PS5SX2 README

The project's README from github.com/Swordpdf/PS5SX2. As one markdown file: README.md.

PS5SX2

PCSX2, the PS2 emulator, running natively on a jailbroken PS5.

Platform: jailbroken PS5 Renderer: Vulkan Based on PCSX2 Licence: GPL-3.0-or-later

What is PS5SX2?

PS5SX2 is a port of PCSX2 to the PS5. It runs as a native app on a jailbroken console:

A passion project

PS5SX2 is a passion project. It started as a "can this even work?" experiment, done in spare time out of love for the PS2's library and the fun of seeing those games on new hardware. There's no company or schedule behind it, and nothing is for sale.

Expect rough edges. Bug reports with logs are very welcome, and so is patience.

Highlights

What you need

No BIOS, games or keys come with PS5SX2.

Getting started

For the main release, use PS5SX2Helper.elf and PS5SX2Installer.elf to launch PS5SX2 and automatically keep your build up to date.

For now, updates are planned to roll out weekly as we work toward full compatibility across the PS2 library. Bug fixes, compatibility improvements, and new features will be bundled into batches rather than pushed one by one.

Thanks again for all the testing, logs, and feedback. It genuinely helps move this forward.

TO GET IT RUNNING:

-Put PS5SX2Helper.elf and PS5SX2Installer.elf in your autoload. They’ll make sure you always get the latest build directly from GitHub.

-Place your legally acquired PS2 BIOS in: /data/PCSX2/bios

-Place your legally made game backups in: /data/PCSX2/games

-Enjoy.

The first start downloads the covers for your games, then the shelf opens.

Controls

On the shelf

Button Does
D-pad or left stick Browse the games
L1 / R1 Jump a page
Cross or OPTIONS Play
Square The game's settings: L1 / R1 switch between this game and all games, L2 / R2 between Settings, Controls and Achievements
L1 + Square RetroAchievements: sign in or out
Triangle The settings page's QR code, large

In a game

Combo Does
Hold L1 + R1, click the touchpad Back to the shelf
Hold L3 + R3, then D-pad Up / Down Save / load state (slot 1)
Hold L3 + R3 and let go Next display filter
Hold L2 + D-pad Down for 2 seconds Open the settings page in the PS5's web browser; the game keeps running
The fast forward buttons (Controls tab; none by default) Fast forward on or off

In a game the touchpad click is the PS2's SELECT and OPTIONS its START. The Create button (left of the touchpad) does nothing.

You can change the save and load buttons on the Controls tab (Buttons): pick two buttons for each, and how long to hold them (instant up to 3 seconds). A finger on the touchpad's left or right side counts as a button too: the old touchpad + Cross combo is Touchpad left + Cross to save and Touchpad right + Cross to load. These combos always use the controller's own buttons, whatever the remapping below.

USB keyboard and mouse

With a USB keyboard and mouse plugged into the PS5, the keyboard and mouse play as the PS2 controller, with PCSX2's own keys:

Keys PS2 controller
Arrow keys D-pad
W A S D Left stick
T F G H Right stick
I J K L Triangle, Square, Cross, Circle
Enter, Backspace Start, Select
Q, E L1, R1
1, 3 L2, R2
2, 4 L3, R3
F1, F3 Save state, load state (slot 1)
Hold Esc for a second Back to the shelf

The mouse moves a stick (the right one by default), and its left and right buttons are R1 and L1 (or R2 and L2). Games made for a USB keyboard and mouse, such as Half-Life, get the PS2's own USB devices: Auto switches to them when a game starts reading them, or you can pick USB devices on the settings page.

Firmware: this does nothing on firmware 11.x and 12.00 yet. The console refuses to load its keyboard and mouse libraries for PS5SX2 there (seen on 11.40 and 12.00), and the [kbm] lines in boot.log say so. It's expected to work on 10.60 and older, but no console has tried it yet.

The settings page

Scan the QR code in the corner of the shelf with a phone on the same network, or type the address shown under it (http://<PS5 IP>:<port>/) into any browser there. You can change settings for all games or for one game:

The Controls tab has the controller's settings, for all games or for one game:

Most changes show up in the running game straight away. The page marks the few that need a restart. Recommended puts back the settings tuned for that game; it leaves your controls, language and memory cards alone.

The same settings are on the shelf: press Square on a game.

