Well, after months of testing and patience, i got the latest v1.6.0 stable release from May 2020 running perfectly fine under XP. I wanted to do something about it, so i started peeking the code and considering the options i had. The development to my modified version of PCSX2 started in May 2020, just when the latest stable official release was made public (v1.6.0), confirming it wasn't indeed compatible with XP. I'm a developer and i've recently modified the latest version of the popular PCSX2 PlayStation 2 emulator to make it run again under the Windows XP operating system, since they removed that compatibility by 2016. I have what i believe are good news for you, if you are into emulation.