I've been unable to play Gran Turismo 4 on my Mac with PCSX2 due to the pause menu bug and it's laggy as hell. Thank you for introducing AetherSX2 and now I can properly play GT4
Shout out from Brazil 🇧🇷. Your videos about M1 emulation capabilities have changed my relation with my mac. I'm so glad to have a powerful editing machine AND an awesome hardware for PS2 emulation. I've never thought it would be possible on a Mac. Thank you for the energy you put on those videos.
Have been using AetherSX since it launched on ARM Mac and it's insanely good. I've been playing at 1440p upscaling as have found it's the perfect balance of graphic quality and battery life on my M1 MBP. The fans don't even kick in after hours of gaming. Incredible optimisation from devs (I believe it's Phlak and others) There are some minor graphical issues in some games but they are extremely minor and don't make them unplayable in anyway (it gives a sort of 3d effect and causes blur on some textures) It's great showing off the potential for emulation on ARM though - extremely low power but great results.
Yes it's a fantastic emulator that works very nicely on M1 ARM chips! Many of the graphical issues can be fixed if you look up specific fix threads on PCSX2 forums, and you can also now apply the fixes per-game instead of globally too.
@@tungthanhdinh7401 epsxe is a ps1 emulator which is decent but duckstation and mednafen tend to be better. I know for android epsxe is still great for lower or higher end phones pretty good performance and accuracy although duckstation and mednafen are a bit more accurate. But yeah no reason to compare what you said since you compared a ps2 emulator to a ps1.
Big changes for Ridge Raver V. we FINALLY get the ultimate emulation for that game. Car textures are somehow nearly perfect and we finally get the ANALOG button and can now drive with the analog sticks... wow. These guys did a great great job.
Just tested on my M1 Macbook, works very well for few of the games I tested, I was also able to import Memory card saves from PCSX2 to AtherSX and worked perfectly...
Shadow of the Collosus is where emulators can really shine. The original game on PS2 runs so incredibly bad, it's hard to play it today when you're barely hitting 15-20 fps
@@therealhussein those people are so annoying. Ok so go spend your thousands of dollars to get every console and game every made to run it “the natural way” possibly with lags that might not happen on emulators
Hoping that the OpenEmu developers get wind of the emulator’s core. A lot of Mac users who use OpenEmu have been waiting for an update and PS2 emulation capability on the app.
I'd love to have all my emulators and ROMs under one app/library so OpenEmu was a great option at first. But for "newer" console emulators like Dolphin, PPSSPP and Aether there are some options that are not exposed to the OpenEmu GUI.
Just tried this and the performance is phenomenal, pretty much every game at 1440p locked framerates, guess who’s gonna play through Midnight Club 2 and 3 on his macbook?
@@Andytizer But the game itself is playable. Missing textures for lots of stuff, and bad performance but playable. Most other games like MK8 work aswell
Thank you very much for the Info!!! Can you please tell me how to update from the last version without loosing the game save files? Great video by the way;)
Thanks for everything you do on this channel man! I'm currently running on Ventura, do you know if this works on Sonoma? I'm scared to updated my M1 MacBook Air as I love this app and use it all the time!
Mine worked great. But all the sudden when I load pcsx2 it only showed ps1 games I had long ago. None of my new ps2 games show up and pcsx2 (not responding) whenever I try to start a game or scan for new games. Any help guys?
That's interesting. I've downloaded the latest version but my M2 10-core GPU MacBook Air still won't go anywhere beyond 35fps. I've tried 4 different games but they're all in that range, playable but not great
hi, I need your help, I reinstall AetherSX2 but I forget how to install widescreen patch, I remember you have a video for it, but I can not find it, can you share it to me please!
Great video, following as a beginner and it's really helpful to get setup! I was wondering maybe somebody can help, when it comes to downloading the ISO files, with regards to you mentioning improvements in Shadow of the Colossus for example, is this referring to a certain ISO of that game that I need to get or is it how any of the ISO files will run on Aether that you're referring to? Essentially, does it matter where I get my ROM files? I understand that you can't disclose where to get these but maybe someone else can point me in the direction of the best place to get them(trying out Coolrom as I type this) - Thanks!
can u test urban reign and smackdown here comes the pain Nd resident evil4 . and can we use playstation 5 controller wired if battery is dying ?. and also can we connect 2 playstation 5 controllers to play multiplayer.
I have the base model m1 Mac and I followed your settings exactly for Shadow of the Colossus and it is running very poorly just during the intro sequence. even on default settings! Any idea why? Thanks for the video!
