r/ps2homebrew • u/Toothless_NEO • Jul 08 '25
Okay I kind of didn't want to make this post but I think that it's necessary because a lot of people seem to not understand.
So if you read our rules you know that we have rules prohibiting sharing of or asking for links to copyrighted content such as game rips. This is exclusively and solely for liability reasons to prevent the subreddit from being banned. That's all there is to it. The thing is I've noticed a lot of people reporting comments here of people who admit to pirating games. This is an incorrect and bad faith use of the reporting system. As it is not prohibited here to admit to pirating games or even to endorse it favorably. The only thing you're not allowed to do is directly share links or ask for them directly. And besides if you really want that go to r/ROMs.
That's where our rule against elitism and shunning of piracy comes in. This community is a retro gaming enthusiast community. One of the things that we support with a passion is game preservation. Physical media does not last forever, especially optical media which is very susceptible to bit rot and degradation. So backing up and saving your games in less volatile formats is very important. Additionally many of these physical games are getting harder to find and it just might not be practical for people to buy those discs just to rip them, it may not even be possible for people to purchase copies that actually work. I've noticed that a lot of people who break this rule are either collectors, who value the perceived scarcity of games. To those people go fuck yourselves, we do not and will not ever support that mentality. It's literally the same techboro mentality around The NFT craze. Then there's the other people who are upset that it's illegal and claim that it's wrong or immoral because it's illegal. I find this one funny and also concerning because do you want to know what else is illegal? Homebrew. In Japan it is illegal to Homebrew your systems. Do you know what else is illegal? Freedom of speech and freedom of opinions, in many countries around the world it's outright illegal to have thoughts and opinions that contradict the government or the norm. Does that mean that any of these things are morally wrong? No it absolutely doesn't.
Frankly if you're reading this and you're getting upset because you think that we're hurting your ability to collect rare games and have perceived rarity, or if you believe that laws are sacred and should never be forsaken, you can absolutely go fuck yourself.
This is the main reason why we have rules against creating drama, the people who are guilty of the above would otherwise start fights and complain consistently because people "openly admit to piracy". A lot of people find it weird that drama posts have been allowed or let slip by and the primary reason is that they weren't this. Which is the primary reason why that rule was created. Of course drama posts do clog up the sub and therefore aren't great so they will be removed if they are too numerous or they don't address a new problem in the community.
So in conclusion, this community doesn't allow links because they can be problematic and get the subreddit banned. But we do not have any hostility towards people who download rips of games. We are pro preservation.
I sincerely hope that this post will put an end to people's comments being reported simply because they stated that they downloaded their games. And I hope that people will think twice before they spout such blatantly anti-preservation rhetoric in a pro-preservation retro gaming Community.
Finally as a bonus, if you are creating support posts asking for help with game loaders like OPL, or hard drive setup or USB setup. You should absolutely not lie about where you got your games. That doesn't mean paste a direct link to the download, it just means if you downloaded your games don't lie and say that you ripped them from disc. I think this should go without saying but it's important to actually disclose that because it's a factor that can help determine what your problems are and why. So when asking for help please be honest. If you downloaded your games and didn't rip them from a disc, that's fine we don't care. As long as you're not sharing them directly here it's fine.
r/ps2homebrew • u/basementprod456 • 7h ago
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also working on two player local cause its a good game to play with friends
DOWNLOADS:
ELF FILE:
https://limewire.com/d/9LBmG#M5jwPEeGXs
ISO FILE:
https://limewire.com/d/LjzSq#aqz7Q27RlI
r/ps2homebrew • u/givemeupvotes-_- • 9h ago
Thought I'd share here. There's a PS2 port of Fallout 1. It does use AI but it runs pretty well so far.
r/ps2homebrew • u/Practical-Bee-8573 • 13h ago
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Gente el juego va quedando el port de golden eye 007 para ps2, queda corregir un parde problemas pero va quedando...
COMPARTAN PARA QUE VALLA A MAS GENTE: https://x.com/DREAMFX10
r/ps2homebrew • u/PepeCAPARDO2132 • 9h ago
buenas tardes cuando quize crear un segundo acceso directo de Freemcboot me aparecio un acceso directo que nunca vi en mi vida en la play 2 llamado ESR y cuando vi por adentro las particiones habia todo esto que dejo en foto ahora que pasa si saco estas particiones de ese acceso directo me pueden decir el que sabe
r/ps2homebrew • u/Lonewolf7128 • 18h ago
I purchased this ps2 off of fb marketplace. However some of the games on the usb drive will not load and just give me a white screen. Im new to all of this and out of my element. I assume the files are corrupted. How would i go about deleting games from the usb drive and downloading new games on it? I can try to give more info if needed.
r/ps2homebrew • u/Educational_One8102 • 1d ago
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r/ps2homebrew • u/Nokia-Lumia-630 • 14h ago
I have bought a third party FMCB card, it shows the logo and it goes black, LauncherELF works and its assets and the card is recognized normally. I've tried updating, downgrading it with no success. Does anyone have a solution?
r/ps2homebrew • u/Informaldehyde__xd • 11h ago
Way of the Samurai is an absolute masterclass in how to do a short game right. A single playthrough wraps up in just a couple of hours, but the insane amount of branching paths packed into that small runtime is mind-blowing. Every single choice, dialogue option, or unexpected clash completely alters how the whole narrative unfolds.
