Bringing classic PlayStation 2 games to Arm, the ARMSX2 project has made an initial Linux release for testing across various systems.
It’s been supported on other systems like Android, iOS and macOS for a while – with the Linux release appearing on July 6th.
From the GitHub page:
ARMSX2 is a free and open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for ARM devices, based on PCSX2, PCSX2_ARM64 for our OG versions that used x86 translation, and our own arm64jit with the new ARMSX2 refresh versions.
Its goal is to bring modern PS2 emulation to ARM platforms while staying aligned with upstream PCSX2 improvements.
ARMSX2 now supports native ARM64 JIT/recompiler work alongside legacy x86-to-ARM64 translation paths, meaning it is no longer solely dependent on x86 translation.
Development is ongoing, and the project continues to move toward deeper native ARM64 support as more of the emulator core is modernized.
ARMSX2 allows you to play PS2 games on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows devices, with a focus on ARM-based mobile and desktop hardware.
Nice to see more support for Arm devices – this could be interesting for Valve’s Steam Frame.
As more Arm systems become available, it’s nice that you won’t have to run it through extra translation layers.
I don’t currently have any Linux Arm system powerful enough to run it for testing.
Will you be trying it out?
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