Iirc, the first models of the PS3 had basically most of the drives of the PS2 and PS1 inside it. Making it the best Consoles to emulate PS2, since it was running on basically original hardware.
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Playstation 1 was always emulated, it has good compatibility but is forced to at least 480p so it’s kind of ugly, soft. The PS2 was not emulated, full hardware in the A01 and B01, C01/D01/E01 have the GPU emulated by software. Neither has perfect compatibility, and since original PS3s are trying to catch fire all the time it’s less practical than just owning a PS2.
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Yeah, the retro shop near downtown here is loaded with ps2s last I checked, easy if you have some cash and with FreeDVDBoot and some DVD-Rs (and a couple extra, in case the PS2 doesn’t like the burn or it degrades over time) you can play anything PS2 (Like Gitaroo Man. Play Gitaroo Man. I love rhythm games lmao). I would never be satisfied with emulation (except in rare instances where the TV is already in use) tbh, and the soft PS1 picture would be a dealbreaker for me, so we have a PSX, PS2 slim, and two PS3s (we each had one) lol
Aside, thoughts on dithering on the PSX? I like preserving the dithering, I have a SCART cable plugged into mine. When Partner was playing Silent Hill 2 I fucking was over the moon, loved the way it looked, but I know this is a very divisive topic, and I bet the devs themselves were not intending for the dithering to be seen. (I struggle with Genesis games since there’s no alpha blending as far as I can tell, but I really like the sharp pixels, so waterfalls in like Ristar or Sonic games are cool to behold, technically, but don’t really have the illusion correctly lol)
I find that, for PS1, S-Video on a CRT is sharp enough for my tastes but not so sharp that it starts looking unnatural. Genesis/MD I definitely go composite. Saturn I go back and forth.
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They used to be super common at the thrift near me, still show up occasionally. Also SMH SMH, of COURSE I have rewritable DVDs 😤 I made both of my FreeMcBoot cards with my own FreeDVDBoot disc. Rhythm games, yeah I wouldn’t emulate Project Diva on PSP for example… I would have a real PS1 but there isn’t an easy way to load backups. I have an MX4SIO for each PS2 I own lol
Scart cable ps1 north american scart… Uh to me I kind of have two approaches to Buttstation games, one is ALL ORIGINAL NO ENHANCEMENTS which I usually use when playing games via Wiistation on a CRT at true 240p. Otherwise I’m not against enhancements, like wobble correction and high res can be cool, I’m not super fussed though. Dithering can stay, it’s fine.
I struggle with Genesis games
Okay look, right you could buy an S-video cable when the mega drive was new, so even back then not everyone was seeing the alpha blended " transparencies". If the devs’ genuine intent was that RF or composite was the best video you’d see them with, those devs are fools, S-video was right there. I have a real model 2 Genesis hooked up via composite downstairs with copies of the Sonic games, too. I just think it’s silly, like “yeah for the full experience pls use the video cable that makes it look like a scruffy video tape”. For that I’d rather use a blaarg filter.
