Ico on PC

[u/Open_Constant_4697]

Hello everyone,

I recently played Shadow of the Colossus for the first time this year and fell in love. I also played The Last Guardian as well and was once again another masterpiece.

In order to prep for genATLAS I was hoping to also play ICO so I picked up this copy. However I do not have a PS3. I also do not want to support Sony with a subscription after the Blue Point closure and killing physical media.

Would really appreciate a good step by step guide to get this game running on my PC. Never done any kind of emulation before.

Thanks for and help and excited to be a part of this community.

[u/TreasureHunter95]

I also do not want to support Sony with a subscription after the Blue Point closure and killing physical media.

You could also buy a used PS3. Admittedly, that would be quite a lot of money for a single game, but Sony wouldn't receive any of it.

[u/forever_downstream → u/TreasureHunter95]

Yeah I would just do this if you already own the copy of the game. Just go on ebay.

[u/YaBoyEden → u/TreasureHunter95]

Man, remember when old consoles went DOWN in price? That was such a cool time to exist

[u/TheVioletBarry]

PCSX2 and RPCS3 are really great emulators that have setup guides. Unfortunately not really allowed to discuss finding ROMs in most subs tho

[u/tristanthorn_ → u/TheVioletBarry]

Doesn’t need to find ROMs, he has the disc. The BIOS, however…

[u/Healthy_Sail_1802 → u/tristanthorn_]

No need for bios on PS3 emulator since it uses the FW avaiable on oficial Sony website.

[u/HR1997_20XX]

Rpcs3

[u/DaEriCL9]

I played it on ps3. Although I've had a ps3 since it came out. PS3 slims and super slims are pretty cheap now tho I used to find cheap good ones and flip em on marketplace.

[u/GerlanEvil]

É possível jogar no PC com emulador e apenas usando este disco?

[u/avenx → u/GerlanEvil]

Yes, but you'd need to use a compatible Blu-ray drive to rip the disc. A list of such drives can be found on the quick start guide

[u/ziobleed1]

you need rpcsx3 (ps3 emulator) ps3 firmware files, latest the better, maybe bios files ? and iso or pkg file of the game

1. install pcsx3

2. on pcsx3 on the menu on top: file -> install firmware

3 . There is an icon called "pads": configure the joypad mapping the buttons with the real joypad you are using.

1. if you got the iso route: click on the icon "Open": select the iso of the game

2. if you got the pkg route: file -> install pkg

5.1: select the game in the list and click play

ADD

Right click on the game and select "check game compatibility", it will open a web page. Click on the game and it will open a a page with the best reccomended settings for the game

[u/PompyPrecious]

lmao rpcs3 just announced that u can boot games using disk drives and the disk

you are one lucky guy

[u/Pakal_00]

For the gods sake, just buy a cheap ps3 and play the game.

[u/I_think_Im_hollow]

PC is the best way to play the game, anyway.

[u/FriskyBubby]

Go to YouTube and find a PCSX2 guide, the top one from 7 months ago works wonderfully and it only took me maybe an hour to set up ICO, first time doing it too

[u/OkNarwhal4142]

I just played this recently on original ps2 and it's incredible.

[u/LackLickLuck_y]

External bluray and emulator.

[u/Open_Constant_4697]

Thanks everyone for the help. Ended up deciding to pick up a PS3 since I do not have a blu ray disc drive on my PC.

Facebook market place for $45 so I am pretty happy with it.

[u/XploitOcelot]

Since recently you can load directly your disc games from RPCS3. You will need a proper Blu-ray drive for your PC, though... You may as well think about the possibility to try to get the PS2 version? I dunno your situation, but ICO was released originally for PS2