PS2 Emulator for M1 Mac PCSX2 Setup Guide | Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Persona 4, God of War II

This is one of my most requested topics which is emulating PS2 games on the M1 Mac. Unfortunately the last official macOS port of the emulator PCSX2 was released in 2012. Thankfully the developer tellowkrinle has stepped in to provide a very well coded PCSX2 that works great on the M1 Mac.

In this video I test out various games including Final Fantasy X, Shadow of the Colossus, Persona 4, Tekken 5, Odin Sphere, Kingdom Hearts II and God of War II. Some games work better than others. If you see any ways I can increase performance please let me know in the comments.

Main AppleGamingWiki article: https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/PlayStation_2
tellowkrinkle PCSX2 macOS 1.7: https://github.com/tellowkrinkle/pcsx2
tellowkrinkle forum thread: https://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Native-Mac-Testing-Build
Playing thes PS2 games wirelessly using my Xbox One controller: https://geni.us/xboxonecontrollerwhite

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► Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:37 PCSX2 release history
01:09 Installing PCSX2 macOS tellowkrinkle
01:58 Launching PCSX2
02:32 PS2 BIOS (folder method)
03:20 PS2 BIOS (Application Support method)
03:58 How to download PS2 ISO games
04:32 How to start/launch PS2 ISO games
05:20 Controller setup and support
06:04 Graphics settings
06:33 Test: Final Fantasy X
06:45 Test: Shadow of the Colossus
07:23 Test: Persona 4
07:37 Test: Tekken 5
07:50 Test: Odin Sphere
08:04 Test: Kingdom Hearts II
08:15 Test: God of War II
08:29 CrossOver PCSX 1.4.0 method
08:48 Parallels PCSX 1.6.0 method
09:17 tellowkrinkle forum thread and conclusion

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