PS2 Compatibility List - How to Get All Games Working, No Problem
Open PS2 Loader or HDLoader, you can use both, if a game needs hdloader, just select it from Open PS2 Loader's Menu ... easy setup can be found here: http://www.epforums.org/showthread.p...HDD-%282016%29 ... this guide will be making references to the programs found in that pack, Open PS2 Loader Build 896 (which is OPL 9.3), and Hdloader 0.8c with expanded options.
Compatibility List (Hdloader is indicated if Open PS2 Loader, does not work) (Virtual Memory Card, Save and Load is also Indicated for OPL = VMC, yes or no) (Ingame Reset, "L1,L2,R1,R2,Select,Start") (Make sure your +OPL partition is at least 2 Gigs the VMC size is 8mb a piece so at 100 games thats 800mb, so the size should be large enough) (Some Widescreen Patches Tested too)
7th Blades - Mode 3 (pal2ntsc using "vfix") // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Air Ranger 1 – Mode 3, Built in 50/60 display option (PAL) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Air Ranger 2 – Mode 3, Rebuilt to Shink Size from 4 gig to 1.5 gig // IGR - Yes
Alarm for Cobra 1 and 2 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Altered Beast Widescreen - Mode 3, (PAL) 50/60 display option // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Armored Core 2, 2-Another Age, 3, 3-Silent Line, Nexus ALL WIDESCREEN - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Ar Tonelico 1 and 2 - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Atelier Iris 1 and 2 and 3 - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Baldr Force Exe - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Baldr Bullet Equilabrium - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (press R1 to bring up SKIP during dialogs, then press R2 to speed past text)
Battle Construction Vehicles Widescreen - Mode 3, Widescreen Patch than vfix // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Berserk Eng 1.1 Widescreen - Mode 3 (Freezes if you try to create a save file when game is starting up) VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Capcom vs SNK Wide Screen - Mode 3, Mode 1 (Fixes Music to have sound) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Chaos Wars Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Chess Challenger - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Clock Tower 3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Chess Challenger - Mode 3, pal2ntsc y fix 48 (PAL) // (Game doesn't save anything, made that way) // IGR - Yes
Choro Q Widescreen - Mode 3, Widescreen Patch than vfix // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Contra Shattered Soldier Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Crimson Sea 2 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Culdcept - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Devil May Cry 1 Widescreen - NO MODES and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (Does not work Rebuilt to Shrink Size)
Devil May Cry 2 and 3 Special Edition Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (Works Rebuilt to Shrink Size)
Demon Chaos - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
D.I.C.E. - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou - Mode // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dot Hack 1,2,3,4 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dot Hack GU 1,2,3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Down Hill Domination Widescreen - Mode // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dragon Blaze - Mode, 3 PAL 50/60 display option // VMC - NO (Causes Black Screen) // IGR - Yes
Dragon Blaze and Sol Divide - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dragon Quest 5 Eng 1.2 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dragon Quest 8 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Earth Defense Force 1 Widescreen (Monster Attack) - Mode 3 (PAL) Widescreen Patch, then vfix to Ntsc // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Earth Defense Force 1 Widescreen(Monster Attack) - Mode 3 (PAL) Adrpatcher patched to ntsc, then widescreen patch, then pal2ntsc y fix 48 (method fixes original off center screen from pal2ntsc patches)
Earth Defense Force 2 Widescreen (Monster Attack) - Mode 3 (PAL) Widescreen Patch, then vfix to Ntsc // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Earth Defense Force 2 Widescreen(Global Defense Force) - Mode 3 (PAL) pal2ntsc y fix 48, then widescreen patch) (method fixes original off center screen from pal2ntsc patches)
Echo Night Beyond - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Energy Airforce Aimstrike - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Espgaluda - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Eve of Extinction Widescreen - Mode 1 and Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Extreme G3 Widescreen(XGIII) - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Fatal Frame 1,2,3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Final Armada - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Front Mission 4 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Front Mission 5 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Gran Turismo 3 - NO MODES and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Gran Turismo 4 - NO MODES and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (Create a VMC for game to save to, to get past memory card dialog at startup)
Growlanser 2 and 3 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Growlanser 5
Gunbird 1 and 2 - Mode 3 (Korean/Jap) (use GSM or black screen) VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Gundam Generation Neo (like Super Robot Wars) Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - No (in game reset to title screen uses same key presses? just brings to title menu of game) (R1 + X to speed up text)
Gundam Generation Seed (like Super Robot Wars) Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Gundam Seed Destiny Generation of C.E. (like Super Robot Wars) Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Gundam Spirits (like Super Robot Wars) - Mode 4 Only and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Gundam Generation Wars (like Super Robot Wars) Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Hunter the Reckoning Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Ibara - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - No (black screen, may work at random)
ICO Special Edition Widescreen - Mode 3 (PAL, has 50/60 option), Widescreen Patch, then set GSM from OPL's individual game settings for ICO (480p or 720p tested, select the 50 hertz option, even if your on 60 hertz NTSC, you'll see the Widescreen Patch changes the mode resolution sizes, tested with hdtv) (screen is slightly larger with 720p mode) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
ICO - Mode 3 (requires GSM to set video mode) VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Intelligent Qube Remix Plus - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - No (once you play in game you will freeze when trying to exit back to OPL)
Jojo Phantom Blood Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Kessen 3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Killer 7 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Legacy of Kain Defiance Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Looney Toons Space Race - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Makai Kingdom Widescreen - Mode 3 (Requires GSM to set Video Mode) VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Mana Khemia 1 and 2 - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Mega Man X Collection - (GSM at 480) Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (may give black screen depending on which game you exit from)
