Dragon Quest 8 - which file to use to launch game?

[slugmaniac]

This is my first time using pcsx2 1.2.1 and trying to emulate a game on it so hear me out.

I've got dragon quest 8 and have unzipped the download and put it in a folder in the pcsx2 folder as somewhere said to. I've already got pcsx2 and configured it etc so I'm pretty sure that's all fine.

Which file should I pick when choosing the iso via the pcsx2 menu? There's a BIN folder, a MODULE folder and a MOVIES folder and a few files i can pick from but none seem to work, it says "file not found" when i try to run it. I'm using the US BIOS which is the same as the game so I can't imagine that would be an issue either.

for reference, my configuration plugins are:

GsDX 0.1.16
SPU2
LilyPad
DEV9nulldriver
USBnulldriver
FWnulldriver

I'm just confused because I can't actually find an ISO file anywhere even though it's one of the highest rated downloads.

[toxic]

Sounds like you accidentally extracted the ISO file. Delete the extracted files (mentioned in your post) and go back a step, check if that file which you extracted is the .iso file (Right click -> Properties). You probably have .iso file associations with your extractor (WinRAR, 7zip ...).

[slugmaniac]

Sounds like you accidentally extracted the ISO file. Delete the extracted files (mentioned in your post) and go back a step, check if that file which you extracted is the .iso file (Right click -> Properties). You probably have .iso file associations with your extractor (WinRAR, 7zip ...).

this sounds like the problem based on another thread I saw, I've ended up with an image file which didn't seem right. I use 7zip, how would I go about fixing this? sorry I'm not familiar with this kinda stuff.