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PS2 Emulator Types and Revisions

PS2 Emulators Types and Revisions

ps2_emu.elf (decrypted)

Firmware	Bytes	MD5	Timestamp	Rev	Comm
1.00 AV	8 258 328	19DC714F1109FF772BEF5B00C4AF2CF7	06/10/04/12:15	?	?
1.02	8.258.504	FF9C1C465DF6F501E418602A488CBD40	06/10/21/00:01	?	?
1.30 AV	8 787 800	F2CE2D8CF41FF38E586AE7A91A13980C	06/12/05/07:15	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?
1.50	8.805.912	81B38EE824E460385B44FADE78CAA5DC	07/01/18/22:52	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?
1.90	5.190.280	88B26FDC910B8633613BC366D39F439D	07/07/21/06:44	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?
3.70	5.267.112	064F08BB66135C764A3383AF6839CCB6	11/08/05/03:36	same	?
~		Any
3.74		5B2CA12EE08298094177667C681BC75F	11/10/25/00:30
4.00	5.272.152	08516640BE636F3E633C0416F09EF941	11/11/22/03:10	same	?
4.01		61ECD51036247547736274EEB52FA4C4	11/12/23/01:02
4.10	5.272.008	88CFD465D2F412C075C69531278BB3A9	12/02/05/23:08	same	?
4.11		2B45F72675B844C08E1735059F9826E3	12/02/11/07:05
4.15	?	?	?	?	?
4.20	5.272.264	23D3F9909EBA3F1AB0D757850C5D6809	12/06/15/02:01	same	?
4.21		110F0D01B39193F1A2031BBC7ADBBC2F	12/06/30/01:06
?	?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?	?
4.81	5.274.984	4F167F83B8C83502E584327F641C1814	16/10/24/19:19	same	?
4.82		FAA3EAE26B3311DE78C5FB5788CFEC11	17/08/24/15:38

  ·  Decrypted (elf): changes every firmware version
  ·  Build label: yes, with timestamp, search for ps2ver:
  ·  Target Firmware: no/unknown
  ·  Revision: unknown

ps2_gxemu.elf (decrypted)

Firmware	Bytes	MD5	Rev	Comm
1.00 ~ 1.32	No
1.50	6.106.040	BACC208C8A793F82D71F85B02DD2D318	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
1.90	6.802.720	B9E2CC8D72779650D9B500B75AE552EB	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
3.66 ~ 3.74	6.867.024	E04FA0FE63A968C53AE366B3AAD0141A	?	?
4.00 ~ 4.11	6.871.848	D5E97019132848203970213FF96F2AAB	?	?
4.15	?	?	?	?
4.20 ~ 4.25	6.872.128	678F16283CAA8CFBC03A5FBCB6ABA41E	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
?	?	?	?	?
4.78 ~ 4.82	6.874.848	C7681420A7B3A2A6E3BF89F4A12A3DD6	?	0x2B ?

  ·  Decrypted (elf): changes every emu revision
  ·  Build label: no/unknown
  ·  Target Firmware: no/unknown
  ·  Revision: unknown

ps2_softemu.elf (decrypted)

Firmware	Bytes	MD5	Rev	Comm
1.00 ~ 1.82	No
1.90 ~ 1.94	6.142.080	812330515D01291488315BBE7E0F339E	11065	?
1.97	?	?	?	?
2.00 ~ 2.10	?	?	11830	?
2.16	?	?	?	?
? ~ ?	?	?	?	?
3.10	?	?	?	?
3.15	?	?	12840	?
3.16	?	?	?	?
? ~ ?	?	?	?	?
3.40	?	?	?	?
3.41 ~ 3.65	?	?	13474	?
3.66 ~ 3.71	6.147.120	513B9160AD8C199CAEFC82C1B7D9D794	15435	?
3.72 ~ 4.01	6.146.992	1232D3EEB48F301CBB61D76EB3046111	15529	?
4.10 ~ Template:Latest	No

  ·  Decrypted (elf): changes every emu revision
  ·  Build label: no/unknown
  ·  Target Firmware: no/unknown
  ·  Revision: unknown

ps2_netemu.elf (decrypted)

