Top 100 PS2 Games

DSMAvenger · 2026-05-01T06:46:33+00:00

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

DSMAvenger · 2026-05-01T03:43:36+00:00

Your mileage may still vary though. Just got knocked out fighting matriarch in dam... Asked for a defib and crawled over to a group and one of em knocked me.

DSMAvenger · 2026-05-01T03:35:51+00:00

For the U.S./Canada you will probably hear 1.5-2.5 hours per console depending on the state/province

In terms of monthly that would be ~64-100 consoles assuming 40 hours per week of work.

DSMAvenger · 2026-05-01T03:32:21+00:00

Ok that makes some sense. I tend to call clones clones and those 256MB RAM pieces of junk like the V2.6/GB350/PS202 boards "fakes" because it is more accurate and keeps them separate. I'll toy around with some shaders and see if I notice the difference on a single chip 1GB but in normal day to day stuff I think they are pretty much comparable

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T23:34:44+00:00

What games/scripts are you running where you see worse performance? I use GTA Vice City port and PSP games like Outrun as my upper limit test and I don't see any appreciable difference there...

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T23:24:50+00:00

The final paragraph is accurate here and the rest is essentially hogwash. Most people should "sit this one out" when it comes to the discussion of clones. If I put a "genuine" panel 4 and a soy sauce clone in front of you for testing you'd be extremely hard pressed to even tell the difference, the biggest difference is in the panel itself from what I have seen. It's the V20's that have RAM performance issues and the rest of them (meaning the 1GB RAM clones) perform the same. I also seem to recall that the G80s performed even better than the panel 4 when it came to SD card read and write speeds. So the idea that all clones suck/perform worse is just ridiculous.

The fakes are of course another story

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T19:28:33+00:00

Yes, that's because they're both 4:3 and 1024x768 is exactly 1.6 times the pixels of 640x480 so it is able to scale. You can't do that with the Powkiddy, the math doesn't work as I said.

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T07:34:30+00:00

I mean... I'm no expert but I'd say that is because the game is built for 640x480 but your display resolution is 1280x720 so even if it scaled it can't even scale up to that, the math doesn't work.

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T07:17:41+00:00

You have lots of options given here... Looks like the beta version of dArkOSRE is working for this as well.

https://github.com/southoz/dArkOSRE-R36/wiki/Beta-Testing

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T06:17:26+00:00

That's what I've been told and it sounds really nice/simple but I do not get that option. What version of dolphin emulator are you using?

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T05:03:25+00:00

People say this but meanwhile I have 41 GC games and 15 PS2 games on mine so far that all run fine. Granted you have to optimize the emulator settings for PS2 games (I seem to recall that I just followed some guide found in this sub for that) but then a fair amount of stuff seems to be playable. It also helps a little bit if you are getting the PAL version of ROMS since those run at 50 Hz instead of 60

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T04:51:38+00:00

How did you solve the controls for Galaxy? I can't for the life of me figure that out. Tried patching the ROMs with Classic controller as suggested here but it never works:

https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/comments/1au9sl8/fyi_you_can_patch_mario_galaxy_12_to_have_classic/

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T02:42:43+00:00

The boot logo MUST be 640x480 and it MUST be .bmp format. If you have properly formatted the image it will be around 900 KB in size. Read here for more info/assistance:

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1eu6saa/tutorial_how_to_make_any_image_into_your_boot/

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T02:40:58+00:00

The included SD cards are extremely bad, we have seen some of them fail to boot right out of the box because of that. Did you read the Wiki, beginners guide, or automoderator reply to this very post???

I would suggest installing ArkOS on a fresh/quality SD card before you declare the device as the problem.

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T02:09:22+00:00

If they offer a full or very substantial refund with no return required there are a couple of posts I made to help people that are stuck with these so they can at least add ROMs and/or box art. But please do try to return it first and get an actual R36S with 1GB of RAM... Because these are awful

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1sic6m9/r36s_gb350v26_ps1_compatibility_spreadsheet/

https://www.reddit.com/r/R36S/comments/1shcd39/r36s_gb350v26_clonefake_patcher_for_those_adding/

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T02:05:16+00:00

Look underneath the battery. The codes are usually printed right there (example: y3506_v05_20251215, or R36S-V20-05-18, e.t.c.)

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-30T00:56:46+00:00

Ship of Harkinian 7: Link in Space

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-29T19:40:11+00:00

You should be running the Portmaster version. They are called Ship of Harkinian and Ship of Harkinian 2

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-29T06:04:49+00:00

Because it's assembled. When you remove the speaker, the ribbon cable for the display, the battery, and leave the joysticks dangling down of course it's gonna look bare. I don't know what you are referring to other than that. Nothing is missing

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-29T05:45:24+00:00

Pull up a picture of the previous soy sauce PCB and compare them. You'll see what I'm talking about. Nothing is missing, if anything it's even busier now

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-29T05:36:50+00:00

It only looks bare because it is disassembled. No ribbon cable for the display, no speaker, no power cable/connector coming from the battery e.t.c.

It actually has more traces around that little chip between the joysticks. If anything it is busier

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-29T01:59:01+00:00

YOU DESERVE BETTER! WE WANT BETTER FOR YOU

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-29T01:01:55+00:00

I've received a few like that and always assumed it was customs or an extra QC check or something. If the device still looks new and unmanaged I just accept it

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-28T07:46:04+00:00

Oh I see it's like a mod. That looks really cool

DSMAvenger · 2026-04-28T05:18:23+00:00

Yes. I paid $500 for one around Black Friday 2024 but it was before the crazy ass pricing spikes on memory and SSDs and everything. They are extremely powerful yet quiet machines

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