Kingdom Hearts won't run on nethersx2

[smokeyviolet]

I hate asking for help for stuff like this because I know it's probably because I'm inexperienced but I can't find anyone else with this same issue and reddit was no help. Whenever I try to play kh on my Chromebook it crashes right after I start it. It's not that the game is too big because I have much bigger ps2 games on my Chromebook with zero issues (plus kh works fine on my phone). I tried changing the bios and changing the GPU renderer but no dice. Anyone else have this issue? Or know what's wrong?

 

[Morgana Veil]

Honestly try PCSX2. It runs fine on it, though I have no idea if they have it for Chromebooks.

 

[Rocket2049]

yeah i never heard of nethersx2, pcsx2 works amazing for everything i throw at it

 

[Deleted member 797290]

I only know the PCSX2 it runs well on the PC everything else is usually totally buggy or runs with glitches.

 

[Deleted member 132407]

I hate asking for help for stuff like this because I know it's probably because I'm inexperienced but I can't find anyone else with this same issue and reddit was no help. Whenever I try to play kh on my Chromebook it crashes right after I start it. It's not that the game is too big because I have much bigger ps2 games on my Chromebook with zero issues (plus kh works fine on my phone). I tried changing the bios and changing the GPU renderer but no dice. Anyone else have this issue? Or know what's wrong?

Are you using pcsx2 nightly builds? It works perfectly fine playing Kingdom Hearts. Do you have system logs after the program crash?

 

[Dyne]

only use netherSX2 if you're on Android.
If you're on windows use PCSX2 as others have said.

 

[Morgana Veil]

I hate asking for help for stuff like this because I know it's probably because I'm inexperienced but I can't find anyone else with this same issue and reddit was no help. Whenever I try to play kh on my Chromebook it crashes right after I start it. It's not that the game is too big because I have much bigger ps2 games on my Chromebook with zero issues (plus kh works fine on my phone). I tried changing the bios and changing the GPU renderer but no dice. Anyone else have this issue? Or know what's wrong?

Try AetherSX2, it's a fork of PCSX2. May work better for it. I don't know. Don't emulate on a Chromebook. And most of the user base here uses the PCSX2 emulator

 

[Deleted member 132407]

I know you can use RetroArch on Chromebooks install via Flatpak

RetroArch

RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all.

www.retroarch.com

Sony - PlayStation (LRPS2) - Libretro Docs

This is the official RetroArch documentation for users and developers. Information from sources outside of this website may be dated or incorrect.

docs.libretro.com

 

[Morgana Veil]

@thecrow2313
See I didn't know that as I don't use RetroArch. I find it overly convoluted and a real pain in the ass to get working the way I want.

 

[Deleted member 132407]

@thecrow2313
See I didn't know that as I don't use RetroArch. I find it overly convoluted and a real pain in the ass to get working the way I want.

I know exactly what you mean, since it can be a pain in the ass to get the emulator core, setup bios, it takes patience. But I'm used to stand-alone emulators since its a lot easier to setup.

 

[Morgana Veil]

I know exactly what you mean, since it can be a pain in the ass to get the emulator core, setup bios, it takes patience. But I'm used to stand-alone emulators since its a lot easier to setup.

Right got ya. I use Batocera on an external drive, so it's not as much of a hassle.
Aside from getting the BIOS files you need if you're lacking them I mean.

 

[smokeyviolet]

Thank you for all the suggestions, I'll try to download pcsx2 and if that doesn't work I'll see if redownloading nethersx2 does

 

[Morgana Veil]

Thank you for all the suggestions, I'll try to download pcsx2 and if that doesn't work I'll see if redownloading nethersx2 does

Good luck and Hope it works. I was going to suggest that if you had a spare external SSD, you could install Batocera on it. But since you are using the aforementioned Chromebook, you would have to essentially jailbreak it so it would boot from the drive, as Batocera is an operating system in itself, like RetroArch without the suck

 

[smokeyviolet]

All I have is a chromebook (I have a very old laptop that would probably catch on fire if I tried to run ps2 games on it). Pcsx2 works but it crashes whenever I try to add a file directory for my games. I'm still trying to figure out the issue

 

[Morgana Veil]

All I have is a chromebook (I have a very old laptop that would probably catch on fire if I tried to run ps2 games on it). Pcsx2 works but it crashes whenever I try to add a file directory for my games. I'm still trying to figure out the issue

Well, if the old laptop isn't housing any important files on it and you can do whatever you like freely to it, maybe toss Linux on it and try emulating PS2 on that.
Linux runs PS2 games pretty damn well, even on lower-spec hardware.
Obviously, I don't know the specs, so I'm assuming it will run it fine.

 

[smokeyviolet]

Well, if the old laptop isn't housing any important files on it and you can do whatever you like freely to it, maybe toss Linux on it and try emulating PS2 on that.
Linux runs PS2 games pretty damn well, even on lower-spec hardware.
Obviously, I don't know the specs, so I'm assuming it will run it fine.

If I could I would but it can barely run google docs without crashing, I don't think it would be able to run a ps2 game

 

[Morgana Veil]

If I could I would but it can barely run google docs without crashing, I don't think it would be able to run a ps2 game

Care to toss the specs up? i can tell you one way or another
it maybe the OS is borked

Post automatically merged: Jul 7, 2025

*Edit* i have a laptop here running a Pentium T4300, with 2 GB of ddr2 running linux and a ps1 emulator at full speed. so yours might be fine

 

[smokeyviolet]

Care to toss the specs up? i can tell you one way or another
it maybe the OS is borked

Post automatically merged: Jul 7, 2025

*Edit* i have a laptop here running a Pentium T4300, with 2 GB of ddr2 running linux and a ps1 emulator at full speed. so yours might be fine

I don't know what it is exactly but it's an HP laptop. There's not much hope in it, it's probably almost 10 years old at this point

 

[Morgana Veil]

I don't know what it is exactly but it's an HP laptop. There's not much hope in it, it's probably almost 10 years old at this point

"The Dell Inspiron 1440 was released in March 2009"
That's what I'm running Linux and a PS1 on (solely to see if I could)
Just the brand and model number would be fine (like the Dell I spoke of, Dell Inspiron 1440)

 

[Roy U. OmOm]

You can't go above PS1 with that antique.

 

[Morgana Veil]

You can't go above PS1 with that antique.

Yes, I know that but I was just using it as an example that maybe the laptop they have could run PS2 emulation, but i need the model of it at least to Google the specs.

 

[Morgana Veil]

Wait. Since when is the "voting" a thing?

This is a help/solution thread, so whatever the fix is will be voted as the solution.
so if in the future, if someone has the same problem, the fix will be highlighted.

 

[jarrett.deathrage]

Was there ever a solution to this? I just downloaded Batocera to a GMTek G10 mini pc. Roms and emulators work great however when I select new game in kingdom hearts the screen just doesn’t load. Using Pcsx2. Tried to redownload the iso file thinking it was a corrupted file… that wasn’t the case.