The plugins selected by default are the most compatible ones and will usually perform better. You will be able to change language anytime from PCSX2 main menu. The emulator will automatically store all settings, memcards and any new configuration related files in your My Documents folder if you used the installer, or in the same folder where pcsx2.exe is located if you downloaded the binary version. You will need 7-Zip to decompress the files and the Visual Studio 2013 redistributable package for this version to work. Start menu entries or a desktop shortcut will not be created automatically. You will download the archive containing the Windows binaries. You can tell PSCX2 to load different configuration files for different games by creating a shortcut for pcsx2.exe with certain command line arguments. The installer will also create the following folders under the users My Documents folder (Those folders can be changed to a different location anytime you want. The following image illustrates the default installation path. The installer will contain the latest stable version of PCSX2.Īfter opening it, you will be able to select the installation options.

There are 3 versions available for download: standalone installer, Windows binaries and Orphis dev builds.

Youll find more information on how to dumpdownload the BIOS from your PS2 console later in this guide. Without them you wont be able to use the emulator at all, since PCSX2 requires these binaries to work. They are not included with PCSX2 since they are copyrighted by Sony. PCSX2 requires a copy of the PS2 BIOS, which is not available for download from the developers, due to the copyright concerns and legal issues associated with it. Like its predecessor project PCSX (a PlayStationOne emulator), it is based on a PSEmu Pro spec plug-in architecture, separating several functions from the core emulator.

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