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El_isra

@el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social

PS2 homebrew developer Just made account here bc seems like many people prefer this over X Don't assume political reasons or whatever israpps.github.io

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Dealing with some of the card readers emulation on #PCSX2x6

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thx to @gpbear4.bsky.social now I have the card reader kit for #namco #system256 With this: - PCSX2x6 card reader emu - homebrew app to cleanse usage counter from original IC CARDS - homebrew hack to make the games use an USB stick or memory card instead of real card reader system #SDBZ #TEKKEN5

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

No problem! the real makeshift deal is the Konami python2 They just put a retail PS2 inside and called it a day The console gets powered on with an IR blaster 😂

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

wasn't makeshift at all, the sys246 carries a PlayStation 2 COH-H model, a Sony official PS2 division based on the USA release model designed to be used on arcade creations It had a repurposed DEV9 interface (where network adapter connects on retail PS2) to serve as a generic expansion bus

COH-H31100 PS2 unit from the inside of a Namco system246 Rack B

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

#PCSX2 ( #PCSX2x6 ) running NAMCO SYSTEM246 game for the first time ever No MagicGate, no excuses... Soon first public Alfa will be available

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

After more than two months waiting. AliExpress finally delivered the MP07-IONA-US board I needed to run SoulCalibur2 on my system246 Let's see how long it takes to crack the conquest card 😁 #ps2 #system246 #system256 #namco #ps2_arcade #soulcalibur2 #sc2

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

SD2PSX finally supports the last MagicGate key missing, the second port of arcade PS2s Meaning that SD2PSX now works on all PS2s models and variants in existence #ps2 #system246 #system256 This feature will be necessary to emulate #soulcalibur2 conquest cards in the future

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Modified the MMCEMAN module to also give it SIO2 monitoring capabilities. As soon as I get SoulCalibur2 running on my sys246 I'll hook this new driver along with other ones into the game IOPRP image so that it will log all the commands sent to the conquest card, so I can analyze them #soulcalibur2

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El_isra @el-isra-ps2dev.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Thanks to kuze from arcade-projects.com I've finally got my hands on a SoulCalibur2 conquest card! The reverse engineering journey begins! All the progress will get logged in here israpps.github.io/blog/underst... #system246 #system256 #soulcalibur2 #soulcalibur #ps2

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