Is there any way to fix the blurry shadows on gta games? Where can I find a specific forum for Aether Sx2 in mac? Would love to know the best settings for specific games.
Hello, I can't get my PS4 Controller to work. It is recognized by AetherSX2 but in the game nothing works. Can''t start a game. Any others have/had the same issue? Thx for help
i have a ps5 controller and i made sure it was connected to my macbook first but when you’re in the Aether are you making sure that dualshock 2 is what’s being selected?
hello, i need help! I got macOS and I tried this for many games butI have a prblem where a line of wobble or blur comes from up to down the screen slowly whenever i move the charcter and then it repeats in a slow but infinete cycle, how to fix this ??!!
Can you or someone pelase show a video where you are playing GTA San Andreas on this M1, M2, M3 macbooks (pros) with controller or just with Mouse, Keyboard
Can anyone attest to performance differences on 13” inch M2 macbook air vs m2 macbook pro. I am getting a new macbook and one of my deciding factors is any difference in performance in regard to ps2 emulation. Thanks!
I've followed your tutorial, but I get some insane lag the moment the orbs drop in God of War. Otherwise it looks smooth. Anyone know of a fix for this?
I'm late the the show here but I have a Macbook Pro M2 and I've followed the steps (I think e.g. I had the PS2 BIOs and chose the different Renderers) and every time I launch a game (e.g. MGS1) it gets to the Konami screen then AetherSX2 "quit unexpectedly". Anyone else had similar issues and was able to resolve it?
i followed the instructions step by step i downloaded the right bios i'm playing the sims bustin out but with the metal settings i can't play everything is jerky i have a mac book pro m1 what am i doing wrong? can anyone help me? thank you
now I just need someone to fix all the upstream issues with emulating Ace Combat and Armored Core titles!!!! why are all the series I want to play always the worst supported by emulators? 😭
@@davidmichael90 it's all the standard problems that are listed in the pcsx2 wiki for hardware acceleration on ace combat 4- planes missing textures, ground missing textures, explosions not shown, clouds missing, slowdowns in cockpit view with the software renderer . . . . 5 is better supported, just has the missing clouds.
Thanks for the great video - very clear and helpful. One thing I can't get running is MGS3... on the opening screen I press the Start button, then select New Game, but it just takes me back to the "Press Start Button" screen - any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Probably a dumb question but I'm new to Aethersx2. Is there a trick to get the widescreen to work? When I turn on that setting I get a popup that says "no cheats or patches...found / enabled" or does that just mean the games I'm playing don't have a widescreen patch? NFSU2 seems like one that would.
Has anyone had a "ghosting" or "shadow" glitch in san andreas, star wars battlefront 2, transformers, or motocross mania 3? also I haven't been able to open jak 2 or 3 at all. anyone know how to fix this?
I made a folder called "Games" in /Users/Daniel/Library/Application Support/AetherSX2/, but when I am setting up AetherSX2 and it asks me to add a game directory I cannot find this location at all. If I go to finder or spotlight I can see it no problems but I can't even find the AetherSX2 folder during the setup where you need to point it to your PS2 games. Anybody able to help a Mac noob?
Is there a way to play at a higher FPS? In some games when I change the NTSC or PAL refresh rate it works fine and its much smoother. But in other games it just messes it up. I know this is not a setting I should change but I hate that I can't make it smoother even though I know it's possible. Is there a way to get the framerate to 120 FPS without messing with the PAL and NTSC refresh rates?
bro we as mac gamers would like to thank you for the lengths you always go to help us with our gaming needs on mac. We love you
absolutely ❤
I've been unable to play Gran Turismo 4 on my Mac with PCSX2 due to the pause menu bug and it's laggy as hell. Thank you for introducing AetherSX2 and now I can properly play GT4
Shout out from Brazil 🇧🇷. Your videos about M1 emulation capabilities have changed my relation with my mac. I'm so glad to have a powerful editing machine AND an awesome hardware for PS2 emulation. I've never thought it would be possible on a Mac. Thank you for the energy you put on those videos.
HUE HUE HUE
Wow this is incredible. Never has an emulator run so smooth on my machine. Thanks for the help
Have been using AetherSX since it launched on ARM Mac and it's insanely good. I've been playing at 1440p upscaling as have found it's the perfect balance of graphic quality and battery life on my M1 MBP. The fans don't even kick in after hours of gaming. Incredible optimisation from devs (I believe it's Phlak and others)
There are some minor graphical issues in some games but they are extremely minor and don't make them unplayable in anyway (it gives a sort of 3d effect and causes blur on some textures)
It's great showing off the potential for emulation on ARM though - extremely low power but great results.
