My main interest is the preservation of media history. To that end, I am looking for a good source of PS2 files so that I can catalog and archive them into a dedicated USB HDD. Then I’ll store the drive in the random nuclear fallout shelter the house I bought came with until the day the world needs a copy of ‘Little Britain: The Video Game’.
Seriously, any suggestions for collections sources would be appreciated.
To clarify, it’s generally ok to post a link to a landing page of another site that contains download links. We just don’t want any direct download links on here, for obvious reasons.
For preservation, go with a redump pack. They aim to make a collection of “perfect checksums” of every game. Badically, multiple people will rip the same game and they post a “hash” of their file and the perfect rip is the one that matches each other. They do not share the actual files, but you can get the a pack from archive.org of iso files that match the hash database of redump. This should give you the best collection.
No one mentioned cdromance, so I’ll do that. Pretty much the only source I use besides Vimm’s Lair. Also, when you can, prefer US versions over EU, as the former run at 60FPS while usually EU PAL are locked at 50FPS, if I’m not mistaken.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Roms/comments/ggfjrk/more_than_2000_of_play_station_2_pack_games_in_1/
USA releases
Torrent still works to this day
Internet archive
https://vimm.net/vault/PS2
Very complete. Not sure if it is 100%.
This site is so good. Was going to post it if it wasn’t already. Def my go to rom/iso site
Please use https://www.base64encode.org/ This breaks rule 3
To clarify, it’s generally ok to post a link to a landing page of another site that contains download links. We just don’t want any direct download links on here, for obvious reasons.
Perhaps you are right. I will keep that in mind next time
Take a look here (base64): aHR0cHM6Ly9yLXJvbXMuZ2l0aHViLmlvL21lZ2F0aHJlYWQvc29ueS8jc29ueS1wbGF5c3RhdGlvbi0y
PS2 section, but there are links to almost every older system (including PS3)
On ed2k/kad network you have some!
Holy crap, I remember that. It still exists? 🤯
Yes, and It works like a charm when you find what you are looking for
I like Squid-Proxy. They have a large PS1/2/3 collection.
For preservation, go with a redump pack. They aim to make a collection of “perfect checksums” of every game. Badically, multiple people will rip the same game and they post a “hash” of their file and the perfect rip is the one that matches each other. They do not share the actual files, but you can get the a pack from archive.org of iso files that match the hash database of redump. This should give you the best collection.
I use CDRomance because they used to have ISOs / ROMs that’s already patched with fan translation / hacks / undubs
If you want more vanilla ISOs, maybe try Vimm’s Lair
No one mentioned cdromance, so I’ll do that. Pretty much the only source I use besides Vimm’s Lair. Also, when you can, prefer US versions over EU, as the former run at 60FPS while usually EU PAL are locked at 50FPS, if I’m not mistaken.
CDR is an amazing source
Internet archive has all of them (EU,US&JP) in alphabetical libraries. Also has bios files
Take a look here: https://r-roms.github.io/megathread/sony/#sony-playstation-2
i came here to link the same,and since its not a specific site it doesnt break rule 3!
https://vimm.net and https://myrient.erista.me are my go to sites for ROMs! Especially myrient since you can use FTP to download files. https://archive.org works too, though downloads are quite slow for me
For BIOS files, you can find them on the emulation wiki: https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/
Using a multipart downloader (like internet download manager) for archive.org downloads saturate my bandwidth (though its only 60ish mbps)