In a game, hold L2 + D-pad Down for 2 seconds and the PS5's own web browser opens on the page. The game keeps running behind it. If the console won't open its browser, the page's QR code and address show over the game instead, and the same combo hides them.

Texture packs

Downloading a pack: press Square on a game. When archive.org's PCSX2 HD Texture Packs collection has a pack for it, the HD texture pack row shows its size: press Cross to download it. It downloads in the background (the shelf shows how far it is), unpacks into one file, /data/PCSX2/textures/<serial>/replacements.pak, switches on Texture replacements for that game and pops up when it's ready. A download that a game interrupts carries on when you're back on the shelf. Triangle twice cancels a download or deletes a pack PS5SX2 downloaded. The packs are made by the community; PS5SX2 only fetches them.

Your own packs: PS5SX2 loads PCSX2-style texture replacement packs as PNG or DDS files (DDS in BC1, BC2, BC3, BC7 or uncompressed). Switch on Texture replacements on the settings page. A game's pack is a folder named after its serial with a replacements folder inside: <serial>/replacements/. PS5SX2 looks for it here, in this order:

  1. The folder the Textures folder setting names, as <that folder>/<serial>/.
  2. A USB drive: PS5SX2/textures/<serial>/, PCSX2/textures/<serial>/ or textures/<serial>/, and a pack copied to the drive's top folder as it is (PS5SX2/<serial>/ or <serial>/, with its replacements folder).
  3. /data/PCSX2/textures/<serial>/, PCSX2's own place.

Folder names match in any case.

Online play

PS5SX2 emulates the PS2's network adapter on top of the PS5's own connection. It's on for every game: PCSX2's sockets backend, its DHCP server giving the game an address, and the DNS servers the PS5 uses. Games that never use the network don't pay for it. Switch it off for a game with Network adapter in its Square menu or on the settings page, or for every game with a file named nonetwork in /data/PCSX2/flags/.

Revival servers usually need their own DNS server and sometimes a DNAS bypass cheat: see their guides. SOCOM II (SCUS-97275) has played online matches on PS Rewired's servers.

How SOCOM II was set up

  1. The DNAS bypass: put PS Rewired's DNAS bypass cheat (0F6FC6CF.pnach, linked from their SOCOM II guide) in /data/PCSX2/cheats/.

  2. The game's settings file: add these lines to /data/PCSX2/settings/SOCOM II - U.S. Navy SEALs (USA).ini (the network adapter's own lines, EthEnable, EthApi, EthDevice and InterceptDHCP, are the defaults since 1.9; files that still have them work the same):

    DEV9/Eth/ModeDNS1=Manual
DEV9/Eth/DNS1=67.222.156.250
EmuCore/EnableCheats=true
Cheats/Enable=General Cheats\DNAS Bypass
EmuCore/EnableWideScreenPatches=false

  3. In the game: create a network configuration (automatic settings work), connect, pick a universe, download the update and make your account.

PS Rewired doesn't allow the widescreen patch online. Stretching the picture to 16:9 on the settings page is fine. See PS Rewired's guides for other games.

RetroAchievements

Earn RetroAchievements as you play. It's softcore only: hardcore mode isn't available.

Slow games

If a game runs slower than it should, PERFORMANCE.md shows how to read the info box to find what's holding it back, which settings to change for it, and how to report it if that doesn't help.

Tested consoles

PS5SX2 is developed on a PS5 Pro. Testers ran the first test builds on other consoles too:

Console Firmware
PS5 Pro 10.01, 11.40
Other PS5 models, including a Slim 6.02, 8.40, 10.01, 10.60, 11.40, 11.60, 12.00, 12.70

Firmware that isn't listed hasn't been tried.

Tested games

Every game below has been started on PS5SX2, on the PS5 Pro during development or on testers' consoles during the first test builds (September 2026): 108 games in all. It isn't a compatibility guarantee. PS5SX2 keeps changing, so a game can run better or worse now than it did in its test, and a few rows say that a fix hasn't been re-tested yet. Fan mods and homebrew aren't listed. Widescreen patches are on by default for every game that has one.

