PS5 [PS2 on PS5 / PS4] RetroArch PS2 (via Mast1c0re hack) - Includes 10 Libretro Retro Core's playable

Update v1.1 - Add support / instructions for 4 additional libretro core's: Handy (Atari Lynx) / Atari800 (Atari) / Mednafen_Wswam (Wonderswam) / Prboom (Doom + mods)
.As the Mast1c0re hack matures, we are seeing some PS2 homebrew appear for the Hack that is progressing on both the PlayStation 5 (PS5) (6.50 firmware) and also the PlayStation 4 (PS4) (10.01+ firmware), the Mast1c0re hack is an exploit within ps2 emulation on both the PS4 and PS5 that has remained unpatched at the time of writing . The hack is very useful on the PS5 and also PS4's that have not been Jailbroken as you can run Ps2 homebrew through the PS2 Emulator, giving you the ability to run some homebrew and in this case Retro Emulation. While these are not the true PS4 or PS5 ports for those console's its the RetroArch-PS2 version, but is still very useful for various Retro Emulation, the hack does also provide support for your PS2 backup collection as well,

Since, the hack has been progressing, scene developer Markus95 has recently released instructions and files for playing various emulators (libretro cores)via the RetroArch (PS2) port on the PS5 / PS4 through the Mast1c0re hack, Now in v1.1 the developer has now added support for 10 of libretro core's (emulators). .

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  • (Google Translated)
    We continue on its momentum, as promised in the news on Beats of Rage for PS5, I announced you preparing other "things" to come...

    Here they are at their destination ^^, a pack of functional emulators on PS4 9.00+ and PS5 6.50 thanks to the Mast1c0re hack once again.

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    This emulator pack includes several CORES of Retroarch, which are:
    - Picodrive (Megadrive)
    - SMSPlus (Master System and Game Gear)
    - SNES9x2002 (Super Nintendo)
    - QuickNES (Nintendo Nes)
    - Gambatte (Game Boy and Game Boy Color)
    - Race (Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color)​
    Update v1.1
    • Handy (Atari Lynx)
    • Atari800 (Atari)
    • Mednafen_Wswam (Wonderswam)
    • Prboom (Doom + mods)

    You can therefore launch your roms on your console, as usual the emus are "delivered" without roms, you will have to add them yourself in the roms folder present in the .iso.


  • (Google Translated)

    To do this you must extract all the files and folders from the .iso in CDgen V3, then add your roms in the ROMS folder and to finish always with CDgen create an .iso.

    Small precision, some emulators include 2 more folders: CORES and INFO you will then have to configure the paths in retroarch to these 2 folders.

    This is very important without this redirection the emulator will display an error and return to the Menu of your consoles.

    The exact manipulation is in the video below:

    You will therefore find in this pack 5 isos, one iso per emulator, it would have been possible to group all the emulators into a single iso but, given the loading time of the isos by Mast1c0re I let you imagine the time it would have taken to load more than +2 or 3 go of roms (yes yes we know that put all the fullsets ^^)



Download Retroarch_PS2 (Ps2 on Ps5) v1.0

Source :Logic-Sunrise (update v1.1)
 
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Link dead, anyone grab it before?

@Markus95 appears to have killed the link, as he updated to v1.1

Some additional Core's were added:
- Picodrive (Megadrive)
- SMSPlus (Master System et Game Gear)
- SNES9x2002 (Super Nintendo)
- QuickNES (Nintendo Nes)
- Gambatte (Game Boy et Game Boy Color)
- Race (Neo Geo Pocket et Neo Geo Pocket Color)
- Handy (Atari Lynx)
- Atari800 (Atari)
- Mednafen_Wswam (Wonderswam)
- Prboom (Doom + mods)


Source
: Logic-Sunrise

Download v1.1
 
Not gonna lie I am digging playing NHL Hitz 2002 on my PS5. One of my favorite games and it looks quite nice with the processing of the PS5.
I know I took my ps5 offline when I heard about this ps2 game exploit, but I never bought the game I was supposed to, to run the exploit. Did I miss the boat on that? I think i'm right at 6.50
 
I know I took my ps5 offline when I heard about this ps2 game exploit, but I never bought the game I was supposed to, to run the exploit. Did I miss the boat on that? I think i'm right at 6.50

You can still buy it off the store for $10 USD. It is free for Premium tier PS+ subscribers. You can buy it VIA the mobile app & PS4/PS5 systems as well.
 
You can still buy it off the store for $10 USD. It is free for Premium tier PS+ subscribers. You can buy it VIA the mobile app & PS4/PS5 systems as well.

Do you still keep your PS5 connected to PSN? I keep my system up to date and always connected.
I'm interested in trying this as my son and I have been playing a ton of PS2 2d fighting games on PS3 lately.
 
I know I took my ps5 offline when I heard about this ps2 game exploit, but I never bought the game I was supposed to, to run the exploit. Did I miss the boat on that? I think i'm right at 6.50
Im sitting on Beta 2.0 (SSD expension update) since ...quite sometime now.

Did i missed the boat ?
 
The exploit game is also available in PAL region ? I saw the savegame is for the NTSC version . And does it even work on latest fw , 11.02 at this moment ?
 
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