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MMCE Protocol Lets You Load PS2 Games Directly Off Its Memory Card (retrohandhelds.gg)
submitted 3 weeks ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The read speeds won't be good enough for most games though.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah but it's about the only thing you can do if you have a PS2 slim. There's the USB port, but that's even slower.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

You can run games directly over Ethernet, which I believe can run at close to full speed. Some people have made dedicated little server devices for this out of cheap single-board computers like a Raspberry Pi; I think one guy may even have been selling a finished product like this for a while.

And to be really picky, the first version of the slim actually has IDE HDD support onboard like the original network adapter, just no physical connector (you have to solder one on yourself).

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not true, I have a slim, and you can get games on it using ethernet as well (which is awesome btw)