Your DS3 And DS4 Can Be Used To Control Your PS2
The above picture shows that you can use your DualShock 4 controller on your PS3. What if you could use that same controller on an even older PlayStation console generation? What if, has become you can.
As the title suggests, with this, not only can you use your DualShock 4 on your PS2, but also your DualShock 3. This hack is credited to Xerpi. He originally talked abut this hack on IRC.
<xerpi> hello
<xerpi> just wanted to say that I’ve got Dualshock3 and Dualshock4 working on the Playstation2
<GregoryRasputin> <3
<xerpi> if you are interested feel free to contact me 😀
<xerpi> here’s an early version of the dualshock4 driver+library: https://github.com/xerpi/libds4ps2
<xerpi> I’ll upload the ps3 driver now
<xerpi> dualshock3*
<xerpi> that’s it: https://github.com/xerpi/libds3ps2
Judging by the read me of the files, it doesn’t seem like it’s that hard to get this working. In fact, it looks like it’s easier than figuring out how to work the controls of The Last of Us.
README:
====INSTALLATION====
Copy ds4ps2.irx and ds4ps3.irx to the root of your usb flash drive.
Load the .elf with an ELF loader (uLaunchELF for example).
That’s it====AUTHOR====
Made by xerpi
You’re might be thinking, the name Xerpi ring a bell. Well, it should. Back, almost two years ago, the good old days when we were still satisfied with VHBL, Xerpi had found his own exploit and ported it to VHBL.
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A little bonus question. Would you like to have video out on your PS Vita? I have the resources to make it happen, but I would like to see if it’s worth putting in the time. Vote on this poll so that I can see the amount of people who want it.
That’s all for now from me, The Jay Doctor. Go enjoy using your newer controllers on your PS2. As far as I can tell the only real advantages to this hack are the fact that it’s a fun thing to do on a slow weekend, and that you don’t have to use that once great, but now wretched DS2 to play your older games. If you’d like, go ahead and contact/follow both Wololo and I on Twitter using the handy links below.
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Source: PS4HAX
Holy *** man I’ve been waiting for this since like forever…
Unless you want to tell us how to get out of the debugging menu we get by launching the ELF file, we can’t use this to play PS2 games with.
And seeing as there’s no visible way out of the menu, it’s not possible.
Of course, I guess I’m obviously missing something, since you said yourself:
“you don’t have to use that once great, but now wretched DS2 to play your older games”
Help?
FreeMcBoot is a softmod for PS2 memory cards that allows launching of homebrew and installing different files like this one.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/
In my experience, it’s pretty easy to install. All I needed was a copy of 007 Agent Under Fire, a blank DVD and a credit card cut out to do the disc swap trick.
PS2 homebrew isn’t amazing, but there are fun things like a very functional NES emulator.
What the *** does this have to do with my comment?
If you’re confused by the controls for The Last Of Us maybe you shouldn’t be playing video games.
It was a reference to his wife, who had some trouble playing the Last of Us.
For PS2 games the DS2 is much better suited.
I guess it’s just a POC. I’m not being able to get it to work with anything instead of that menu xD
Same here, all of the News names kinda imply you can already use it in games. 🙁
If I load the .elf once, do the always recognize the DS3 or do I have to do this everytime the console goes off? I can’t test it now but since I got wireless microfones for SingStar, it would be great to use the wireless DS3, too!
Yes I would love video out on my vita been wanting this forever have 2 vitas don’t want to invest in vita tv
What is the need to use a DS3 controller on a PS2 system if you can’t use the wireless functionnality ? I assume that you can only use the controller with a USB cable on the PS2.
If you’ve got broken PS2 controllers, why buy new ones when you can just use what you have laying around.
Yes I know but the benefit of the DS3 controller is to use it wireless. I also have 3 wired DS2 controller and 1 DS2 controller but if it was possible to use a DS3 controller wirelessly on the PS2, I would have done it.
