After putting it off forever, I finally modded my fat PS2 (SCPH-50001) with FreeMCBoot and installed OPL latest nightly (1.2.0 Beta 1996).
All I can say is… wow.
Also – best underrated game to test with OPL? I’ll start: Urban Reign . open ps2 loader
Here’s a forum-style post you can use or adapt for Reddit, GBAtemp, or a similar community: Just set up Open PS2 Loader (OPL) – wish I’d done this years ago After putting it off forever, I finally modded
Games over SMB from a NAS run flawlessly – no more laser worries or swapping discs. Compatibility is way better than I expected. Even got PS1 games running via POPStarter (though that’s a bit more fiddly). After putting it off forever