How to read the table:

Game Tested on Result
007: Everything or Nothing PS5 10.60 Starts; no play time recorded.
007: From Russia with Love
SLUS-21282		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps. One crash after 30 minutes of play, cause unknown.
007: Nightfire PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 30 fps.
Alone in the Dark
SLUS-21690		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Alter Echo
SLUS-20465		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 30 fps.
Area 51 (PAL)
SLES-52570		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps with the 50 FPS patch (25 without); slowdowns at 5x.
Area 51
SLUS-20595		 PS5 10.60 Mostly full speed at 4x, with dips (about 55 fps).
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers
SLUS-21902		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Black
SLUS-21376		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Bloody Roar 4 PS5 10.60 Short test at 4x: full speed, about 60 fps.
Bully
SLUS-21269		 PS5 10.60, 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps. With the 60 FPS patch it drops to about 40 fps near the school entrance, and a lower resolution doesn't help. An EE clock of 180% brings it to 53–55 fps.
Burnout 3: Takedown (PAL)
SLES-52584		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 55 fps.
Burnout 3: Takedown
SLUS-21050		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 30 fps.
Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts
SLUS-21746		 PS5 11.40 Full speed at 4x, about 30 fps.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
SLUS-20733		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, MTVU off and EE clock at 100%. The game freezes with MTVU on.
Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity
SLUS-21743		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
SLUS-20238		 PS5 10.01, 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Crash of the Titans
SLUS-21583		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. With the 60 FPS patch. Brief stalls while shaders compile.
Crash Twinsanity (PAL)
SLES-52568		 PS5 8.40 Full speed at 6x, about 50 fps.
Crash Twinsanity
SLUS-20909		 PS5 12.00 Short test at 4x: full speed, about 50 fps.
Crash: Mind over Mutant
SLUS-21728		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. With the 60 FPS patch.
Def Jam: Fight for NY
SLUS-21004		 PS5 12.70 Short test at 4x: full speed, about 40 fps.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
SLUS-21678		 PS5 11.40 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps.
Driv3r
SLUS-20587		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 6x, about 40 fps. The GPU hung three times at 6x; the app closed itself each time.
FIFA Street 2 (PAL)
SLES-53797		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps.
FIFA Street 2
SLUS-21369		 PS5 11.40 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
Freedom Fighters
SLUS-20658		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 55 fps. With the 60 FPS patch. Some drops when helicopters are on screen.
Ghost Rider
SLUS-21306		 PS5 11.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
God of War (PAL)
SCES-53133		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps.
God of War
SCUS-97399		 PS5 Pro 10.01, 11.40
PS5 6.02, 10.60, 11.60		 Recommended: 6x. Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. Micro freezes reported in one test.
God of War II
SCUS-97481		 PS5 Pro 10.01
PS5 6.02, 10.60, 11.40		 Full speed at 4x, about 40 fps.
The Godfather: The Game
SLUS-21385		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Gran Turismo 4
SCUS-97328		 PS5 Pro 11.40
PS5 8.40, 12.00		 Recommended: 6x. Also set 16:9 in the game's own options. Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
SLUS-21423		 PS5 Pro 11.40
PS5 10.01		 Full speed at 4x, about 35 fps; slowdowns at 6x. Since 1.85, with the 60 FPS patch on the PS5 Pro: full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
SLUS-20946		 PS5 Pro 11.40
PS5 12.00		 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. With the 60 FPS patch. Dips to 53–57 fps now and then. With the 60 FPS patch, set EE cycle rate to 180% (Performance tab): it held 60 fps at 6x on the PS5 Pro.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
SLUS-20552		 PS5 Pro 11.40
PS5 11.60		 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without). On the PS5 Pro at 6x the 60 FPS patch needs EE cycle rate 300% (Performance tab) to hold 60 in busy places; 180% gives 58–60 fps.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
SLUS-21672		 PS5 6.02, 10.01, 12.00 Mostly full speed at 6x, with dips (about 50 fps). Slowdowns in songs, worst with the crowd in view.
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
SLUS-21866		 PS5 10.01 Short test at 4x: about 80% speed. Still slow in places.
I-Ninja
SLUS-20705		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps.
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
SLUS-20941		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps.
Killzone (PAL)
SCES-52004		 PS5 10.60 Starts; no play time recorded. A fix for its graphics code came after the test and hasn't been re-tested.
Kingdom Hearts
SLUS-20370		 PS5 11.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (English patch)
SLPS-25198		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, Cross/Circle swap patch.
LEGO Batman: The Videogame (PAL)
SLES-55135		 PS5 12.00 Short test at 4x: full speed, about 45 fps.
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
SLUS-21785		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. Don't use the Nearest filter: cutscenes look wrong.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
SLUS-20520		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, 60 FPS patch.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
SLUS-20770		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, 60 FPS patch.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
SLUS-20578		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, 60 FPS patch.
The Mark of Kri
SCUS-97140		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
The Matrix: Path of Neo (PAL)
SLES-53462		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 6x, about 30 fps.
Medal of Honor: European Assault
SLUS-21199		 PS5 11.40 Full speed at 4x, about 50 fps.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
SLUS-21359		 PS5 12.00 Mostly full speed at 6x, with dips (about 60 fps). With the 60 FPS patch the bridge drops to 42–53 fps and some cutscenes to 35 fps.
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix
