PC Games on PlayStation 2? Impossible.

No. You cannot run PC games on a PlayStation 2. The architectures are fundamentally incompatible:

• CPU: PS2 uses the custom "Emotion Engine" (MIPS-III based, 299 MHz) + Vector Units. PC games target x86 (Intel/AMD).
• OS: PS2 runs a minimal proprietary kernel. PC games require Windows/Linux/macOS with DirectX/Vulkan/OpenGL APIs.
• Media: PS2 reads DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO9660) with proprietary sector layout. PC games use .exe installers on DVD-ROM or digital download.
• Resources: PS2 has 32MB RDRAM + 4MB VRAM. Minimum PC specs for 2000s games exceed this by 10–100x.

No Emulation Layer Exists

There is no PC emulator (DOSBox, Win9x, Wine) for PS2. The hardware gap is too vast. Even the PS2's own PS1 backward compatibility used the physical PS1 CPU (IOP) as a co-processor—not software emulation.

What You Can Play on PS2

• PS2 games (DVD).
• PS1 games (CD) — hardware compatible.
• DVD movies.
• Homebrew via FreeMCBoot / OPL (ISOs from HDD/USB/SMB) — only PS2/PS1 titles.

If you want to play PC classics on a TV, use a modern PC/HTPC, Steam Deck, or a Raspberry Pi 4/5 running x86 emulation (box86/box64) for very old titles—but not on PS2.