News Iris 0.15 alpha - PlayStation 2 Emulator

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GitHub - allkern/iris: Experimental PlayStation 2 emulator

Experimental PlayStation 2 emulator. Contribute to allkern/iris development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Release Iris 0.15-alpha · allkern/iris

Long time no see! A lot has happened since the last release, I've mostly been working on improving overall compatibility, which means 0.15 is our highest compatibility release yet. A lot of compone...

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Release Notes:

"Long time no see! A lot has happened since the last release, I've mostly been working on improving overall compatibility, which means 0.15 is our highest compatibility release yet. A lot of components have been improved and fixed, SPU IRQs, VU pipelines, VIF IRQs and more. I'm really happy with how development has been going so I decided it was time for a new release. I'll just let the screenshots speak for themselves!


Non-exhaustive list of games that saw major improvements:

• Black
• Burnout series (Point of Impact, Takedown, Dominator, Revenge, etc.)
• Crash Bandicoot - The Wrath of Cortex
• Crash Tag Team Racing
• Crazy Taxi
• Gran Turismo 3/4
• Devil May Cry
• Final Fantasy series (X, X-2, XII)
• Grand Theft Auto series (San Andreas, LCS, VCS)
• Ibara
• Kingdom Hearts series (1/2)
• LEGO Star Wars series
• Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater
• Mortal Kombat series (Shaolin Monks, Armageddon, etc.)
• Mushihimesama
• Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
• Need for Speed series (Most Wanted, ProStreet, Underground, Carbon)
• Odin Sphere
• Pac-Man World series (2, 3)
• Rayman series (2/3, Raving Rabbids)
• Silent Hill series (SH2, Origins, Shattered Memories)
• Shining Force series (EXA, Neo)
• Sonic series (Heroes, Riders, Unleashed)
• Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
• The Simpsons - Hit & Run
• Time Crisis - Crisis Zone
• TimeSplitters series
• Tekken 4/5
• Soulcalibur 2/3
• ...and more!

From now on we will be focusing on performance, the next release will be dedicated to reworking our rendering framework and possibly implementing parallel-gs, a high performance compute-based GS renderer. This will involve reworking large parts of our rendering code, which will take some time but will eventually pay off, I hope you'll enjoy this release and as always, stay tuned for the next one! "

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

This PS2 Alternative Emulator is on a good path throughout development but in the future it is up to the near level as Play!

 

[secreto7]

This PS2 Alternative Emulator is on a good path throughout development but in the future it is up to the near level as Play!

Did you try it? I keep forgetting to try it myself

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

Did you try it? I keep forgetting to try it myself

I would try it but my PC is quite far from my house and I only have a smartphone.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I'm used to PCSX2 but I'll wait once this emu gets out of Alpha.

 

[Heinzu]

Very good new Playstation 2 emulator It was really about time that another one came along.

 

[secreto7]

@Heinzu there's also Play! (purei.org)

 

[Heinzu]

@Heinzu there's also Play! (purei.org)

Will it be updated because I haven't heard anything about it in a while?

 

[secreto7]

Will it be updated because I haven't heard anything about it in a while?

I checked here https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/
And it seems it's still worked on, but the release builds on the purei site seem old.

 

[Heinzu]

I checked here https://github.com/jpd002/Play-/
And it seems it's still worked on, but the release builds on the purei site seem old.

Ok thanks. Honestly, I forgot about this PS2 emulator.

 

[MajesticSiN]

I might check this emulator out.
Always looking forward to ps2 emulation.

 

[HextarVigar]

I don't wanna sound like a a dick, but what does yours offer that PCSX2 doesn't? Because that runs near perfectly and still gets almost daily updates.

 

[secreto7]

I don't wanna sound like a a dick, but what does yours offer that PCSX2 doesn't? Because that runs near perfectly and still gets almost daily updates.

It's not mine, I just did a post with the news about it.

Of course PCSX2 has so much to offer even if it isn't perfect.

Why would someone make another emulator?
Is what people always ask.
Not to dissuade you from using the one you like I'm sure.
Some devs just do it as a challenge or improvement of their skills, others to learn how the console works, etc.

This dev is collaborating with some devs from PCSX2.