Can ps3 be modded to play ps2 games

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Look at your PS3 to determine if it is a 'fat' PS3. The original PS3 design is often referred to as the 'fat' PS3. Only some fat PS3s are backwards compatible, but not all of them are. The 'slim' and 'super slim' models are not backwards compatible. The ones with 4 USB ports on the front are.

You can jailbreak a PS3 to play PS2 games. Doing so will void your warranty and can get you banned from the PlayStation Network. All backwards compatible PS3s are 'fat,' but not all fat PS3s are backwards compatible. Look at the serial number. Find the sticker on the back of your PS3. You may run into issues with some PS2 discs. Check if your game is compatible. While you can usually just pop the PS2 disc into a compatible PS3 and start playing without issues, some PS2 games have known compatibility problems.

Insert your PS2 disc into your PS3. If your game is compatible with your PS3 model, it will start just like a PS3 game. You'll see the PlayStation 2 logo and your game will begin. Press the PS button to activate the controller. When the game starts, you'll be prompted to insert a controller. You may not be able to play PS2 games properly if you are using a third-party PS3 controller.

If you can't get it to work, try an official controller. Create a PS2 virtual Memory Card. In order to save your PS2 games, you'll need to create a virtual Memory Card that the PS2 game will treat as a physical card.

Adjust your PS2 playback settings. Your backwards compatible PS3 will have a couple of PS2-related settings that you can adjust. This will affect how the image is zoomed or stretched to fit your screen. Choose 'Off' if the game doesn't look good when upscaled. Choose your Smoothing settings. Smoothing will attempt to smooth out rough edges in your games. This will be more noticeable in games with 3D graphics.

Smoothing may not be noticeable in the games you play, and may actually make things look worse. Open the PlayStation Store. You can do this from the PS3, or by logging into store. Select 'Classics. Check the 'PS2 Classics' box. This will filter the results so that only PS2 Classics are displayed. Add any games that you want to purchase to your cart.

The game selection will vary depending on your region. Purchase the game. Once you're done adding items to your cart, you can checkout. You'll need either a valid payment method or have money in your PSN Wallet from redeeming a gift card. Download your purchased PS2 games. Once you've finished the purchase, you'll be able to start downloading the games.

You can start the downloads from the purchase confirmation page, or you can open your Downloads list from the Store and start downloading them from there. Play your downloaded game. Select the game to start playing it. Jailbreak mod your PS3.

If you have a jailbroken PS3, you can use it to play most PS2 games. See Jailbreak a PS3 for instructions on jailbreaking your PlayStation 3 if you can handle these risks. You'll need multiman, the most common game manager for jailbroken PS3s, installed as well.

This comes with most custom firmware packages. Insert your PS2 disc into your computer. You won't actually be playing the game from a disc on your jailbroken PS3. Instead, you'll be creating an image file of the disc and then adding the PS2 Classics emulator wrapper to it, allowing you to play it as a PS2 Classic.

You'll be doing all of this from your computer, and then transferring the finished file to the jailbroken PS3. Create an ISO from the disc. You'll need to use a disc imaging utility to do so: Windows - Download and install InfraRecorder, a free, open-source disc imaging program.

Mac - Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder. Download the custom firmware tools you need to run ISO files. You'll need two different packages, which you'll be installing on your PS3. Place the downloaded files in the root directory of a USB drive. Place the ReactPSN. All of these should be located on the root of the USB drive not in any folders. Adjust your PS2 playback settings. Your backwards compatible PS3 will have a couple of PS2-related settings that you can adjust. This will affect how the image is zoomed or stretched to fit your screen.

Choose "Off" if the game doesn't look good when upscaled. Choose your Smoothing settings. Smoothing will attempt to smooth out rough edges in your games.

This will be more noticeable in games with 3D graphics. Smoothing may not be noticeable in the games you play, and may actually make things look worse. Method 2.

Open the PlayStation Store. You can do this from the PS3, or by logging into store. Open the "Games" section of the store. You'll see a variety of different categories. Select "Classics. Check the "PS2 Classics" box.

This will filter the results so that only PS2 Classics are displayed. Add any games that you want to purchase to your cart. The game selection will vary depending on your region. Purchase the game. Once you're done adding items to your cart, you can checkout. You'll need either a valid payment method or have money in your PSN Wallet from redeeming a gift card. Download your purchased PS2 games. Once you've finished the purchase, you'll be able to start downloading the games.

You can start the downloads from the purchase confirmation page, or you can open your Downloads list from the Store and start downloading them from there. Play your downloaded game. Select the game to start playing it. Method 3. Jailbreak mod your PS3. If you have a jailbroken PS3, you can use it to play most PS2 games.

See Jailbreak a PS3 for instructions on jailbreaking your PlayStation 3 if you can handle these risks. You'll need multiman, the most common game manager for jailbroken PS3s, installed as well. This comes with most custom firmware packages. Insert your PS2 disc into your computer. You won't actually be playing the game from a disc on your jailbroken PS3.

Instead, you'll be creating an image file of the disc and then adding the PS2 Classics emulator wrapper to it, allowing you to play it as a PS2 Classic. You'll be doing all of this from your computer, and then transferring the finished file to the jailbroken PS3. Create an ISO from the disc. You'll need to use a disc imaging utility to do so: Windows - Download and install InfraRecorder, a free, open-source disc imaging program. Mac - Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.

Download the custom firmware tools you need to run ISO files. You'll need two different packages, which you'll be installing on your PS3. Place the downloaded files in the root directory of a USB drive. Place the ReactPSN. All of these should be located on the root of the USB drive not in any folders.

This is the slot closest to the Blu-ray drive. Select the file on the USB drive to install it. You should see it in your Game section after installing don't run it yet. Create a new account on your PS3 named "aa. Log in with your regular account. You don't need to use the newly-created account, just log in with the one you normally use.

Launch multiman and select the Retro section. This is where you'll find all of your old games, including PS2 games. Select the game that you want to play. After the conversion is finished, the game will say "PS2 Classics" before the game title.

Select the converted game to load it on your XMB. You'll be returned to the XMB after selecting it. This will load the game that you converted, and it will begin playing. Not Helpful 13 Helpful Not Helpful 5 Helpful You have to make do with either PlayStation Store or jailbreaking.

Not Helpful 4 Helpful You can use a DualShock 3 controller to play PS2 games. If you are having issues playing with a third-party controller, try an official controller.

Not Helpful 7 Helpful 9. Unfortunately no. Only PS3s with four ports on the front will run PS2 games. Not Helpful 15 Helpful The update can erase some files. If it was an update from Sony, it will remove the jailbreak and you will need to jailbreak it again. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 4. You need to follow the steps outlined above. If you don't, multiman will not be able to play the games.

Not Helpful 2 Helpful 2. Zac Meyers. Not Helpful 11 Helpful 5. You could try, but it is likely that the actual GPU is too badly damaged at this point to work even after doing that.