PS2 ISOs and PCSX2

[Wayne100]

Hi all, just looking at setting up PCSX2 in LauchBox, was just wondering if there is any difference between USA and Europe ISO versions of the game, with regards to compatibility. I know that some emulators seem to run better with certain regions.

Also, I have noticed that PS2 USA ISOs seem to be a lot smaller then Europe ISOs, just wondered why?

As usual, any help much appreciated!

[spectral]

There is no compatibility issue. However when you can use the US version. PS2 was an SD console and as such still used the old TV standards (NTSC in the US/Jap and PAL in the EU). PAL runs at 50hz so EU games are actually slower than the US version. The same holds true for pretty much any console older than the Xbox 360.

The reason EU ISO's are bigger is usually down to them having the audio for more languages included.

Edited February 22, 2018 by spectral

[Wayne100]

Thanks for the reply, makes sense.  

[Junky B]

28 minutes ago, spectral said:

There is no compatibility issue. However when you can use the US version. PS2 was an SD console and as such still used the old TV standards (NTSC in the US/Jap and PAL in the EU). PAL runs at 50hz so EU games are actually slower than the US version. The same holds true for pretty much any console older than the Xbox 360.

The reason EU ISO's are bigger is usually down to them having the audio for more languages included.

Hmm..  So the EU versions would be preferred for low-end hardware?

[spectral]

I'm not sure tbh, although I don't think so. The games weren't adapted to run correctly at that speed most of the time. They actually just ran slower than they were designed too. So if you ran the US version and got some slowdown, that shouldn't be any worse than what the PAL version is doing by design.

 

Edit: If you can look up footage of an EU version of FFX, Tidu's run animation looks like slow motion compared too the US version and later HD re-releases.

Edited February 23, 2018 by spectral