB vs HDD? AFAIK they are pretty much the same.

>>7324723
Why even bother? If you're going to use an emulator, use a real one.

>>7320475
This is a good post.