Firmware	Bytes	MD5	Rev	Comm
1.00 ~ 3.66	No
3.70 ~ 3.71	11.036.504	0D021D18CC63DDBDA530A93C41ABF865	15686	0x41
3.73 ~ 3.74	11.036.504	F21110A93BBEA416749283E6BF3D3C6B	15936
4.00 ~ 4.01	11.033.048	F770442DFA626282B01FEBE3DDFFC477	16195
4.10 ~ 4.11	11.033.216	8F0885BCC80A3617E654BB6151F4F718	16361
4.15	?	?	?	?
4.20 ~ 4.23	11.033.728	8EB5492E453C50B6D728E7999A57A689	16604	0x43
4.25 ~ 4.26	?	?	16740
4.30 ~ 4.31	?	?	16808	0x45
4.40 ~ 4.41	?	?	16916	0x46
4.45 ~ 4.46	?	?	17041	0x48
4.50	?	?	17179	0x4A
4.55	?	?	17277	0x4D
4.60 ~ 4.76	?	?	17314
4.78 ~ 4.82	10.442.536	8B2DBD1AAD22A0EDCF9C867A1A1FB94D	17495	0x50

  ·  Decrypted (elf): changes every emu revision
  ·  Build label: yes, without timestamp, search for build r
  ·  Target Firmware: included in the build label
  ·  Revision: included in the build label

Purpose and style of the table (info only useful for wiki editors)

This table was intended to replace the small one for netemu command 0x3D inside the huge table of config commands in frontpage, i realized there was a lot of duplicates inside but i did not wanted to mess around with the original table, and this talk page was saturated of text so i made it in my user page and now is moved here, is cute and small but is not definite though, lets say this one is the "vertical version" of it, but what i really want to do is to display the info in horizontally and to add together all the info from the other .self versions of the ps2 emus, something like the experiments done here PS1 table tests, i like this one too though so probably i will made another one for the "horizontal version"

PS2 Emulators Config Commands

PS2 Emulators Config Commands

Command Name	Command ID			Max Usage	Command Data
	ps2_gxemu	ps2_softemu	ps2_netemu		Length	Valid Values
Config terminator or TitleID enforcer	No	No	0x00	1	Nothing or 0xA bytes	TitleID
Hook game offset with emu function	0x00	0x00	0x01	3 ?	2 * uint32_t	game_offset	emu_function
Set something	0x01	0x01	0x02	1	uint32_t	1000=? 3000=? 6000=?
Switch something	0x02	0x02	0x03	1	Nothing
Set something	0x03	0x03	0x04	1	uint32_t	8=? 0x10=?
Switch something	0x04	0x04	0x05	1	Nothing
Switch something to 0x14F80	0x05	0x05	0x06	1	Nothing
Set something	0x06	0x06	0x07	1	uint32_t	2=? 4=? 8=?
Patch something with 2 opcodes and masks	0x07	0x07	0x08	3	Expanded Data List
Patch EE memory with 2 opcodes	0x08	0x08	0x09	1	Expanded Data List
Patch EE memory with 1 opcode	No	No	0x0A	1	Expanded Data List
Patch game disc by sector & offset	0x09	0x09	0x0B	1	Expanded Data List
Set something	0x0A	0x0A	0x0C	1	2 * uint16_t	0=? 1=? 2=?	0=? 0x180=? 0x400=? 0x800=?
Set something	0x0B	0x0B	0x0D	1	uint32_t	0=? 1=?(default?)
?	0x0C	0x0C	0x0E	31	uint32_t	data
Find & Replace something ?	0x0D	0x0D	0x0F	1	2 * uint32_t	find (small)	replace (big)
Find & Replace something ?	0x0E	0x0E	0x10	1	2 * uint32_t	find (small)	replace (big)
?	0x0F	0x0F	0x11	31	uint32_t	data
?	0x10	0x10	0x12	1	Expanded Data List
?	0x11	0x11	0x13	1	uint64_t	data
Switch something	0x12	0x12	0x14	1	Nothing
Set something (with bit flags)	0x13	0x13	0x15	1	uint32_t	2=? (gxemu and softemu only) 0x14=? (softemu only) 4=?
?	0x14 ?	0x14 ?	0x16	?	?
Set something	0x15	0x15	0x17	1	uint8_t	0=? 1=?
Switch something	0x16	0x16	0x18	1	Nothing
Switch something	No	0x17	0x19	1	Nothing
Switch something	0x17	0x18	0x1A	1	Nothing
Switch something	0x18	0x19	0x1B	1	Nothing
Set something	0x19 ?	0x1A ?	0x1C	1	uint8_t	?
Set something	0x1A	0x1B	0x1D	1	uint8_t	2=?
Set something	0x1B	No	0x1E	1	uint8_t	3=?
Set something	0x1C	0x1C	0x1F	1	uint32_t	200=? 1000=?(default)
Set something	0x1D	0x1D	0x20	1	uint64_t	10=? 60=?(default) 100=? 120=? 200=? 240=?
Set something	0x1E	0x1E	0x21	1	uint32_t	0=? 1=? 2=?

