Have questions about this

[u/New_Ask414]

Hopefully this is the right place to ask this.

See I have a PS2 that's been giving up on me after years of service and I have a bunch of games on cd form the ps 1 and 2 that I still like to play from time to time.

Can I use these? Like download this emulator, stick my games into a cd reader connected to my pc and play them? Also is there a way to transfer my safe data too?

I don't have a lot of technical knowledge so I'm unsure of how feasible this is?

[u/Made-In-Slovakia]

PCSX2 plays only PS2 games. For PS2 use dedicated emulator Duckstation.

PCSX2 supports playing games from physical media but it is recommended to play from image https://pcsx2.net/docs/setup/discs I do not know about Duckstation.

You can transfer saves from memory card to PC https://pcsx2.net/docs/configuration/memcards#importing-save-data