{"id":878304,"date":"2026-10-11T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878304\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:00:09","slug":"jailbroken-ps5s-can-now-emulate-ps2-games-using-discs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878304\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailbroken PS5s Can Now Emulate PS2 Games Using Discs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vibe-coded horror show continues to get worse for Sony<\/a>, as there\u2019s now a new, Claude-coded version of the PCSX2 emulator, named PS5SX2, that can be installed on jailbroken PlayStation 5s and allows users to dump their PlayStation 2 games to the console\u2019s SSD to emulate them. Unfortunate timing for Sony, considering the most recent PS5 jailbreaking advancements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, using a PS5 to emulate PS2 games isn\u2019t technically new, so why is this headline-worthy? Because the latest version of PS5SX2 allows you to emulate games using your PS2 discs. No need to download a ROM from a sketchy website anymore; you just pop your own PS2 disc in your PS5 disc tray and dump it directly from there.<\/p>\n

This news comes directly from Swordpdf, PS5SX2\u2019s lead coder. As they detailed in a post on X<\/a>, and in PS5SX2\u2019s GitHub README, PS5SX2 version 2.01 can indeed read and dump physical PS2 discs. As Swordpdf explains in the PS5SX2 version 2.01 release update on GitHub<\/a>, once you \u201cput a PS2 disc in the drive,\u201d PS5SX2 then \u201cdumps it if not already dumped and launches the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

PS2 discs. Straight into a PS5.
20+ years of nostalgia, one disc away.
PS5SX2 \ud83c\udfae<\/p>\n

special thanks to @_AlAzif<\/a> <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 https:\/\/t.co\/5dJBpctESW<\/a>
\ud83d\udcac https:\/\/t.co\/0NNel5pqQt<\/a>
\u2615 https:\/\/t.co\/EypS5hoENk<\/a>#PS5<\/a> #PS2<\/a> #PlayStation<\/a> #PS5SX2<\/a> #Homebrew<\/a> #Emulation<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mMcp41vFOX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sword (@sword_pdf) October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

However, there is a catch: due to a specific hardware limitation, it appears that a PS5 running PS5SX2 can\u2019t be used with all PlayStation 2 discs and, by extension, any PlayStation 1 discs.<\/p>\n

The PlayStation 5\u2019s disc drive can read Blu-Rays and DVDs, but it cannot read CDs. That means that any of the blue-tinted PlayStation 2 discs (which are CDs, not DVDs) can\u2019t be read by the PS5\u2019s optical drive laser, and therefore can\u2019t be burned to the SSD or an external HDD using PS5SX2. Likewise, PS1 discs are CDs, so the same issue applies there.<\/p>\n

And yes, before you ask, PS5SX2 is an AI-assisted project. No need to guess or investigate on that front, as Swordpdf is quite upfront about this. Plus, Claude is literally one of the three contributors listed on PS5SX2\u2019s GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Swordpdf isn\u2019t quite finished ruining Sony\u2019s week just yet, as they\u2019ve already announced that a PS5SX3 emulator, which will allow PS3 games to be dumped on the PS5 from a disc, is in the works on both X<\/a> and in their Discord<\/a> server. Swordpdf also seems to think they can do the same for PS1 discs, but considering that shouldn\u2019t physically be possible, I don\u2019t know how that\u2019s going to pan out.<\/p>\n