Command Name	Command ID			Max Usage	Command Data
	ps2_gxemu	ps2_softemu	ps2_netemu		Length	Valid Values
Switch something	0x1F	0x1F	0x22	1	Nothing
Switch something to 0x14E00	No	0x20	0x23	1	Nothing
Set something	0x20	0x21	0x24	1	uint64_t	12000=? 48000=?
Switch something	0x21	0x22	0x25	1	Nothing
Find & Replace something ?	0x22	0x23	0x26	4 ?	2 * uint32_t	find (small)	replace (big)
Find & Replace something ?	0x23	0x24	0x27	1	2 * uint32_t	find (small)	replace (big)
Set something (MECHA)	0x24 ?	0x25 ?	0x28	1	uint32_t	0=? 1=? 2=? 3=?
Set something (MECHA)	0x25 ?	0x26 ?	0x29	1	2 * uint32_t	?	?
Switch something	0x26 ?	0x27	0x2A	1	Nothing
Switch something (MECHA)	0x27 ?	0x28	0x2B	1	Nothing
Set something	0x28	0x29	0x2C	1	uint32_t	1=?
Switch something	0x29 ?	0x2A	0x2D	1	Nothing
Set something	0x2A	0x2B	0x2E	1	uint32_t	0x172=?
Set something	0x2B	No ?	0x2F	1	uint32_t	1=?
?	No ?	No ?	0x30	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x31	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x32	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x33	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x34	?	?	?
Enable Force Flip Field	No	No	0x35	1	Nothing
?	No ?	No ?	0x36	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x37	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x38	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x39	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x3A	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x3B	?	?	?
?	No ?	No ?	0x3C	?	?	?
Config file revision	No	No	0x3D	1	uint32_t	>=15686
Disable something	No	No	0x3E	1	Nothing
Set something	No	No	0x3F	1	uint32_t	?
Switch something	No	No	0x40	1	Nothing
Disable lwsync ?	No	No	0x41	1	Nothing
?	No	No	0x42	1	uint32_t	?
Set something	No	No	0x43	1	uint32_t	0=?(default) 1=?
Disable Smoothing filter	No	No	0x44	1	Nothing
Switch something	No	No	0x45	1	Nothing
Enable L2H Improvement	No	No	0x46	1	Nothing
Enable XOR CSR	No	No	0x47	1	Nothing
Set VSYNC IPU & Delay	No	No	0x48	1	2 * uint32_t	1=No IPU 2=IPU 3=Anytime	20000=Conservative 100000=Normal 250000=Agressive Any other
Switch something to 0xB,0,0	No	No	0x49	1	Nothing
Switch something to 0x15100	No	No	0x4A	1	Nothing
Set something	No	No	0x4B	1	2 * uint32_t	?	?
Set something	No	No	0x4C	1	2 * uint32_t	?	?
Set something	No	No	0x4D	1	uint32_t	?
?	No	No	0x4E	1		?
?	No	No	0x4F	1		?
Switch something	No	No	0x50	1	Nothing

• Notes
  • The colors used at the cells of the left column in the table are just temporal, later willl be needd to decide if using them, how many to color, and the color palette used in them... by now works a bit as an small hint of the complexity of the commands, and a rought way of grouping them

Purpose and style of the table (info only useful for wiki editors)

