Playing PS2 Games in Discord

Last updated on 30th November 2024

I wanted to play a retro couch-coop game with my friend, but they were too far away. So, I connected a game controller to the internet and created website they could use to join in the game. Follow along as I explain how I used soldering, IoT, web sockets, and video streaming to do what would have taken 3 minutes with a Steam game. 🤦‍♂️

This talk leads attendees on the journey I took to modernise the retro gaming experience; so that my friend and I could play retro games on original hardware, through the internet.

It covers the following topics:

  • Restoring retro consoles
  • Modifying electronics with soldering (tips and techniques)
  • Communicating with IoT devices using scripting languages
  • Creating web apps that interface with IoT
  • Web socket communication
  • Low-latency video streaming
  • JS gamepad APIs