Yes it's a fantastic emulator that works very nicely on M1 ARM chips! Many of the graphical issues can be fixed if you look up specific fix threads on PCSX2 forums, and you can also now apply the fixes per-game instead of globally too.
@@Andytizer AetherSX versus PCSX2 or epsxe, which is the best?
@@tungthanhdinh7401 Aethersx2 for ps2 emulation on any arm based device
@@tungthanhdinh7401 epsxe is a ps1 emulator which is decent but duckstation and mednafen tend to be better. I know for android epsxe is still great for lower or higher end phones pretty good performance and accuracy although duckstation and mednafen are a bit more accurate. But yeah no reason to compare what you said since you compared a ps2 emulator to a ps1.
This is extremely exiting
Just tested RE4 at 4k and runs at solid 60fps. Before this update is was at single digit fps. Thanks for the info!
Big changes for Ridge Raver V. we FINALLY get the ultimate emulation for that game. Car textures are somehow nearly perfect and we finally get the ANALOG button and can now drive with the analog sticks... wow. These guys did a great great job.
Thankyou for all the updates bro 🙌
I did it, everything works. I have a macbook pro 16m 1 max.
thanks for the video ❤
Wow! Great walkthrough. Great emulator. Will definitely try this on my 14" M1 Pro.
Just tested on my M1 Macbook, works very well for few of the games I tested, I was also able to import Memory card saves from PCSX2 to AtherSX and worked perfectly...
Awesome tutorial, thank you so much 🔥🔥🔥
thanks for this video man ! just played GTA SA and wow is it great to play this game on a mac...
Shadow of the Collosus is where emulators can really shine. The original game on PS2 runs so incredibly bad, it's hard to play it today when you're barely hitting 15-20 fps
I’ve been sayying it emulators at least at some point can surpass the original console in performance because of more power available
then the retro elites come and start crying "nooo you can't play your games on an emulator you have to play them on the original hardware"
@@therealhussein those people are so annoying. Ok so go spend your thousands of dollars to get every console and game every made to run it “the natural way” possibly with lags that might not happen on emulators
Hoping that the OpenEmu developers get wind of the emulator’s core. A lot of Mac users who use OpenEmu have been waiting for an update and PS2 emulation capability on the app.
I'd love to have all my emulators and ROMs under one app/library so OpenEmu was a great option at first. But for "newer" console emulators like Dolphin, PPSSPP and Aether there are some options that are not exposed to the OpenEmu GUI.
How do you get the game files?
thank u, more of these please
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so great !!! thanks !
Just tried this and the performance is phenomenal, pretty much every game at 1440p locked framerates, guess who’s gonna play through Midnight Club 2 and 3 on his macbook?
Can u save game progress?
@@willco9732 yes you can
I have a 2020 MacBook Pro and I get an error message that this isn't supported on my Mac....?
Hope a cover downloader gets implemented in duckstation as well.
would be nice to see a comparison with OS Ventura. Thank you for your content!
Since I installed Ventura my screen gets blurry horizontal lines wile playing most games... Why is that???
@@davidmichael90 Are the lines at the bottom?
You are my hero
looks like I'll have to give Jak 2 another chance!
Make an updated Video on Wii U Emulation please, because BOTW Emulation now works!
Fantastic! Is it fully playable yet?
@@Andytizer my message just keeps deleting itself, I can’t send the link 😅
@@Andytizer But the game itself is playable. Missing textures for lots of stuff, and bad performance but playable. Most other games like MK8 work aswell
@@zadowcloud wow that's amazing! Is MK8 missing textures as well? Or is it fully playable?
Thank you very much for the Info!!!
Can you please tell me how to update from the last version without loosing the game save files? Great video by the way;)
I just dragged the app over the old one and replaced it. It saved everything for me. No new bios needed or anything.
@@WarpHype Thanks Shaun! Big help;) Works like a charm!
Thanks for everything you do on this channel man! I'm currently running on Ventura, do you know if this works on Sonoma? I'm scared to updated my M1 MacBook Air as I love this app and use it all the time!
Mine worked great. But all the sudden when I load pcsx2 it only showed ps1 games I had long ago. None of my new ps2 games show up and pcsx2 (not responding) whenever I try to start a game or scan for new games. Any help guys?
I’m having terrible problems using a switch pro controller. Guess I need to switch to one of those dual sense ones.
It seems that the mac download option page is gone, only android, pc and ios downloads are available
That's interesting. I've downloaded the latest version but my M2 10-core GPU MacBook Air still won't go anywhere beyond 35fps. I've tried 4 different games but they're all in that range, playable but not great
Which games and what resolution?