This one started as a notepad to compare the command IDs from gxemu and netemu, time ago i was thinking in adding some info in the huge table for config commands in frontpage (more eyecatchig, or noob friendly, or adding some mark to the commands to differenciate them in groups by its purpose), when i started making this table i realized it was posible to display all commands together in a 1080p PC monitor and that was very cool because it can be used like a "cheatsheet" when researching about this commands (for a fast compare, also remember wiki allows to print pages), the table was not intended to replace the other in frontpage, there is some info in the other that is not here, and here there is some info here that is not in the other (and this is a problem), what happened is this table started growing and at the time of moving it here (2017 november 4) it reached some "maturity", is at a point where can be done two different things with it, we can step back and simplify it (by removing the columns at right and the redundant info with the table of frontpage), or we can continue expanding it by adding here the info of the other table in frontpage, note this table right now is splitted horizontally but if we join it together in a single vertical table there is a lot of room to add more info, so it can replace the table in frontpage potentially at some point (not yet), i dont have a clear view of which path is better to follow though so by now i think im not going to modify it much more, is better to focus in filling the info inside it and continue rushing with it to see how it grows

ps2_netemu cmd 0x01 function comparison

netemu 0x01		gxemu 0x00	softemu 0x00
4.78 ~ 4.82		? ~ 4.82	? ~ 4.01
funct_id	funct_offset	funct_offset	funct_offset
0x00	0x42F70	0x36B40	0x2FEF0
0x01	0x43034	0x35FB0	0x31E38
0x02	0x447C0	0x34068	0x30220
0x03	0x446E0	0x34144	0x302FC
0x04	0x43384	0x33F98 ?	0x30150
0x05	0x4745C	0x36CF8	0x31D08
0x06	0x46D20	0x34224	0x303DC
0x07	0x47C1C	0x37850
0x08	0x43100	0x33DFC	0x2FFB4
0x09	0x431D8	0x36C04	0x31C14
0x0A	0x43448	0x36EF0	0x31FCC
0x0B	0x43520	0x34354
0x0C	0x445E8	0x34424	0x30518

netemu 0x01		gxemu 0x00	softemu 0x00
4.78 ~ 4.82		? ~ 4.82	? ~ 4.01
funct_id	funct_offset	funct_offset	funct_offset
0x0D	0x4450C	0x34520
0x0E	0x44430	0x345FC	0x306F0
0x0F	0x44254	0x365F0	0x31124
0x10	0x44170	0x36510	0x31044
0x11	0x4408C	0x36430	0x30F64
0x12	0x460FC	0x34DD0	0x311F8
0x13	0x435E4	0x366C4	0x30C28
0x14	0x47FC4	0x34EDC	0x31304
0x15	0x45A1C	0x3795C	0x327B4
0x16	0x45590	0x3521C	0x31580
0x17	0x46ADC	0x347D0	0x308C4
0x18	0x45FA8	0x35300	0x31664
0x19	0x47A88	0x36E28	0x31F04
0x1A	0x45C6C	0x37614	0x325B4

netemu 0x01		gxemu 0x00	softemu 0x00
4.78 ~ 4.82		? ~ 4.82	? ~ 4.01
funct_id	funct_offset	funct_offset	funct_offset
0x1B	0x454C0	0x35434	0x31798
0x1C	0x453F0	0x354F8	0x30A88
0x1D	0x45320	0x355BC
0x1E	0x45250	0x35680
0x1F	0x45180	0x35744
0x20	0x450B0	0x35808
0x21	0x44FE0	0x358CC
0x22	0x44F10	0x35990
0x23	0x44E40	0x35A54
0x24	0x44D70	0x35B18
0x25	0x44CA0	0x35BDC
0x26	0x44BD0	0x35CA0
0x27	0x44B00	0x35D64
0x28	0x44A30	0x35E28
0x29	0x44960	0x35EEC
0x2A	0x44890	0x35158

netemu 0x01		gxemu 0x00	softemu 0x00
4.78 ~ 4.82		? ~ 4.82	? ~ 4.01
funct_id	funct_offset	funct_offset	funct_offset
0x2B	0x4662C	0x34994
0x2C	0x47114	0x36FC8
0x2D	0x46F9C	0x3607C
0x2E	0x46E24
0x2F	0x4592C	0x34A70
0x30	0x45848	0x34B48
0x31	0x45764	0x34C20
0x32	0x45680	0x34CF8
0x33	0x47560	0x37714
0x34	0x00000
0x35	0x46218
0x36	0x436B4
0x37	0x47D28
0x38	0x47298
0x39	0x47674
0x3A	0x46BD4
0x3B	0x43FAC

