

However, they do support PS4's standard suspend feature. Please note that I don't mean save states in the traditional emulation sense-as far as I can tell, these games only allow you to save the old-fashioned way. Each game emulates its own dedicated card, so you can create as many save states of individual titles as you like. Self-contained memory cards: Not that we often ran out of space on PS2's capacious memory cards, but there's definitely no fear of that here.
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Your feelings on the merits of this tradeoff will likely depend on how much you care about Trophies-for me the answer is "not at all" and I'd really like to be able to carry over my PS3 editions of games like Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne to PS4. The addition of Trophy data requires some degree of programming and establishes these games as "new" titles. This, one assumes, is why we're not simply seeing PSN's previous PS2 titles carried over directly. Trophies: Unlike PS2 games published for PS3, these releases support Trophies. The overall effect of this style may remind you of Steam ports of older 3D games, but for a title with art design as strong as Rogue Galaxy's, you could almost mistake these games for early PlayStation 3 titles. It's a step beyond PS2's backward compatibility with PS1 games (which optionally smoothed over some textures) and the original PS3 model's PS2 compatibility (which output at 480p). Polygons output in higher rez, and textures appear upscaled to fit. I won't pretend to have the expertise (or patience) to count lines of resolution, but Rogue Galaxy definitely benefits from the added detail.

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PS2 games were generally designed to run at 480i resolution, the highest format supported by standard-definition televisions, but on PS4 they're clearly running at an HD resolution. Up-rezzing: The most obvious benefit of Sony's PS2 emulation shell shines through clearly in the video above. The exception: Certain "cel shading" detail elements like characters' noses, which don't up-rez the same way that textures do and appear to "float" over the characters. The real-time graphics hold up nicely thanks to Level-5's deft use of cel shading.
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I've also uploaded some direct high-definition feed so you can get a sense of how the games actually look on PlayStation 4-expand those to full-screen size for full impact.ĭirect feed of Rogue Galaxy's opening moments. That's a pretty solid list, but are these games worth the asking price? Are there any benefits to ownership besides not having to dust off your PS2 and dealing with how awful pre-HD consoles look on modern TVs? I've purchased a handful of titles (including several Grand Theft Autos and Rogue Galaxy) and put them to the test. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North, open world, $14.99).Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar North, open world, $14.99).

Not surprising: Sony isn't offering a turnkey solution for owners of the physical editions of these PS2 games instead, customers have to buy the games all over again through PSN. Somewhat surprising: These digital versions are not the same as PS2 games sold via PSN for use on PlayStation 3 and must be purchased anew. Surprising: The first wave of releases mostly consists of high-quality third-party content. It had been rumored for a while, but the arrival of PlayStation 2 games on PlayStation 4 immediately following Sony's PlayStation Experience keynote presentation this past weekend nevertheless came as something of a surprise.
