With the cat out of the bag, Sony responded to questions but didn’t go into any more details as to what fans can expect from its upcoming emulation feature, which games it will cover, and how it will actually work.įor some, however, this backwards compatibility may as well have stayed a secret. However, it didn’t take long for Digital Foundry to work out that these Star Wars hits are actually running via the PlayStation 4’s yet-to-be-revealed PS2 emulation process. Naturally, we assumed the latter three would be remastered ports. Among them were Super Star Wars, which originally launched on the SNES, as well as three titles from the PS2 era: Racer Revenge, Jedi Starfighter, and Bounty Hunter. Those who went out and brought one of the limited edition PlayStation 4 bundles were treated to updated versions of four memorable Star Wars video games. Although backwards compatibility rumours have been in circulation for quite some time now, they became more credible back in September when PEGI (Europe’s video game ratings board) listed several PS2 classics including Dark Cloud, Twisted Metal Black, and Ape Escape 2.Ĭonfirmation from Sony finally came last week with the launch of Star Wars Battlefront. Last week, Sony confirmed to scores of surprised gamers that PS2 emulation is coming to PlayStation 4.