The answer lies in copyright law. Emulators themselves are generally legal software—they simply mimic the hardware architecture of the console. However, the BIOS is proprietary code owned by Sony Computer Entertainment.
If you own a PS2 network adapter and a hard drive (PS2 HDD), you can connect the drive to a PC running Linux and use tools like ps2biosdump . This is not recommended for beginners.
Ensure you refresh the BIOS list in your emulator's settings after moving the files as shown in this PCSX2 guide The files usually end in particular version of the BIOS?
The answer lies in copyright law. Emulators themselves are generally legal software—they simply mimic the hardware architecture of the console. However, the BIOS is proprietary code owned by Sony Computer Entertainment.
If you own a PS2 network adapter and a hard drive (PS2 HDD), you can connect the drive to a PC running Linux and use tools like ps2biosdump . This is not recommended for beginners.
Ensure you refresh the BIOS list in your emulator's settings after moving the files as shown in this PCSX2 guide The files usually end in particular version of the BIOS?