PS2 softmodding is a little convoluted at times but I understood it eventually. Some things I wish they would explain better.

glad to hear it tbh,

Miku is pretty funny, I think as a teen it was a combination of genuinely liking weebslop and gender envy, lmao.

damn that's cool as heck

The PS1 is a 2X disc drive at best so it makes sense you would have issues with 16x, by god you need a slower drive. I have many that go as low as 1X... Discs burn better slower...

ah that makes sense. yeah I gotta get an older one, this one is in an enclosure and has MakeMKV support (so I wouldn't get rid of it), I don't have a single case in the house with space for a CD drive tho.

Absolutely, you just use OpenPS2Loader, OPL. It's pretty easy to set up, I did it twice. Memcard ports are slightly slower than disc (5.5mb/s vs 3.5mb/s) so some games might load a touch slower but it's nothing like the stutters you get on USB1.1 for instance.

Oh yeah when I was looking into this briefly and read about the USB slowness yikes lol. This sounds fun actually, Imma save your post for the next time I feel like making an executive cry.

ok so this is a disaster for cables, I know... but yes, like you said, I'm using a switch.

Oh I wrote a post about this!

oh fuck me, i want to play on that crt so bad. we don't have a spot for one (not even a place to store it really) so i haven't looked into getting a CRT for us. damn, what a cool post!! that sounds like a cool setup, i want to see it all working tbh

You could use a Wii U, and even PCSX-R on Retroarch there, but I use it on an original Wii running component to my CRT. Gotta have true 240p.

agree, this 65" TV is fine and all, but like you said, CRTs are better OLEDs. well put

Lol for PS2, really? To me PS2 games are so close to modern (widescreen, Pro Logic II multichannel, progressive scan sometimes) that upresing them just makes more sense Idk. I do play them on original hardware a lot but Idk, PS2 enhancements pay dividends compared to N64 where the textures and UI will always be ugly...

Oops, typo, I meant PSX here. I haven't even thought about upscaling PS2 games, that does seem like it could be good. Usually the big thing for me is if the models look sharp and the background blurry I don't really like that. So games with 2D background like FF7 etc I don't like upscaled, in 240p everything feels like it fits in the world (you know, fits better in the world, he's still got toaster hands)

and yes on N64 too like textures and UI look even worse at higher res to me. sometimes it's an ok vibe, like if I'm watching someone else play. but if I'm playing I want as close to the original as possible. it's weird lol i like chunky pixels and nearest-neighbour filtering.

How does an everdrive makt the dpad hard to reach..?

In randomizers, usually they add functions to the N64 d-pad, so when using a real N64 controller, you have to reach back with your thumb to do things like equip/unequip hover boots, or transform masks.

Ah the bad old days... now you can hook the real controllers up to a PC lol

honestly I did this back in the day too, got waaaay into DDR and had a full-on Stepmania setup with a PS2 pad and an adapter hooked into my PC with like a thousand songs.

Now my setup is native USB and has 5k,,, it's too many.

Yeah I play with scanlines on flat displays too.

yeah same, can't do without tbh, it's too bright and harsh imo

For phosphor sim I have seen some amazing 4K stuff...

I have heard of this! I haven't really tried it myself.