Convert PS2 files online for free
The converter easily converts your PS2 file to various formats - free and online. No PCSX2 or or other Game software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Saved Game Container" formats to PS2 without using software like PCSX2 or a similar tool.
A .PS2 file usually represents a virtual memory card image used by PlayStation 2 emulators, specifically designed for PCSX2. These files mimic the structure of the original 8MB physical memory cards, storing game saves, configuration data, and replays in a single binary container. A common problem for users is that .PS2 files are "black boxes"; you cannot simply drag out a specific game save to send to a friend or transfer to a different emulator (like AetherSX2 on Android) without specialized tools. Users frequently need to convert these containers into raw MCR images or extract individual saves as PSU, MAX, or CBS files to bypass emulator compatibility issues or modify save data with hex editors.
In a completely different context, a .PS2 file may be a legacy PostScript Level 2 document created by older Adobe software. These are vector-based page description files meant for high-end printers. The main challenge here is that modern operating systems and standard image viewers no longer support raw PostScript natively. Opening them requires expensive software like Adobe Illustrator or a dedicated interpreter like Ghostscript.
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Users also converted PSU, CBS, ISO, MAX, PSV, ZIP, BIN, TXT, CHD, NVM, 0000000100000001STR, USB and PSP files.
If you want to convert PS2 file to USB, CHD, PSP, PS4, PC, PKG or ISO, you can use PCSX2 or similar software from the "Emulator Memory Card Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to PS2, try PCSX2 or another comparable tool in the "Emulator Memory Card Image" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PS2 converter.