SLUS-21355		 PS5 8.40, 10.01 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
SLUS-21087		 PS5 10.01, 10.60, 11.40 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
NBA Street Vol. 2
SLUS-20651		 PS5 10.01 Short test at 4x: full speed, about 45 fps.
Need for Speed: Carbon (PAL)
SLES-54321		 PS5 10.60 Starts; no play time recorded.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
SLUS-20362		 PS5 10.01, 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
SLUS-21267		 PS5 10.60, 11.60, 12.70 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Black Edition)
SLUS-21351		 PS5 Pro 11.40
PS5 11.60, 12.00		 Recommended: 6x. Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. A tester on 12.00 saw drops to 52 fps at the start of races at 6x.
Need for Speed: Underground 2
SLUS-21065		 PS5 10.01, 10.60, 11.60 Full speed at 4x, about 55 fps. An early test saw ghosting on car lights and flicker on the ground.
Oni
SLUS-20064		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 4x, since 6x runs too slowly.
Ookami
SLUS-21115		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 30 fps.
PES 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer (PAL)
SLES-55406		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
SLUS-20743		 PS5 10.60 Starts; no play time recorded.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
SLUS-21287		 PS5 10.60 Mostly full speed at 4x, with dips (about 35 fps).
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
SLUS-21022		 PS5 10.60 Mostly full speed at 4x, with dips: about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Ratchet & Clank
SCUS-97199		 PS5 12.00 Mostly full speed at 6x, with dips (about 55 fps). Dips to 42–48 fps in the dense part of the first area.
Ratchet & Clank (PAL)
SCES-50916		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, holds 50 fps. PS5SX2 has built-in widescreen for this disc.
Ratchet & Clank 3
SCUS-97353		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x.
Rayman 2: Revolution
SLUS-20138		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
SLUS-20601		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
Rayman Arena
SLUS-20272		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
Rayman: Raving Rabbids
SLUS-21576		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 55 fps.
Red Dead Revolver
SLUS-20500		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the Force 60FPS patch (30 without).
Resident Evil 4
SLUS-21134		 PS5 10.01, 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 30 fps. The radio froze for a moment once, probably a shader compiling.
The Rise of the Kasai
SCUS-97416		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 55 fps.
Runabout 3: Neo Age (PAL)
SLES-51223		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 6x, about 25 fps.
Scarface: The World Is Yours (PAL)
SLES-54182		 PS5 10.60 Short test at 4x: about 60% speed. A fix for its graphics code came after the test and hasn't been re-tested.
Scarface: The World Is Yours
SLUS-21111		 PS5 10.60 Short test at 4x: about 55% speed. A fix for its graphics code came after the test and hasn't been re-tested.
Shadow of the Colossus
SCUS-97472		 PS5 Pro 11.40
PS5 10.60, 12.00		 Slow on a regular PS5, even at 1x: about 15–20 fps in one test, and hardly over 50 fps outside the temple in a later one. On the PS5 Pro with tuned settings (EE clock 180%, Instant DMA, fast MIN/MAX, clamp none) it reaches 53–55 fps at 5x and 6x.
ShellShock: Nam '67
SLUS-20828		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without). A fix for its graphics code came after the test and hasn't been re-tested.
Silent Hill 2
SLUS-20228		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. With its 60 FPS patch. The flashlight scene used to drop frames; that was fixed.
Silent Hill 3
SLUS-20622		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. With the 60 FPS patch; the lowest seen was about 57 fps (51 on an earlier build).
Silent Hill 4: The Room
SLUS-20873		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. With the 60 FPS patch.
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
SCUS-97275		 PS5 Pro 11.40 Recommended: 6x, online (see Online play).
Sonic Gems Collection (PAL)
SLES-53350		 PS5 12.00 Slowdowns at 4x (about 90% speed).
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
SLUS-20917		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
Spider-Man 3
SLUS-21552		 PS5 10.01 Slowdowns at 6x (about 65% speed).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)
SLUS-21595		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. A crash at first start on firmware 12.00 has been fixed.
Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
SLUS-21129		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
SLUS-20397		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Test Drive Unlimited
SLUS-21490		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps. Slowdowns at the start, probably shaders compiling.
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction
SLUS-20910		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (PAL)
SLES-53104		 PS5 10.60 Mostly full speed at 4x, with dips (about 30 fps).
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PAL)
SLES-53287		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 45 fps.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (PAL)
SLES-53826		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 40 fps.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
SLUS-20958		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 35 fps.
Tony Hawk's Project 8
SLUS-21444		 PS5 10.01 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps. With its 60 FPS patch.
True Crime: Streets of LA
SLUS-20550		 PS5 10.60 Full speed at 4x, about 30 fps.
Urban Reign
SLUS-21209		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 6x, about 60 fps.
The X-Files: Resist or Serve
SLUS-20179		 PS5 12.00 Short test at 4x: full speed, about 30 fps.
X-Men Legends
SLUS-20656		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps. 5–10 second freezes now and then.
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
SLUS-21138		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
SLUS-21880		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
X-Men: Next Dimension
SLUS-20279		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
X-Men: The Official Game
SLUS-21107		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps with the 60 FPS patch (30 without).
X2: Wolverine's Revenge
SLUS-20337		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum
SLUS-20940		 PS5 12.00 Full speed at 4x, about 60 fps.

