Free Software PS2 Emulator PCSX2 Hits 1.0

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PCSX2 is a free PS2 emulator for the PC that has been in development since the year 2000 (http://pcsx2.net/developer-blog/90-the-history-of-pcsx2.html) and managed to reach version 1.0 last week. As an emulator it's an impressive piece of work, boasting compatibility with over 73 percent of games (http://www.geek.com/articles/games/playstation-2-emulator-pcsx2-reaches-v1-0-plays-games-in-1080p-2012086/), which is some 1,697 titles. It can offer up graphics beyond what the original hardware was capable of, achieving resolutions up to 4096 x 4096 with anti-aliasing and texture filtering. You can save games, record video as you play, use a range of controllers, and even adjust game speed if you so wish. Of course, you'll need a fast machine to run PS2 games at a decent speed, but the spec is still reasonable. It's recommended you have at least a Core 2 Duo running at 3.2GHz, or a Core i5 at 2.66GHz+. As for graphics cards, a GeForce 9600GT or Radeon HD 4750 is desirable."Grab it while it's hot (http://pcsx2.net/download.html) (official binaries and source). Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be packaged for any GNU/Linux distros (Debian has packages of the predecessor to PCSX2, PCSX: Reloaded (http://pcsxr.codeplex.com/) which, naturally, emulated the Playstation).

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