And a wireless controller for PS2 sells less than 20 bucks on ebay shipping included.
For myself, this new is completely useless.
I want to record my Vita better !
Those wireless controllers for PS2 on Ebay are all fakes, I’d rather use a wired DS3 over any fake anyday. Fake controllers do not feel right.
You would need an extra long USB cable to beat the DS2, it was 7.87 feet long, so 6′ cables are kinda short. I think most of the cables I’ve got floating around are the 3′ variety, too short to use as a controller cable.
I’ve got an unopened DS2(picked up on clearance from Kmart) waiting in the wings, in case my other PS2 controllers finally *** out.
This is not useless. Remember that PS2 controller didn’t include triggers, and PS3 ones do.
This is gonna be pretty good for PS2 diving games.
How will it detect the triggers if the game isn’t programmed to?
If by “would you like video out on your PS Vita?” do you mean “would you like to be able to plug it into your TV to play your games on the big screen?” Then heck yes, I would! Please tell me how to do that. haha
A Video out mod would be Great! Especially if it is HDMI or atleast replaces the mystery port on top of the Vita. both would be awesome. Cheers! P.S. Dual Nand mods would be sweet too! I’d drop $200 for both in an instant, no dowbt.
ds3 is nearly the same as ds2 anyway, but ds4 support would be great.
Sweet! Will this also work with third party controllers such as arcade sticks?
Now all they need to do is write an ELF to get bluetooth dongles recognized, then we can get these working via bluetooth with the PS2. I wonder how possible that is.
A port to the original xbox maybe?
I hope Ps vita video out isn’t a joke, beaouse i would love to have video out, Btw if big HDMI Doesn’t fits on Vita you can always use Mini HDMI 😉
By video out, do you mean the one from that japanese website from agesssss ago? the usb port one?
Because I posted it in the forums ages ago and it got locked for “been posted heaps of times”
Id be more interested to find out your involvement with koala.
HDMI FOR THE WIN. What better way to stick it to Sony than to give us the thing that they promised then stole away. Bastards. I sooooooo want hdmi out, and I would pay a reasonable fee to be able to reliably have that BASIC Feature.
I am so excited to see that video out mod for the Vita.
“The above picture shows that you can use your DualShock 4 controller on your PS3.”
Um, no it doesn’t. It shows a PS3 and a hand holding a DS4. XD
I’m guessing this is just a beta… Not complete yet I guess.
Can someone make a video instructing us how to get this to work on ps2? I got the files on my usb but not sure what to do afterwards. Thanks
Time to dust off my ps2 and get playing again!
Hey all,
So I’m no expert in these things, I’m a simple gamer, I buy games and I play them. I don’t know how to hack or mod or all of these things. So can someone please give me detailed instructions on how to use DS3 on PS2. I don’t get the Read Me.
Thank you in advance.
fak the sony company’s owner’s wife and he will give u free wireless ps2 controllers it is ez
I have not seen anywhere that this has worked with any game or that anyone has installed this. Only one person says they are stuck on the testing screen. I can only get to the testing screen for a bit before the screen freezes. Is there any new info on this?
I read this paragraph fully regarding the comparison of most up-to-date and earlier technologies, it’s
remarkable article.
Fantastic!! I know somebody has already asked, but does this work with Dualshock controllers only? Or 3rd party stuff too? I got a PS3/4 Real Arcade Pro coming in the mail and I’d like to know in advance if I’ll be able to use it on my PS2.
Except it can’t, lol. Everything has to be recompiled to use a Dualshock 3, and games are probably a no-go.
Has anyone tested if this works in games? If so, is a wired connection required?
It’s just a test menu. If someone were to make a ps2 game that supports these libraries, then it might work in game. It was incorporated into a gameboy emulator, but that’s it as far as I know.
i can find ds4ps2.irx and .elf file help me
download the ‘sample file’ it contains the ds4ps2.irx and .elf
I have tried using this on my ps2 with my ds4. No luck.