The combat itself is so satisfying really, and requires actual focus instead of mindless button-mashing. Collecting different Weapons, and mastering various movesets, and timing your parries or positioning just right gives every single duel a different aesthetics. you get hooked from the very first sword clash to the end.
It remains such a wonderfully quirky, beloved hidden gem, or I say it's a Cult Classic. Because the scale is so tight and focused, the incredible replayability means you'll constantly want to jump right back in to try completely different choices and uncover every possible outcomes.
Drop your thoughts......
And Thanks.
r/ps2homebrew • u/unkn0w311 • 16h ago
I picked the wrong region and so im wondering how to reverse it
My fmcb doesn't work with it
r/ps2homebrew • u/murderdronss • 17h ago
But then I was playing a game today and powered the console off, and now it sometimes skips the freemcboot logo or it takes ages to load in and then it dosent let me open any things like opl or anything except the main PS2 menu and freemcboot config, does anyone know why this is? after waiting a little while it finally goes away from a black screen but loads right into the memory card booter 😿
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r/ps2homebrew • u/Ard6559 • 1d ago
Everytime i load OPL exploit and get to this screen i can move or do anything but getting into the menu, thats the only working control and no usb settings appear
r/ps2homebrew • u/Individual_Leader658 • 1d ago
Crossposting here, hope that's okay.
r/ps2homebrew • u/FSMellon • 1d ago
Largely due to using Linux almost exclusively, I moved toward using exFAT for OPL using the current "latest" release, 1.2.0-Beta-2271. This was very inviting largely because it meant being able to actually prod around the HDD and manage it on a computer and no longer having a 4GB size limit necessitating splitting games up. However in testing just a few games I'm noticing its crashing in various games - Ratchet & Clank in its opening cutscene, for instance - in ways Fat32 never did.
Are there compatibility tweaks and settings I'm missing to be applied on a per-game basis? Is that one OPL fork preferred for exFAT compatibility over the official one's current beta release? I'm unsure how things are looking with OPL development so I figure I would just ask.
r/ps2homebrew • u/Demongamer21 • 1d ago
I got myself a PSxMemCard Gen1 and I was wondering if there's a recommended micro SD card when it comes to speed and performance. I heard an A2 class card is recommended when loading ISO files on it. But, other than that what else?
r/ps2homebrew • u/Aggravating_Tap_899 • 2d ago
Un port rápido de Slendytubbies V1—hecho originalmente en Unity—para el PS2. Yo porté todo el juego; voy a pasar un link de descarga para que cualquiera que quiera pueda probarlo. Es de código abierto y todo eso.
No pensé que fuera posible hacerlo, pero aquà está :p https://github.com/LucianoDoS/slendytubbies-ps2/releases/tag/v0.1.0
r/ps2homebrew • u/Ok-Platypus2306 • 2d ago
¿Alguien a logrado hacer funcionar DMC en OPL?
Uso la versión Exfat y la verdad me da fallos en animaciones y se congela (es la primera) abro el juego otra vez y ya solo es pantalla blanca :(
r/ps2homebrew • u/igor_nobre • 2d ago
Is there another game that uses the same code—SLES_553.67—besides *Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts*? I tried playing it using my main memory card, but it froze at the save-file verification screen; when I restarted OPL, it locked up completely. I went into my memory card’s save data and deleted the old *Call of Duty* save, but OPL still kept freezing at the startup screen. It only started working again after I deleted the OPL configuration files and replaced them with a fresh set from another OPL installation. I tested this several times to figure out what was happening. When I tried launching the game using a different memory card, it worked perfectly. It seems like there’s a conflict with the save files on my primary memory card—I suspect either another game is using the same code, or the save file itself has become corrupted. The strange part is that OPL freezes every single time I try to launch this game (specifically when using the memory card I play with most often). Do you have any idea what might be causing this?
r/ps2homebrew • u/Knarrenheinz1987 • 2d ago
I have a few questions:
I have ulaunchelf ver4.42d I’ve heard that’s it’s very old and I’ve seen that it’s now called wLaunchElf but on the GitHub page I only see the source and not the .elf file
How can I exit the ulaunchelf, I press select and returns me to a menu that has: file manager, about and configure, I have no idea how to exit and I’ve pressed all the buttons
Is there a way to change the X and O around so that I don’t have to press O to confirm and X to cancel? I know it’s skill issue but it drives me crazy
I also got OPL v1.1.0 are there some tips to know? I’ve heard that’s WinHIIP is used to load the games on a disk but I should format the ssd using OPL because it can be buggy.
Any other cool elf files that I should know about? I don’t need any fancy thing, I don’t have any network adapter I got an aftermarket sata expansion port and I only want to play games and have the save files on the ssd I’ve heard OPL can do that, I’ve only found PS2Ident that didn’t work (it send me back to browser), PS2 Temps that I couldn’t exit it and it was in a very bad resolution and power off which I use
r/ps2homebrew • u/lil_asad_vert • 3d ago
I was trying to mess with GSM in order to allow for me to play games I have on disc at 480p (not 480i) and found out that my disc drive doesn't read discs when I have my MMCE in my PS2. Unplugging it fixes this issue, but is there a fix for this? Here is the exact error I get:
I literally can't find this error anywhere online. I have an SCPH-90006 and I believe my OSDMenu is on v1.2.0 (OSDMenuCFG is v1.2.0, I don't recall how to check my OSDMenu version so if anyone could inform me I can update my post with that). If anyone has similar issues/knows how to fix this issue please lmk!!
EDIT: I am on version 1.3.0 of OSDMenu
