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. This breakthrough technology, developed by a team of coders, enables smart memory cards like the 8BitMods MemCard Pro 2 and the open-source SD2PSX to load games directly from a MicroSD card while also functioning as virtual memory cards for saving progress.How It WorksThe MMCE system alternates between save data and game data, allowing players to boot PS2 games using Open PS2 Loader (OPL) without requiring any hardware modifications

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.

  • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    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

      • Redkey@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        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.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      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?

      • Redkey@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        20 hours ago

        What ShinkanTrain said. The last a read about it, the PS2 only switches into PS1 mode on a trigger from the optical drive subsystem, and then most of the memory and other hardware used to run homebrew is deactivated. AFAIK no-one’s yet found a way to trigger the change in software and keep the connection to wherever you’re loading your game from.

        I believe that on certain revisions of the console, MechaPwn can overcome the protection, but you still need a “Playstation 1” CD in the drive to actually run something, as ShinkanTrain wrote.

      • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        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)

        • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          Hell yeah, that sounds awesome. Does it have native composite video out? I wanna play on my crt without using an hdmi converter

          • RamenJunkie@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            9 hours ago

            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.

          • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            19 hours ago

            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)