# Software Information
display_name = "Sony - PlayStation 2 (ARMSX2)"
authors = "PCSX2 Team|ARMSX2 Team|bmdhacks|WizzardSK"
supported_extensions = "elf|iso|ciso|chd|cso|zso|bin|mdf|nrg|dump|gz|img|irx|m3u"
corename = "ARMSX2"
categories = "Emulator"
license = "GPLv3"
permissions = ""
display_version = "Git"

# Hardware Information
manufacturer = "Sony"
systemname = "Sony PlayStation 2"
systemid = "playstation2"

# Libretro Features
database = "Sony - PlayStation 2"
supports_no_game = "false"
savestate = "true"
savestate_features = "basic"
cheats = "false"
input_descriptors = "false"
memory_descriptors = "false"
libretro_saves = "false"
core_options = "true"
core_options_version = "2.0"
load_subsystem = "false"
hw_render = "true"
required_hw_api = "Vulkan >= 1.1|OpenGL >= 3.3|OpenGL ES >= 3.2"
needs_fullpath = "true"
disk_control = "true"
is_experimental = "false"

# Firmware / BIOS
firmware_count = 2
firmware0_desc = "'pcsx2/bios' folder (any valid PS2 BIOS dump, e.g. scph39001.bin)"
firmware0_path = "pcsx2/bios"
firmware0_opt = "false"
firmware1_desc = "'pcsx2/resources' folder (shaders, GameIndex.yaml, fonts)"
firmware1_path = "pcsx2/resources"
firmware1_opt = "false"
notes = "[1] This only checks that the folders exist in the correct location.|[2] The core does not require a specific BIOS filename, so this info file|[^] cannot tell you whether the content of your 'bios' folder is correct.|[3] The 'resources' folder must be copied from a matching ARMSX2/PCSX2 build;|[^] the core will not boot without it.|[4] The frontend's video driver must be Vulkan or OpenGL, whichever the|[^] renderer core option asks for; the emulator shares that context.|[5] ARM64 only: the buildbot builds Linux aarch64, macOS arm64 and Android|[^] arm64-v8a. On x86-64 use the PCEE2 or LRPS2 core instead."

description = "A libretro port of ARMSX2, a PlayStation 2 emulator forked from PCSX2 and aimed at ARM64 platforms. The core renders through a hardware context it shares with the frontend: Vulkan by default, taking the VkInstance and VkPhysicalDevice from the context-negotiation interface and handing finished frames back through set_image, or an OpenGL core 3.3 context (OpenGL ES 3.2 on Android) when the renderer core option asks for it. A software GS renderer is selectable as well, and presents through that same context. Place a PS2 BIOS dump in 'system/pcsx2/bios' and a copy of the emulator's 'resources' directory in 'system/pcsx2/resources'. Save states, .m3u disc swapping and the usual renderer, upscale and speedhack core options are implemented."