Game CONFIG commands (notepad and worklog)

All info here related with commands needs to be moved to frontpage at some point

ps2_netemu command 0x1

There are some additional internal patches using CONFIG cmd id 0x01, using subs not available in 0x3B list

condition: 0xBBB5F800, 0x3B949C00, 0x42133A90
setting: 
  0x18E1F0, sub_4670C (4.70)
  0x348EC8, sub_44338 (4.70)

in id0x01, function id 0x18 
condition:  [ 0x20183F04 (+200000000 base) ] == 0x0C060F2C
setting:
  stores 0 in address 0x20183F04, 0x20183F34, 0x20183F3C - with 200000000 base
  0x183F0C, sub_46334 (4.70)
  0x183F3C, sub_45DA4 (4.70)
  0x183D74, sub_47B50 (4.70)

ps2_netemu command 0x5

This command seems to be disabled in netemu, but is used in gxemu with ID 0x4

• There are several games that uses it in his config data hardcoded inside ps2_gxemu.self such:
  • SLES-51823 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLES-54135 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLES-54136 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLES-54622 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLES-54623 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLPM-65340 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLPM-66275 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLUS-20001 | 1 | cmd: 0x4 Tekken tag tournament
  • SLUS-21423 | 1 | cmd: 0x4
  • SLUS-21590 | 1 | cmd: 0x4

ps2_netemu command 0x12

type 1

Playground discussion, unsure about clrlslwi r11, r0, 16,3 result

 Syphon Filter The Omega Strain
 298  00 00 00 00 
 29C  00 00 00 00 
 2A0  01 00>02 00< Type1, Count 2
 2A4  31 00 99 18  
 2A8  32 00 B6 18 


 type 1: (Syphon Filter The Omega Strain	)
	*0x48  | ptr to 1st value *0x2A4 (0x15F)
	*0x50  | count of type values

        (0x18990031 >> 0xC) & 0xFFFF0 = 0x18990
        (0x18B60032 >> 0xC) & 0xFFFF0 = 0x18B60

	store value in [0x18990 + ??? ] 
	
seg017:0000000000198498 next_value:                             # CODE XREF: read_id0x12_type_1+120�j
seg017:0000000000198498                 lwz       r0, 0(r10)    # -> 0x18990031
seg017:000000000019849C                 addi      r8, r8, 1     # counter
seg017:00000000001984A0                 ld        r29, 0(r31)
seg017:00000000001984A4                 addi      r10, r10, 4   # ptr to next value
seg017:00000000001984A8                 rlwinm    r28, r0, 20,12,27 # r28 = (r0 >> 12) & 0xFFFF0 = (0x18990031 >> 12) & 0xFFFF0 = 0x18990
seg017:00000000001984AC                 clrlslwi  r11, r0, 16,3 # r11 = 0x0031 << 3 = 0x188
seg017:00000000001984B0                 add       r26, r28, r29 # r26 = 0x18990 + ??
seg017:00000000001984B4                 stw       r11, 4(r26)   # store 0x62000? or 0x188? in r26
seg017:00000000001984B8                 lwz       r5, 0x50(r31) # count
seg017:00000000001984BC                 cmplw     cr6, r5, r8
seg017:00000000001984C0                 bgt       cr6, next_value

type 2

Fix on Interpretation?

Primal
298  00 00 00 04 
29C  00 00 00 00  
2A0  02 00>03 00< Type 2, Count 3
2A4  5F 01 00 00 	
2A8  8D BD 6F 2C 	
2AC  67 03 00 00  	
2B0  02 00>03 00< Type 2, Count 3
2B4  6B 01 00 00 	
2B8  31 35 70 E9 	
2BC  72 03 00 00  	
2C0  03 00>02 00< Type 3, Count 2
2C4  60 9B 39 10 
2C8  18 9C 39 10	
2CC

type 2:
	*0x20C | counter
	*0x210 | 1st value: 0x15F      -> only gets compared, if passed check 2nd value
	*0x214 | 2nd value: 0x2C6FBD8D -> only gets compared, if passed use *0x218 + *0x21C
	*0x218 | 1 ( = count - 2)
        *0x21C | ptr to 3rd value *0x2AC (0x367)