Where do you download the games? I want to play Xenosaga 1,2 & 3
How do you install the games to play?
did u find them?
hi, I need your help, I reinstall AetherSX2 but I forget how to install widescreen patch, I remember you have a video for it, but I can not find it, can you share it to me please!
Could you make a video about importing savegames into this emulator? It would be great not to start every game frome the beginning 😅
thanks
Great video, following as a beginner and it's really helpful to get setup! I was wondering maybe somebody can help, when it comes to downloading the ISO files, with regards to you mentioning improvements in Shadow of the Colossus for example, is this referring to a certain ISO of that game that I need to get or is it how any of the ISO files will run on Aether that you're referring to? Essentially, does it matter where I get my ROM files? I understand that you can't disclose where to get these but maybe someone else can point me in the direction of the best place to get them(trying out Coolrom as I type this) - Thanks!
Does splitscreen / multiplayer with 2 controllers work without problems for example on NFSU or Lord of the Rings 3?
can u test urban reign and smackdown here comes the pain Nd resident evil4 . and can we use playstation 5 controller wired if battery is dying ?. and also can we connect 2 playstation 5 controllers to play multiplayer.
Microphone support? been waiting a long time to replay SOCOM
every bios i find either doesnt pop up when i add it or only shows the Japan Bios and doesn't let me use the US one
amazing
would you happen to know how to recover games that were "excluded from list" ? accidentally excluded Tekken 5 when i meant to click change cover.
Hi Andrew, can you test Overwatch 2 on m1 air plssss❤❤
I have the base model m1 Mac and I followed your settings exactly for Shadow of the Colossus and it is running very poorly just during the intro sequence. even on default settings! Any idea why? Thanks for the video!
Can I also play Winx game on play station 2 with the m1 Mac? Like can we install other games?
Is there any way to fix the blurry shadows on gta games? Where can I find a specific forum for Aether Sx2 in mac?
Would love to know the best settings for specific games.
Hi, thanks for the great updates!
is there a native way to emulate N64?
I get weird, poor vsync like lines at the bottom of the screen when panning the camera in game.
How about Mac (Hackintosh) on My Fathers X86.
Darvin Accelerated = MACH Kernel (Macintosh kernel).
BOTW is working on m1 now with the latest branch of CEMU!!!!!!!
Hello, I can't get my PS4 Controller to work. It is recognized by AetherSX2 but in the game nothing works. Can''t start a game. Any others have/had the same issue? Thx for help
i have a ps5 controller and i made sure it was connected to my macbook first but when you’re in the Aether are you making sure that dualshock 2 is what’s being selected?
Having issues, it closes in right after I go in the game. The whole program. Is it due to my Bios? Or game...? Was trying to play some tekken.
hello, i need help!
I got macOS and I tried this for many games butI have a prblem where a line of wobble or blur comes from up to down the screen slowly whenever i move the charcter and then it repeats in a slow but infinete cycle, how to fix this ??!!
Can't find the "Enable Widescreen Patches" option in the latest build
Can you or someone pelase show a video where you are playing GTA San Andreas on this M1, M2, M3 macbooks (pros) with controller or just with Mouse, Keyboard
I play god of war 2 on m2 mac air the frame always drop to single digit fps when you obtain the health stuff can you tell me why?
Can anyone attest to performance differences on 13” inch M2 macbook air vs m2 macbook pro. I am getting a new macbook and one of my deciding factors is any difference in performance in regard to ps2 emulation. Thanks!
is it possible to upgrade from the old version of aetherSX to the new one and keep all the save progress etc?
Yes just drag the new version over the old one.
Thanks for this! Is there a way to get Outrun 2006 running without graphics glitches in hardware mode?
Hey! Can you test Fifa 23 on m1 pro max?
Won't work due to anticheat, play FIFA22 instead.
@@Andytizer is it working also on macbook air M1? Thanks for showing M1
Is it possible to play games co-op split screen? For example Crash Nitro Fueled
Since I installed Ventura my screen gets blurry horizontal lines wile playing most games... Why is that??? Does it also happen to others?
which cobtroller works with ?? I dont have any gaming console sny third party willl work?
Is there any spreadsheet or wiki for AetherSX2 on M1 mac? If not I'm willing to help to create one!
I've followed your tutorial, but I get some insane lag the moment the orbs drop in God of War. Otherwise it looks smooth. Anyone know of a fix for this?
Yeah having the same problem. Before 1.4 update it was fine so I am wondering if they made it worse..
