times like these I wish I didn't live paycheck to paycheck
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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If it makes you feel any better compatibility is probably pretty mixed. Last I checked the PS2 memcard slot doesn't have enough bandwidth to load all games reliably.
Makes me wonder if it's faster than the USB 1.1 ports on the PS2. I used to load PS2 games from a USB drive but 1.1 speeds meant that some games had stuttering FMVs and some with texture/geometry streaming were more susceptible to pop-in.
I can't imagine it'd be much better via memory card though, considering it was only ever intended for small savegames and for loading firmware updates (which is also what this memory card or rather FreeMcBoot exploits).
It is faster then the USB ports. I think fast enough for fmv too
That's cool and all, but you can probably run your entire PS2 library from stuff you already own.
Some people like to play on original hardware but I guess this still being emulation makes that a little cloudy. I certainly couldn't justify it. I own a computer and wireless controller, so as you said.
Kinda difficult to put all of your game discs into the PS2
Although seeing a CD carousel for it would be pretty neat.
You can install a hard drive and burn your games to it.
I've got a hard drive that'll make you burn
Not if I give ya the cold shoulder.
I have my ps2 games on my Nas and set up a share that Open Ps2 Loader could access, except the games that don't work like that which i have on an internal ssd, this sounds like a much easier solution I could have done instead of needing to get an oem network adapter, a hard drive, a sata adapter board, a d all the configuration and freemcboot... sounds like this would replace all that... if I wasn't already set up I would have gone this route.
Woah woah slow down, this sounds like more fun. What is your setup?
what do you mean my setup? I have a fat PS2 with an OG network adapter that I removed the IDE board from and replaced with a SATA board and attached a SSD to it. Network cable runs from the network adapter to the wall, I have lots of magic behind the wall, and then it comes out at the NAS where I have a share where all the games are digitally backed up while the discs store dust in a box in my closet. Only game I currently run off the SSD since it won't work over the NAS is FF10-2, and really the only reason I even ripped it was because that's how I felt when the game came out...
I mean that. I thought open loader 2 was some streaming platform or something.
Nope homebrew ps2 app to load games from hdd, usb, or ethernet
If you have a relatively powerful computer or phone, and your library only contains games from the console's top 100 or so, you're probably right.
From my experience using mem2sio to run games from an SD card is that the memory card slot causes issues with certain games causing issues from lagging cutscenes, long load times, and freezes. Are those fixed in this version or is it similar as far as compatibility goes?
Yeah, I saw this AFTER I installed the IDE Resurrector in my slim. JFC. So much soldering. So much troubleshooting.
What if I wanted to use a cheaper memory card?