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    • George SpiggottG
      George Spiggott
      last edited by George Spiggott

      I've been reading about a new emulator that is in Alpha testing for Android devices. I think this may be of interest for people wishing to know about PS2 running on the Pi. Clearly the short answer is no, but this provides a fair guide to how powerful a theoretical future Pi would have to be to run PS2 well with existing Arm compatible emulation. For comparison the Snapdragon 845 at 15:30 is a octa-core A75/A55 vs the Pi 4's quad core A72.

      Currently running:
      Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
      ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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      • dodonpachiD
        dodonpachi
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        This emulator is now available on the Google Play Store, and performance seems to be very impressive. Even if there was a Linux port, it seems we'd need a better Pi to run it.

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        • George SpiggottG
          George Spiggott @dodonpachi
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          @dodonpachi Yeah, it considers an A75 CPU to be low end for performance.

          Currently running:
          Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
          ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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          • George SpiggottG
            George Spiggott @George Spiggott
            last edited by George Spiggott

            Finally the PS2 on the Pi question is answered. I seem to be a one man shilling machine for ETA Prime's videos at the moment.

            Currently running:
            Retropie 4.8.9 on a Pi Zero 2W (Overclock Settings: CPU 1400Mhz)
            ES-DE on a GMKtec K6 (Windows 11, 32GB RAM)

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            • dodonpachiD
              dodonpachi @George Spiggott
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              @george-spiggott I'm a fan of his videos! Though it could do more than I thought it would, 2D performance seems impressive. I just wish he tried games that weren't already playable on flycast with Naomi. I wonder how games like Tales of Destiny R or Sengoku Basara X would run?

              Too bad it's android only, too. Would be a nice addition to my current retropie setup.

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              • windgW
                windg
                last edited by

                There great news about this emulator https://www.patreon.com/posts/aethersx2-may-66366241

                My English isn't at a good level.

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                • DarksaviorD
                  Darksavior @windg
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                  @windg Looks like a version for the pi is out but it wouldn't run for me. I don't remember the errors. Probably requires the desktop.

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                  • windgW
                    windg @Darksavior
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                    @Darksavior said in AetherSX2 - PS2 (Not for the Linux/Retropie):

                    @windg Looks like a version for the pi is out but it wouldn't run for me. I don't remember the errors. Probably requires the desktop.

                    I try it on the Desktop (Bullseye 64bit) and when i try to run a game i have this error:
                    error.png

                    My English isn't at a good level.

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                      Stealthbushido @George Spiggott
                      last edited by

                      @George-Spiggott ETA Prime's videos are great though. 🤘

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @windg said in AetherSX2 - PS2 (Not for the Linux/Retropie):

                        I try it on the Desktop (Bullseye 64bit) and when i try to run a game i have this error:

                        From the linked page:

                        Please note if you want to use a Raspberry Pi 4, you'll need to switch to the Vulkan renderer, as the Pi's GL driver does not support GLES3.2, which we require.

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                        • windgW
                          windg @mitu
                          last edited by

                          @mitu said in AetherSX2 - PS2 (Not for the Linux/Retropie):

                          @windg said in AetherSX2 - PS2 (Not for the Linux/Retropie):

                          I try it on the Desktop (Bullseye 64bit) and when i try to run a game i have this error:

                          From the linked page:

                          Please note if you want to use a Raspberry Pi 4, you'll need to switch to the Vulkan renderer, as the Pi's GL driver does not support GLES3.2, which we require.

                          Thanks! This is what i miss. I install Vulkan driver but i didn't switch the renderer.

                          My English isn't at a good level.

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                          • windgW
                            windg
                            last edited by

                            Sad news about this project.
                            I don't undersand why someone to create those issues to a developer of a program that give you the ability to play old video games.

                            My English isn't at a good level.

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                              barbudreadmon @windg
                              last edited by barbudreadmon

                              @windg said in AetherSX2 - PS2 (Not for the Linux/Retropie):

                              I don't undersand why someone to create those issues to a developer of a program that give you the ability to play old video games.

                              Sadly there are tons of mentally ill people in the emulation community.

                              [MODE RANTING ON]
                              A "certain developer" of a "certain project" has been stalking me since 2019, in retaliation to something his ill mind think i have done, seeking every opportunity to antagonize me, jumping into my discussions with other people just for the sake of polarizing the debate.
                              Just a few months ago, with another guy, he was literally trying to kill FBNeo's libretro port by forbidding future updates due to unnecessary concerns about netplay retrocompatibility, throwing rock at us because apparently "we don't care enough about netplay"... what a joke considering his own project is not even netplay compatible.
                              Tbh, sometimes i think of quitting too.
                              [MODE RANTING OFF]

                              FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                jmbooth2000
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                                Not sure about the Raspberry Pi but you can run AetherSX2 on the OrangePi 5. My guess is the Raspberry Pi 4 would be too and it requires the X desktop.

                                If you want to test it download load the AppImage, chmod it to make it executable, and run it. Works out of the box.

                                wget https://www.aethersx2.com/archive/desktop/linux/AetherSX2-v1.5-3606.AppImage
                                sudo chmod 775 AetherSX2-v1.5-3606.AppImage
                                ./AetherSX2-*.AppImage

                                I've only tried a few games with mixed results. Gauntlet and Soul Calibur II worked great.

                                Jonathan

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                                  DTEAM @jmbooth2000
                                  last edited by DTEAM

                                  Hi @ExarKunIv and @retropieuser

                                  I tried AetherSX2 with your Retropie-Extra script and unfortunatly it doesn't load on my Pi5. Kernel8 is activated and I already run PPSSPP and Dolphin with XINIT-WM and I got the good bios

                                  here's my runcommand.log

                                  https://pastebin.fr/138616

                                  Now, I'm stuck. Do you know why it won't load?

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                                    ExarKunIv @DTEAM
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