Among the many applications that exist for Android, console emulators always occupy a special place. And now it adds to the list ARMSX2a new PS2 emulator for Android that stands out for being open source.
The most interesting thing is that, until now, ARMSX2 is the only open source PS2 emulator for Android still in active development.. If you want to know all the details of this launch, don’t miss this article.
Multi-platform and based on another already consolidated emulator
The project is led by two Reddit users called @MoonPower and @jpolo1224, who decided to bring a new PS2 emulator for Android that is open source. Because of this, They were based on the repository of PCSX2, one of the most popular PS2 emulators on PC compatible with ARM processors.
The goal of ARMSX2 is to keep development parallel to that of PCSX2. Currently, the emulator performs a translation from x86 format to arm64 formatwhich can affect performance compared to other alternatives, especially since it is a recent version. However, being an open source project, it has great potential for improvement through community collaboration.
One of the strong points of ARMSX2 is its cross-platform functionality. For now it is compatible with Android, iOS and Linux and should arrive very soon on Windows too. Of course, regardless of the operating system, it is essential that the device has an ARM processor to be able to run it. You also have to take into account the capabilities of your mobile phone, this also affects its functioning.
This launch is great news, as open source PS2 emulation on Android has pretty much been abandoned. An example of this is AetherSX2, one of the most popular emulators of the time, whose development It stopped more than two years ago.
Where to download ARMSX2 for Android?
At the moment, ARMSX2 is only available in its GitHub repositoryalthough its developers have announced that it will soon be available on Google Play. In the meantime you can download it directly from GitHub or through the ARMSX2 official website.
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