type 3

 Example Primal
	*0x11B4| counter
	*0x11B8| -1 -> 0x399B60? 
	*0x11BC| 0 -> 0x399B60?
	*0x11C0| ptr to *0x2C4 values
	*0x11C4| count (2)

	r11 = r0 & 0xFFFFFFF = 0x10399B60 & 0xFFFFFFF = 0x399B60
	0x10399C18 & 0xFFFFFFF = 0x399C18

	r3 = r31 >> 28 = 0x10399B60 >> 0x1C = 1
	a check if 1,2

type 4

        cmpwi     cr7, r0, 4
        bne       cr7, panic_dword_1967BC
        srwi      r9, r6, 1     # r9 = r6 >> 1 = count >> 1
        addi      r11, r4, 4
        stw       r9, 0x1238(r31) save count>>1
        std       r11, 0x1240(r31) save ptr to table values start

---big handler, different register settings?---

XMB messages related with PS2 Emulation

Code Sample

Orphan info

This is misterious info that cant be unveilled

ps2_netemu

seg017:00000000001355B4                 ld        r28, off_74BA20 # unk_933F80
seg017:00000000001355B8                 .using unk_933F80, r28
seg017:00000000001355B8                 lis       r0, 0x4000 # 0x40000020
seg017:00000000001355BC                 ori       r0, r0, 0x20 # 0x40000020
seg017:00000000001355C0                 ld        r9, off_934158 # unk_0
seg017:00000000001355C4                 and       r9, r9, r0    # r9 = r9 & 0x40000020
seg017:00000000001355C8                 cmpdi     cr7, r9, 0
seg017:00000000001355CC                 bne       cr7, loc_1356E4
seg017:00000000001355D0                 ld        r0, off_934158 # unk_0
seg017:00000000001355D4                 rlwinm    r0, r0, 0,2,2 # r0 = r0 & 0x20000000
seg017:00000000001355D8                 cmpdi     cr7, r0, 0
seg017:00000000001355DC                 bne       cr7, image_selection
seg017:00000000001355E0                 ld        r0, off_934158 # unk_0
seg017:00000000001355E4                 rlwinm    r0, r0, 0,5,5 # r0 = r0 & 0x4000000
seg017:00000000001355E8                 cmpdi     cr7, r0, 0
seg017:00000000001355EC                 beq       cr7, static_path

Cold Fear

frequenlty, as if you pressed pause
0x46
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Obsolete experiments

This is kept here for historical purposes, but needs to be rewritten or deleted

Getting Playstation 2 Software Emulator working

Method (on Firmware 3.55, without! Cobra-USB Dongle or Downgrade) for all consoles (fat & slim).

1. Replace following files on your consoles /dev_flash/
   with the ones included in this archive
   p3dwik-ps2compatfiles.rar
2. Get into Factory Service Mode (FSM Tool/Dongle)
3. Insert your Original PS2 Game Disc
4. It will run.

Note: Backups wont work. You're getting the compatibility of the 2.60 software emulator with all of its bugs.

Download: p3dwik-ps2compatfiles.rar
Possible compatibility Lists:

• http://tortuga-cove.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=530
• Talk:Emulation#PS2.2FPStwo

Enable Playstation 2 on non BC's

[Getting Playstation 2 Software Emulator working]

XMB Game Settings non BC/BC,patched

Service Mode in relation to PS2 emulation tests

• Service mode resets display settings (on default it uses HDMI with composite on MultiAV connector) - this means that users of Component cables can get garbled screen / no display output (in tests below, the primairy screen) unless using composite wiring/screen (in tests below, the secondairy screen).

• Service Mode also resets user presets like disc autoboot, so it needs to be disabled again if needed.

• Any made Virtual Memory Cards previously will be removed and you will have no access to them, nor be able to create one.

