Since, the cfw hack for 4.82 ofw recently came out for ps3's from 3.55+ oft's to be able to hack & install cfw (finally) my ps3 is this:

Ps3 slim play ps2 games. However, there's a few things you need to be aware of. Ps3 with 60gb storage + serial number starting with a. This is accomplished entirely via software emulation and does not differ between.

Ps3 with 20gb storage + serial number starting with b. However, all playstation 3 models can play some playstation 1 games via physical discs. Select “memory card utility (ps/ps2)” from the game menu.

The ps2 slim still maintains the standard core features of the console. Uploaded using ps3(tm)please note that i do not own the copy rights to any of the items in the video. · 4m · edited 4m.

Ps2netemu (ps2 classics emulator, the one used in all non backwards compatible ps3s) doesn't have support for dev9 as far as i know (aka the ps2 network adapter/hdd. The original ps3 could play ps2 games, but it had a different chip set, and it would only play ps2 games that were on dvd. To access the xmb, use the ps button.

It would not play ps2 games on cd. A slim ps3 cannot run ps2 games unless it's jailbroken and has the proper software to load the games as iso files, and even then. But i do own the items in this video.

1.it will run all ps1/ps2 games from all regions. Select “new internal memory card” and then “internal memory card (ps2)” from the drop.