Mega Man X Command Mission - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (Rebuilt and removed "X8", megaman X8 demo folder, and resized DUMMY.DAT)
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Metal Gear solid 3 Subsistence Widescreen - NO MODES and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Metal Saga Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Michigan Report From Hell Widescreen - (PAL 50/60 option) Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Mister Mosquito - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Mobile Suit Gundam Journey to Jaburo - Mode 4 Only // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Monster Hunter 2 Eng Alternative G - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Mushihime Sama - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Namco X Capcom Eng Final Trans A Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Nano Breaker Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Need for Speed Most Wanted Black Edition - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - No
Odin Sphere - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Okage Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Okami Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Onimusha 1 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Onimusha 2 Widescreen- Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Onimusha 3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Onimusha 4 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (Don't use IGR-In Game Reset, on Main Menu or Black Screen)
Popcaps Hits Vol 2 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Phantasy Star 1 Eng. 2.10 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Phantasy Star 2 Eng. 8 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Rebel Raiders - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Red Faction - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Resident Evil Code Veronica X Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Rez Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Robot Warlords - Mode 3, vfix / VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Robot Warlords - Mode 3, pal2ntsc using "Chimps Patch" // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Romancing Saga - Mode 3, vfix / VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Rule of Rose Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Runabout 3 - Mode 3 (pal2ntsc using vfix) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Samurai Champloo Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Sengoku Ace 1 and 2 - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Silpheed Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Shadow Hearts 1,2,3 Widescreen - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, MDMA0
Shinseiki Yuusha Taisen Widescreen - (like Super Robot Wars) Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Sky Gunner Widescreen - Mode 3 (Rebuild to Shrink Size) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Sky Odyssey Widescreen - Mode 3 (rebuilt to shrink size, a dummy file) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
SMT Soulless Army Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
SMT King Abaddon Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Space Invaders Invasion Day - Mode 3 (pal2ntsc using vfix) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2 Widescreen - NO MODES and MDMA0 (Rebuild both images, and in SYSTEN.CNF change the SLUS entry cdrom0:\SLUS_208.98;1 ... into ... cdrom0:\SWBFRONT.ELF;1 for Star Wars Battlefront 1 and for number 2 ... cdrom0:\SLUS_212.40;1 ... into ... cdrom0:\SWBFRNT2.ELF;1 ... then use widescreen patches ... Games take about 10-15 seconds to startup after launch // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Suikoden 3,4,5 Widescreen - Mode 3 (pal2ntsc using vfix) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Super Robot Wars Games (ALL) - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3 and MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (R1 + Start or R1 + O or L1 + Start to skip text or Start + Select) (Widescreen Patches tested for all, no patch for SRW-Z
Sword of Etheria Widescreen - Mode 3 (PAL 50/60 Selector) VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Tales of Abyss Widescreen - Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes (Don't use the Progressive Patch in the Widescreen Patch, or you can't move the screen positions from options)
Thunder Force 6 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Thunder Tanks - Mode 3, Mode 5 (fixes freezing) // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Tsugunai Attonement Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Twisted Metal Black Widescreen - Mode 1, Mode 2,Mode 3, MDMA0 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Warriors Orochi 2 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Wild Arms 3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Wild Arms Alter Code F Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Wipeout Fusion Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Wipeout Pulse - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Xenosaga 3 Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
XII Stage - Mode 3, (PAL) 50/60 Hertz // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Y's Ark of Napishtim Widescreen - Mode 3 // VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Zone of the Enders Special Edition Widescreen - Mode 3, (PAL) vfix (screen off centered use GSM 720p) VMC - Yes // IGR - Yes
Games that Require Hdloader
Assault Suits Valken - Hdloader (PAL version black screen after 50/60 hertz selector on OPL)
Drop Ship United Peace Force - Hdloader or Freeze on first loading screen
Gunbird Special Edition - Hdloader (PAL 50/60, black screen on OPL)
Space War Attack vfix - Hdloader (OPL freezes before game starts, rebuilt to remove dummy file)
Strikers 1 and 2 - Hdloader (Black Screen or with Mode 1, no controls working in OPL)
Not Working Either
Crimson Sea 2 Widescreen Patch (Hud Visible, Gameplay all Black Screen) (PS2 Controller Remapper 1.20 works, game works non-widescreen patched ... Widescreen does not)
Echo Night Beyond Widescreen Patch (PS2 Controller Remapper 1.20, works, game works non-widescreen patched ... Widescreen does not)
Midway Arcade Treasures Widescreen Patch (black screen after game selection, not tested with hdloader)
Mobile Suit Gundam One Year War (Black Screen at Startup, Purple Screen with Hdloader)
The Sensha Jap Widescreen or Non Widescreen Patched (Black Screen, unsupported video errors from hdtv)
Notes
"ps2_vfix" for pal2ntsc correction, otherwise use GSM options for corrections, or pal2ntsc if ps2 or tv dont support "ps2_vfix"
Removed 1 entry from Twisted Metal Black and Michigan Report from Hell's Widescreen Patches to get them to work with PS2
"PS2 Controller Remapper 1.2" worked to fix some inverted controls with these games, Crimson Sea 2, Echo Night Beyond, Kessen 3, Mega Man X Command Mission, does not work with all games though
Added some files used in this guide to the Attachment Below ("Patches Misc1", that needed an edit or are not included in the official pack, and controller pnach patches for games mentioned)