• When PS3 is switching to PS2, connection with Sixaxis / Dualshock 3 will be lost (even when using USB wired connection). In some cases easily resyncable by using PS button, but in other cases the leds stay off and the controller cannot be used (until ps2 mode is exited or console rebooted)

• As a workaround for above wireless controller issue, you can use an USB2PS2 converter and connect an old PS2 / Dualshock2 controller.

tests on 2000 series PS3 Slim

Testplatform:

SKU: 2000 series slim (minver 2.70)
Firmware: 3.55 'Rogero 3.4' mmap114+peek/poke but no SS-patches
Memorycards: MC:PS1 in slot1, MC:PS2 in slot2.
Mainscreen: Component+Composite 576i+P/720i+P//1080i
Sec.screen: Composite 576i
48 titles tested (PAL disc on PAL SKU) // Euss

• Without Factory Service Mode : gives "Incompatible Data" when inserting PS2 disc

• When enabling LV2Patcher without factory service mode (patch4 set as http://pastie.org/private/jp8zhvuocjz95cfrjm0uzg) : no changes in XMB:Game (still only PS upscaler/smoothing, no PS2 mention at all)

• When enabling LV2Patcher without factory service mode (patch4 set as http://pastie.org/4355919) : gives XMB:Game PS2 smoothing/upscaling options, it also make an inserted disk to be seen as PS2 format. Still same problem of ¨incompatible title¨ and loss of BT/settings. Also after returning to XMB, it no longer sees the disc as PS2 format but as incompatible data (which suggests the lv2 patch is undone, as lv2 is reloaded when returning from the ps2 lpar)

• Using boot_ps2.pkg without factory service mode : no resetting of date/time/displayoutput (still output on mainscreen), but all connection to any bound bluetooth device is lost, even when connected via USB (need PS button reactivation), and after a long while comes up with the message that the title is not compatible and that the ps3 needs to be updated (Basic nag screen that is on BC PS3s when inserting a noncompatible title).

• With Factory Service Mode enabled (there are no Xmb options to combinetest with LV2Patcher or boot_ps2.pkg): gives ´PS2 disc´ detected at disc icon, but starting gives: resetting of date/time/displayoutput (effectively disabling my mainscreen), then all connection to any bound bluetooth device is lost, even when connected via USB (needs multiple PS button reactivation), and after a long while comes up with the message that the title is not compatible and that the ps3 needs to be updated (Basic nag screen that is on BC PS3s when inserting a noncompatible title).

In short: boot_ps2.pkg and Factory Service Mode seem to enable simulare (it tries to boot it) while boot_ps2.pkg gives you more options e.g. using LV2Patcher. Perhaps hardswapping out all the dev_flash ps2 emu files for the same software only emulator would circumvent the 'incompatible title' message.

Second test: FW 2.70/3.15

Silent Hill : gives disk icon "unsupported data" and error message like "This model of the PS3 system is not compatible with Playstation2 format software" when run via disc icon. Using boot_ps2.pkg gives title not supported error message like "This title is not currently compatible with the PS3 system".

Third test: FW 3.55 OtherOS++22GB (with SS Patches)

Silent Hill : gives disk icon "unsupported data" and error message like "This model of the PS3 system is not compatible with Playstation2 format software" when run via disc icon. Using boot_ps2.pkg gives blackscreen lockup, not reacting on PS button, or powerbutton, requiring removing powercord.

considering titles to test

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_backward_compatible_PlayStation_2_and_PlayStation_games
• http://tortuga-cove.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=530
• http://us.playstation.com/support/compatiblestatus/index.htm

These have no listed issues:

• Half-Life
• Hulk
• Medal of Honor: Frontline

These have minor issues listed (but should still play):

• Silent Hill 3
• Second Sight

tests on CECHC04 (partial BC)

on 3.41 or on 3.55 in normal XMB mode (no disc icon in XMB): boot_ps2.pkg gives no resetting of date/time/displayoutput (still output on mainscreen), but all connection to any bound bluetooth device is lost, even when connected via USB (need PS button reactivation), and after a long while comes up with the message that the "The system was not turned off properly" as if it had experienced poweroff and from there booted back to XMB. It then returns to the XMB, but first gives an error screen, mentioning 0x80028F17 occured (PS2 mode error 0x80028F17 "An error occurred during the start operation (80028F17)," PlayStation 2 disc Boot Error, also related to PS1 PSN games.)

