PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible

PS2Recomp just dropped a nostalgia bomb: a tool that aims to turn PlayStation 2 classics into native PC versions—no emulator middleman. The crowd went full hype-train with dreams of ray-traced Mario vibes and “unlock-the-framerate” fantasies, pointing to Zelda64Recomp as proof that recompilation can be pure magic. One fan even joked about “ray-tracing my childhood,” while another imagined Metal Gear Solid 2 finally running like it drank three espressos.

But the comments quickly turned spicy. The pragmatists rolled in, waving their sub-$300 Android handhelds and bragging they already emulate the entire PS2 library with upscaling. Skeptics warned this won’t be a “click and it works” miracle: some PS2 games use tricky code that changes itself on the fly, meaning you might need near-perfect coverage to recompile cleanly. And there’s the PS2’s notorious “funky math”—non-standard floating-point behavior—that could turn perfect remasters into quirky remixes. Meanwhile, a resident nerd dropped the mic with a “first Futamura projection” flex, turning the thread into Emulation vs Compiler Wars: Math Edition. In short, half the crowd’s yelling “holy grail of game preservation,” the other half says “nice, but emulators are already amazing”—and everyone’s ready for drama and native ports.