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Description |
Subprojects |
 | PS2 Linux Package Repository | This project maintains the packages that come with the PS2 Linux Kit. We accept patches and create new binary RPMs and source RPMs. Additionally, packages that are deemed generally useful enough can be added to the project. All packages that have been added or changed since PS2 Linux was released can be found here. | None |
| | PS2 Linux without a Hard Disk Drive | The Playstation2 Linux kernel allows for the possibility of expanding a file system image into a ramdisk created at bootup time. This bypasses the need for the hard disk and network adapter.
However, seeing as it must use the proprietary RTE on the kit's DVD1, this is not a way of bypassing buying the kit altogether, it would simply allow you to demo some of your work on a friend's PS2 without them having to buy the kit.
So far we have investigated and successully been able to replace the large glibc with the much smaller uClibc, and replace the shell and other useful commands with the busybox, both of which are used in embedded systems work, and are designed for small file sizes, thereby using less of the PlayStation's 32Mb of RAM with the ramdisk, leaving more for sample applications to run in. | None |
| | PS2 MIDI-Karaoke Player | A PS2 running Linux and attached to a television makes a perfect (and affordable) karaoke machine for parties! With thousands of MIDI and MIDI-Karaoke files already freely available on the internet, you don't have to shell out a fortune to enjoy karaoke from the comfort of your own living room. Support for English & Japanese lyrics and USB microphones is planned. Other features such as fancy moving backgrounds, tempo & pitch change, and scoring / calorie tracking (common in Japanese karaoke machines) will be implemented at later stages! | None |
| | PS2 Neural Network Simulator | PS2Neural is low-level framework to support running neural networks, optimized for the PS2's hardware (Hebbian-like and error-corrector/backprop). Some ps2neural developers are also interested in developing visualization plugins using the GS. | None |
| | Pulsar | A 3d space ship shoot-em-up. Will run under native mode (not linux) using the psal library. The psal library is being developed along side Pulsar. | None |
| | Qtopia for PS2 Linux | This project was created to build the Playstation 2 a fully functional UI while at the same time using as little resources as possible but maintaining performance. | None |
| | Quake 2 for PS2 | The single purpose of this project is to port the Quake 2 game source-code to the PS2 platform. Yes, Quake 2 is now officially "old news", but you might be surprised to learn that Quake 1 through Quake 3 use the same codebase. Once the porting effort is done, the project may evolve to incorporate more modern features.
Note that you will need game data from the Quake 2 CD for any of this to be of use, or you must have a completely new set of game data. | None |
| | RealPlayer for PlayStation 2 | This project will port Helix Player - the open source version of RealPlayer - to PlayStation 2 Linux. It will include codec support for RealAudio and RealVideo playback. It will also provide assorted build documentation and other help files. | None |
| | Samba101 | Samaba101 will be a project covering the installation, setting up and using Samba on your PS2 Linux Kit. After setup is done correctly you will be able to transfer files from other platforms such as Windows.
This project will be my first of a series of projects concerning the PlayStation®2 Linux Kit and I will record eveything I learn as I go along from what to do and what not to do. The documents will be in PDF ( Acrobat ) format.
Comments are welcome and can be sent to little_addict@hotmail.com | None |
| | Spiderland | A brutal nuclear war has destroyed mankind. The only creatures to make it through are insects and spiders but they have now evolved into a new race, perhaps even more aggressive than the humans. Spiderland is a strategy game with a clan based multiplayer system that allows people to play on the Internet from and against any platform!
Spiderland is our first title and will be released later this year. Here we will post information about the Playstation2 Linux version but if you want any general news about the game please visit http://www.linux-games.co.uk/ | None |
| | SPS2 Demo | surprise! :) | None |
| | SPS2 - Direct PS2 Access Environment | The sps2 project is home to utilities that seek to maximize direct access to the PS2 hardware -- the DMAC, the VUs and the EE/GS registers -- within the linux kernel.
The approach taken by sps2 is one that requires no kernel modification (other than loading a kernel module) and does not permanently reserve any portion of the memory for DMA access at boot time.
This project is home to the module, the support libraries, and sample applications that use it.
A possible long-term goal for the project is to create an environment such that the same code can be compiled and run either within the linux kernel or directly on the RTE, hopefully maximizing the similarity between linux-based development and low-level development. | None |
| | Stella (Atari 2600 emulator) for PS2 | Stella is a cross platform Atari 2600 emulator. This project is a Playstation 2/Linux port of the project, using the GS for drawing rather than a slower middle layer such as X windows or SDL. A user interface is built into the program to support playing multiple games without quitting the program. | None |
| | The BlackRhino Linux Distribution | BlackRhino is a free Debian-based GNU/Linux software distribution for the Sony PlayStation 2.
It contains over 1,200 software packages to aid in using and creating programs for the Sony PlayStation 2 GNU/Linux kit. The software packages range in functionality from simple games, to text editors, compilers, web servers, windowing systems, database systems, graphics packages, mail servers and a variety of other tools and utilities.
It is released in the hopes that an up-to-date Linux distribution will aid hobbyist game and embedded systems programmers in gaining new skills and creating new software for the PS2 Linux system.
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| | Valiant Counter Attack : Sol Mars | Valiant Counter Attack : Sol Mars, Valiant in short, is a vertical shoot them up game in 3D :) Valiant tells the story of Mars colony fighting against Earth supremacy. The project objective is to provide an addictive gameplay (hey it's just a shoot) with addictive visuals, sounds and musics.
Just as usual, Valiant will be divided in several levels : space, earth, mars, asteroids, orbital stations, etc to provide visual diversity (water on earth, red/orange rocks on mars, gas in jupiter, etc) and gameplay diversity (ground attack on planets, slalom in asteroids field).
come later for more info. | None |
| | Xaal'Tiqincis V | Xaal'Tiqincis V is basically the fifth regeneration of the old
Xaal'Tiqincis program that the Digital Challenge Group started
writing in 1989. This time without the graphics from Jan-Willem van
Aalst, but with 3D graphics provided by the ps2mud client, a project
elsewhere on this site.
This project will contain example server code for the ps2mud as well
as documentation about the project, as well as form an umbrella for
all related projects. Note that to run the software, you will need the pike programming languages working on your platform. | None |
| | xmame for PlayStation 2 | Building on Nicola Salmoria and The MAME Team's MAME emulator, and Lawrence Gold's work on xmame, xmame for Playstation 2 leverages the incredible amount of work already done to emulate classic and contemporary arcade machines in traditional computing environments. | None |
