Free McBoot on PS2

Anyone here use FMCB to run PS2 ISOs on the console? How is it? What's the difficulty level of getting it going? Does everything lag or is it pretty decent?
I know I need a PS2 fat and a FMCB card, and I can get both from eBay for $50 or so. What else do I need/need to know?

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>Anyone here use FMCB to run PS2 ISOs on the console? How is it?
USB HDD, long loading times and FMV's stutter badly because PS2 uses USB 1.1
Internal HDD has faster loading times than disc.

You can apply pnach widescreen patches to iso's.

I transfer my games to HDD via lan but it's slow as fuck and it can take a while to find a working software for doing it.

youtu.be/-0m3vc46XnM

the best tutorial on the subject

I hope PS2 emulation gets perfected one day since the consoles are going to die out eventually

Different user here.

Any guides you used in any particular order?

Reddit won't discuss emulating anything but legit disc backups.
OK, this is where my retard levels start to really shine.
Do I need to install my own internal HDD?
And then put the ISO(s) I currently want to play directly onto the HDD, plug and play?

Reddit has a guide on r/ps2

I recently found a ps2 and that was the most straight forward imo.

Currently 122 games on mine can't figure so it how to get ark work for games to stay loaded/work in OPL

>seeing the game successfully boot over network after hours of trying to figure out what to do.

I felt like a goddamn wizard

Most older systems are pretty bulletproof, once you get the dvd drive out of the equation.
Xbox less so since it relies on that hard drive

>plug in PATA HDD into back of your network adapter
>plug the network adapter back into ps2

I used to use this for translations but it is very VERY incapable of doing 480p which was very unfortunate.

I bought a 3.55 PS3 CECH-B model and haven't regretted it. PS2 Compatibility is excellent, and I don't have to deal with disgusting interlaced resolution.

Also, FCMB is easy to get working. Then you just need to ESR every disc you burn then launch through ESR loader.

first fucking google link
youtu.be/weLWA3EbOSg?t=1m13s

original xbox has another issue, from what I remember a certain component (transistor) is guaranteed to fail after a few years of use, destroying the motherboard in the process

I'm guessing it can be replaced in advance, still a major annoyance

there are three methods to play your games aside from just putting the disc in the drive
1. play the game via the USB port from a flash drive. (the worst option. games load more than twice as slow and FMV cutscenes run like ass)
2. if you have a fat ps2 with harddrive slot you can put game ISO's on a HDD and play them directly from there.
3. run the ISO's from your computer's hard drive over a crossover cable (I went with this one since a slim was all I had)

wait what. Can you spoonfeed me that third option? i've literally never heard of that before.

Anyone tried copying games to the PS2 HDD using Linux? What do people use normally, Winhiip right?
I haven't got YouTube until this evening so haven't seen the links

You can just use a IDE to SATA or SD adapter and run your games off a Harddrive or SD card. But yeah don't use the 1.1 USB ports.

I used this tutorial (if i remember correctly)
youtube.com/watch?v=Kz5mZsDuUHc&feature=youtu.be
keep in mind you may need to buy or make a crossover Ethernet cable. most computer stores have them but you can probably get one on ebay

>aside from just putting the disc in the drive

Don't rule this out, simply burning the game fixes a lot of issues.

dude
My PC is absolute shit, can't run PS2 emulation w/o lag (that's why I made this thread). Will that effect its ability to do this?

>My PC is absolute shit

This will have no impact whatsoever. The fact that you thought it would means you prob aint up for doing it.

>fat ps2
>network adapter
>freemcboot memory card
>ide hdd
>usb to ide
>rca to hdmi converter or an old tv
Don't fall for the meme, just emulate.
I've got most of this stuff but I can't play because I can't connect the ps2 to my monitor and I don't want to waste any more money.

probably not. my computer cant emulate ps2 games either but it can still do that. all its doing really is just acting as a hard drive for the console

Connect it to a TV?

Sadly emulation isn't a silver bullet, Silent Hill 2 refuses to play FMV's for example

It's the RTC capacitor.

Anyone know if it's possible/hard/easy to play PS2 ISOs on PS3?
(I don't own a PS3, have no idea what the capabilities are)

Yes if you have a hacked PS3.

I like my hard modded ps2 more, just burn any disk and it reads.

Hard to do by yourself, though.

Yes, you can hack a ps3. Not sure how hard or safe it is, but i know its possible. Check homebrew general on /vg/

SH2 fixed that issue on PCSX2 ages ago
The only issue now is slight texture flickering because GSDX is a piece of shit

It would still need to be an early model with the ps2 chip in it, no?

those are pretty hard to come by

I use a slim PS2 (comes with network jack), FreeMcBoot, and Component cables (otherwise, everything looks like shit). You can run games over LAN. I have them running off of a 8TB NAS connected to my network. Shits fucking cash.

For PS1 games I run them off the USB, since it's not that bad for PS1 games.