Known limitations

Building from source

The PS5 layer lives in ps5/. ps5/README.md covers the layout, dependencies and build steps. Everything else in this repository is PCSX2, with the port's changes as commits on top.

Credits

Licence

PS5SX2 is GPL-3.0-or-later, like PCSX2. The licence text is COPYING.GPLv3. Third-party parts keep their own licences.

Disclaimer

PS5SX2 is an independent project. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by the PCSX2 team or Sony Interactive Entertainment.

"PlayStation", "PS2" and "PS5" are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment. Game names belong to their owners.

Please use your own BIOS and your own games.

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What is this?PS5SX2 is a native port of PCSX2, the PS2 emulator, that runs directly on a jailbroken PS5. It plays PS2 games upscaled up to 6x resolution on a 4K TV using a modified Vulkan driver for the PS5's GPU.
Is this a PS5 homebrew app, or does it stream from a PC?It's a native homebrew app that runs entirely on the PS5 itself: PCSX2's recompilers execute on the PS5's own CPU and its renderer draws through a custom PS5 GPU driver, not a PC-streamed emulator.
How do I get it running?Put PS5SX2Helper.elf and PS5SX2Installer.elf in your autoload so they always pull the latest build from GitHub, drop your PS2 BIOS in /data/PCSX2/bios and your game backups in /data/PCSX2/games, then launch the app.
What do I need before I can use this?A jailbroken PS5 (built on firmware 11.40, tested on 6.02-12.70), the PS5SX2 Helper payload loaded with kstuff, ShadowMountPlus to mount the app on the home screen, your own dumped PS2 BIOS, and your own legally made game backups.
Any known issues I should expect?It's an early-stage passion project with rough edges by the author's own admission; USB keyboard and mouse input doesn't work yet on firmware 11.x and 12.00, and a few GPU-readback-heavy games need manual tuning.
How do I change settings while I'm playing a game?The shelf and in-game HUD show a QR code; scanning it or typing the shown IP into any phone browser on the same network opens a live settings page, and most changes apply instantly without pausing the game.
Can I play PS2 games online?Yes, PCSX2's emulated network adapter runs through the PS5's own internet connection for every game, and testers have even played SOCOM II online on PS Rewired's revival servers.
Does it support RetroAchievements?Yes, you can sign in on the shelf and earn softcore RetroAchievements as you play, complete with PS5-trophy-style unlock popups and sound.
Can multiple people play together?Up to 4 players can join via a multitap, with other PS5 users already logged in on the console playing on their own controllers.
What are similar projects?ProsperoEden, ShadowOfTheColossus-PC, ReSkate, Ridge-Racer-Collection, bbhost, widemelon, RingOut, bloodborne_pc
Which topics is it in?4k, vulkan-api, console, multiplayer, jailbreak, emulation, qr-code, retrogaming, modding, emulator, game, homebrew
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