on 3.41 or on 3.55 in normal XMB mode (disc icon in XMB): boot_ps2.pkg gives resetting of date/time/displayoutput (no output on mainscreen), but all connection to any bound bluetooth device is lost, even when connected via USB (need PS button reactivation). The game is playable on secondary screen, and exit to XMB with holding PS button goes without 0x80028F17 errors, but does give the "The system was not turned off properly" error.

no disc icon:

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
• Half-Life

disc icon:

• Hulk
• Second Sight
• Silent Hill 3

PS2 on non BC HW - Tests

Title	DiscID	Disc Icon		ps2_softemu			Remarks
		Normal	FSM	2.50	2.60	2.70
Action Replay MAX	SCED54409					No
Battlefield 2 Modern Combat	SLES53729					No
Constantine	SLES52872					No
Demo Disc 3-073-543-11	PBPX95514					No
EyeToy Play	SCES51513					No
EyeToy Play 2	SCES52748					No
EyeToy Play 3	SLES53315					No
Freedom Fighters	SLES51467					No
Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex	SLES53020					No
GoldenEye Rogue Agent	SLES52974					No
Guerrilla Strike	SLES53344					No
Gunfighter 2 Revenge of Jessy James	SLES51289					No
Half Life	SLES50504					No
HDLoader	-					No
International Golf Pro	SLES52349					No
Jet Ion GP	SLES50544					No
killer7	SLES53366					No
Kya Dark Lineage	SLES51473					No
London Racer Destruction Madness	SLES53654					No
London Racer Police Madness	SLES53536					No
Manhunt	SLES52023					No
Max Play - 10 Classic Retro Games	-					No
Medal of Honor European Assault	SLES53332					No
Medal of Honor Frontline	SLES50684					No
Medal of Honor Rising Sun	SLES51873					No
Medal of Honor Vanguard	SLES54683					No
Men in Black II Alien Escape	SLES50789					No
Network Access Disc	SCES51578					No
OPM #66	SCED54409					No
OPM #67	SCED54410					No
OPM #68	SCED54412					No
OPM #69	SCED54413					No
OPM #70	SCED54415					No
OPM #72	SCED54417					No
OPM #73	SCED54418					No
OPM #74	SCED55113					No
OPM #75	SCED55114					No
OPM #77	SCED55117					No
OPM #79	SCED55119					No
Perfect Ace Pro Tournament Tennis	SLES51735					No
Prisoner of War	SLES50397					No
Ratchet & Clank 3	SCES52456					No
Red Baron	SLES53434					No
SAS Anti-terror Force	SLES53435					No
Second Sight	SLES52670					No
Seek and Destroy	SLES51603					No
Silent Hill 3	SLES51434			Yes		No
Socom US Navy SEALs	SCES50928					No
Socom II US Navy SEALs	SCES51904					No
Socom 3 US Navy SEALs	SCES53300					No
Socom US Navy SEALs Combined Assault	SCES54477					No
Swap Magic 3 plus (PAL version 3.6) CD	SCED54409		No	-		No
Swap Magic 3 plus (PAL version 3.6) DVD	SCED54409			Yes		No
Tenchu Wrath of Heaven	SLES50679					No
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines	SLES52152					No
The Great Escape	SLES51315					No
The Hulk	SLES51508			Yes		No
The Matrix Path of Neo	SLES53799					No
The Plan	SLES53965					No
Time Crisis 3	SCES51844					No
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	SLES51181					No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3	SLES52288					No
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell	SLES51466					No
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory	SLES53007					No
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow	SLES52149					No
Trapt	SLES53824					No

Tests on NON-BC CECHP01/NTSC-U (Firmware 2.60/boot_ps2.pkg)

Amplitude - Intro prompts are completely glitched, unresponsive to controller input.
Backyard Football 2007 - Graphical glitches during menu and gameplay. Frame rate is okay.
Boogie - Intro FMV runs very slow, fails to recognize input after the title screen.
MLB 08: The Show - Intro videos run smoothly. Menus load with no issue. Gameplay is extremely slow with graphical glitches. Network configuration utility is completely garbled.

-- Moose

Comparative listings: http://tortuga-cove.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=530

Game compatibility lists

There was some game compatibility tables here that was intended as a layout with lot of game names but no info about them that was never used

The info has been moved to: Talk:PS2 Emulation/Old PS2 Game Compatibility Lists