I'm late the the show here but I have a Macbook Pro M2 and I've followed the steps (I think e.g. I had the PS2 BIOs and chose the different Renderers) and every time I launch a game (e.g. MGS1) it gets to the Konami screen then AetherSX2 "quit unexpectedly". Anyone else had similar issues and was able to resolve it?
Hi, thanks for your video but is a controller necessary?
Won't the TouchPad or even mouse work?
also wondering this..
i followed the instructions step by step i downloaded the right bios i'm playing the sims bustin out but with the metal settings i can't play everything is jerky i have a mac book pro m1 what am i doing wrong? can anyone help me? thank you
this app very amazing more than pcsx2
Hey…will this damage any hardware on a MacBook m2 air with 16g ram? I just don’t wanna melt anything to play jak 2
Melt??
Hi, can you make a video about how to play Minecraft Bedrock on M1 Mac?
Try this ruclips.net/video/LZequJQl5NU/видео.html
@@Andytizer thanks! it's just a bit sad that I can't use my already existing Microsoft account
now I just need someone to fix all the upstream issues with emulating Ace Combat and Armored Core titles!!!! why are all the series I want to play always the worst supported by emulators? 😭
What problems exacly do do.have with Ace combat 5? I tried mine yesterday and it seems to be fine
@@davidmichael90 it's all the standard problems that are listed in the pcsx2 wiki for hardware acceleration on ace combat 4- planes missing textures, ground missing textures, explosions not shown, clouds missing, slowdowns in cockpit view with the software renderer . . . .
5 is better supported, just has the missing clouds.
Thanks for the great video - very clear and helpful. One thing I can't get running is MGS3... on the opening screen I press the Start button, then select New Game, but it just takes me back to the "Press Start Button" screen - any idea what I'm doing wrong?
tried pressing circle?
@@lolcat ah! I was pressing A (Xbox controller)… thanks, now using B (circle) - all fine!
Can I delete the bios after I’ve added it to the application?
Probably a dumb question but I'm new to Aethersx2. Is there a trick to get the widescreen to work? When I turn on that setting I get a popup that says "no cheats or patches...found / enabled" or does that just mean the games I'm playing don't have a widescreen patch? NFSU2 seems like one that would.
No Xinput source in the controller section
Has anyone had a "ghosting" or "shadow" glitch in san andreas, star wars battlefront 2, transformers, or motocross mania 3? also I haven't been able to open jak 2 or 3 at all. anyone know how to fix this?
If we have previous version of aethersx2 for mac do we need to uninstall previous version or just download new version? Thanks!
Just overwrite the application.
@@Andytizer thanks!
please tell me how do I change a game into BIOS format?
How is it on a ye olde 2010 mac pro with and rx580 8gb?
I made a folder called "Games" in /Users/Daniel/Library/Application Support/AetherSX2/, but when I am setting up AetherSX2 and it asks me to add a game directory I cannot find this location at all. If I go to finder or spotlight I can see it no problems but I can't even find the AetherSX2 folder during the setup where you need to point it to your PS2 games. Anybody able to help a Mac noob?
When you are in Finder drag it to your favourites sidebar and you'll be able to add it again.
@@Andytizer Thanks for the super quick reply, that worked!
how do i fix blurry distance on games like san andreas or bully?
Where do you get the games?
where i get the bios
Funny, a custom made smartphone chip is doing all of this… crazy!
Will this work on the MacBook Air M2
would this work on the newest ipad pro?
Same team by duckstation?? Thanks
Is there a way to play at a higher FPS? In some games when I change the NTSC or PAL refresh rate it works fine and its much smoother. But in other games it just messes it up. I know this is not a setting I should change but I hate that I can't make it smoother even though I know it's possible. Is there a way to get the framerate to 120 FPS without messing with the PAL and NTSC refresh rates?
will this work with switch controllers?
Is there any way to adapt and map an original wired Playstation Controller to work on Mac with this app?
Yes check my Enjoyable tutorial.
stuck at the Bios wouldve liked if you showed where to download from im stuck here
search “ps2 bios internet archives” through google and it’s the first link
does this work with ventura? it keeps saying its not supported by mac
AetherSX2 Keeps crashing after everything I do. Uninstalling doesn't fix it. How do I fix it?
Still pretty funny how well AetherSX2 runs and meanwhile.....PCSX2 for Mac is in a sad state of affairs
I can’t connect my bluetooth controller, I’m using 8bitdo pro 2 controller, can someone please help???
bro pls my nfsmw is crashing on police chases what can I do to solve this
can you use this if you have an intel I5 MacBook pro
No