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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / How do you make a playstation 2 emulator

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Altedor
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Hiya Everbody!

Guess who.

I need a little bit of help i've started making a PS2 Emulator. I have made just a program the menu links don't work, like most emulators it needs to access plugins which i have, but how do you use them in dbpro and make a config wizard and make it run a dvd/cd god there so much stuff needing to be done. i just don't know how to do it!
PLEASE HELP ME..........
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Andy Igoe
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Posted: 12th Mar 2004 22:00
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Oh boy are you in for a long ride.

Do you know assembly language? If not I suggest you give up trying to write an emulator until you have learned, nay mastered, assembly language. If you do I suggest you go to a forum for assembly language programmers and ask there, although by then you should have a pretty good idea of what is involved.

The easiest way to play PS games is to use either the existing emulator, or buy a Playstation. Both solutions are a lot less work than trying to be the next Geoff Crammond.


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Posted: 12th Mar 2004 22:27
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How to make a PS2 Emulator with DBPro:

1: Go to sleep
2: Dream on
3: Wake up
4: Smell The coffee



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Mattman
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Posted: 12th Mar 2004 23:04
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Switch 3 and 4 there Darclyte
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Rob K
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Posted: 12th Mar 2004 23:11
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Hi Jack,

How exactly do you intend to emulate the PS2 system?

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Quicker and easier to buy one

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Posted: 13th Mar 2004 01:38 Edited at: 13th Mar 2004 01:57
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What emu are you using for playstation? If it allows you to launch the emu/game through a command line then your front end client will be as easy as pie to make.

BTW, emulators are for the most part illegal. BLEEM for pc and dreamcast (playstation emu) was shut down by sony via a lengthy court case. Front end's for emulators are not illegal assuming you're not using any copywritten material or registered trademarks.
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Altedor
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I plan to make a small program that uses a DVD-Drive to run the Playstation 2 Game CD's, like a playstation 2 would, the program will call several plugins, configured and chosen by the user, inculding a CDVD plugin to make the DVD Drive read the disc, a video plugin to run the graphics, sound plugin for sound, 2 controller plugins so the player can move in the game and a DV9 Plugin. The user will only be able to run games via a Playstation 2 Disc, which will have to be purchased legally. There will be no RUN ROM option ( a rom is a image file of the game, which can be stored on the hard drive and run via an emulator.)

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Don't tell anyone about it. If sony hears of it, they'll be on your arse in a millisecond

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Quote: " I plan to make a small program that uses a DVD-Drive to run the Playstation 2 Game CD's,"


That doesn't answer the question of how you plan to write the emulator. For example, how are you going to handle the machine code conversion from the "Emotion Engine" PS2 CPU to PC (x86)?

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[quote]For example, how are you going to handle the machine code conversion from the "Emotion Engine" PS2 CPU to PC (x86)?

that could be a problem but ill have to find a solution or just ask someone who already has made an emulator

thanks for pointing that out i almost forgot about the different cpu's

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Quote: ""For example, how are you going to handle the machine code conversion from the "Emotion Engine" PS2 CPU to PC (x86)?"


sorry posted it wrong.
that could be a problem but ill have to find a solution or just ask someone who already has made an emulator

thanks for pointing that out i almost forgot about the different cpu's

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Quote: "that could be a problem but ill have to find a solution or just ask someone who already has made an emulator

thanks for pointing that out i almost forgot about the different cpu's"




There are *no* fully working emulators available for the PS2 yet. PCSX2 for example, a very well known PS2 emu, can only get Final Fantasy X as far as the menu screen, and get ingame with a few others.

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i suppose it might just be a great idea to drop the whole project, since it seems a little more complicated than i expected. plus, there are the possibilites of people using it illegaly, and i getting the blame, and ending up in court with sony.
It seems this project wasn't such a great idea afterwards.

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Hi Jack,

There's nothing wrong with being enthusiastic about projects, but you should always do a little research first just to make sure that it is achievable - that way you won't be dissappointed.

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thanks rob ill take your advise, and thanks to everybody else for making me realise, that this project aint as easy as it sounds

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If you want to do make a front end for an already working emulator that has roms available (some are legal for use). Then I suggest you get the command line version of MAME and write a front end for it using DarkBASIC Professional. This would be really easy as all you're doing is using your front end to pass command line launch information to the mame.exe.

Easy as pie! You won't be breaking the law, and you'll learn something. Plus, the emulator is already written.
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PS2 emulator? Hmmm...
Better buy a real PS2, just like me, workin' as a colorist for 30 images and got a PS2 now. Actually, I haven't test it... (It's fresh from the shop in this exact minute I post)


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Quote: "PS2 emulator? Hmmm...
Better buy a real PS2, just like me, workin' as a colorist for 30 images and got a PS2 now. Actually, I haven't test it... (It's fresh from the shop in this exact minute I post)
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Am I the only person that doesn't understand what this sentence means or what it has to do with anything?
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Quote: "Am I the only person that doesn't understand what this sentence means or what it has to do with anything? "

I think it means :

I went along to the local supermarket, intent on getting some bread. But lo! I spotted a freshly made Playstation 2, amongst the whole-grain and sliced white. Being rather cheap, I decided to buy it, along with this months copy of Big Disks. As I work for a publisher (by colouring in the black and white pictures), I haven't tried using the newly acquired PS2 yet. Mind you, I dont know whether to play it or eat it.


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