Sony has pinged us to remind of us of our own mortality, and to tell us that the PlayStation 2 is nine-years-old.
That's right, the system made its North American debut on October 26, and for me, it marked my first DVD player. I remember going to my local EB Games, bringing back the unit to my college dorm room, and popping in SSX (remember those blue-bottom CD-based discs?) for the first time. It was glorious.
Unfortunately, I don't think I bought another PS2 game for at least another year after I got the system at launch. Instead, I happily played my Dreamcast, waiting for something to happen on Sony's console. And then it did. Big time. I'm not going to attempt to list all of the incredible games and franchises that the PS2 gave birth to... but I'm not going to stop you from telling us your best PS2 memories.
So, go for it!
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Which reminds me, I need to go finish persona 3 and sotc.
Dammit I'm that old.
Oh, those halcyon days.
Any of you guys remember Smugglers Run? Was pretty sweet back in the day.
It wasn't until 2002 came around and I went abroad for a semester in college. I realized that the study abroad program in Wales was mainly just to experience another culture, and I wasn't expected to actually go to any classes. One of my roommates had a PS2 so I took it upon myself to get caught up on all the games I'd missed. It was awesome.
When I got one, my first games were Twisted Metal Black and Dark Cloud. Good times. Which reminds me...I'm never to going to get around to beating FFXII.
I bought one near launch in anticipation for mgs2 and GT2000 (gran turismo 3).
I still think that the ps2 has done more for gaming than what the SNES did.
Maybe I'll get a next gen console next year, when RPG finally start rolling out for them. Borderlands and Demon's Souls are cool and Imma let you guys finish them but Persona 4 is one of the best RPGs of all time.
i remember i would purposely try to get sick in highschool so i could have an excuse to sit around playing rpgs all day. that being said i still havent even scratched the surface of persona3, dont even own persona4 and have never played through (though i've certainly played) any of the god of war games.
also, beyond good and evil, killer7, sly cooper, psychonauts...happy birfday ps2.
I laughed when I saw the It Is Your Birthday banner from The Office.
that console fuckin rocks
It feels like it was just yesterday when I popped in Twisted Metal Black for the first time, wowed by its astonishing graphics and dark storyline.
Ahhhh, nostalgia.
I got my ps2 shortly after the release of ffx. I had asked my dad to buy it with full knowledge that he would ignore me and my request, as per usual. But for some reason the old man came through this time. I was blown away by the beauty of the game, and in awe of ps2 for being able to showcase such eye candy. Remember walking to the village in Besaid? The waterfall and the moving grass and trees <3. Also, Kimahri first meeting Tidus? epic. I love you ps2. xoxo.
gta3
shadow of the colossus
all the burnouts
some of the best tony hawk ever
onimusha series
SSX
NBA street
timesplitters
A few of my friends came out with their blankets and cushions and we totally set up a cushion fort to stay warm in. It drizzled for about an hour that night around 1:00 am and everyone in line was trying to decide whether to stay or leave. A few people in the front of the line left with the reasoning that they didn't want to catch pneumonia and die for a PS2. We decided to hang out for another 30 minutes and see if it the drizzle let up...which it did.
I didn't sleep a wink and when morning rolled up on us it seemed like forever before the Target employees came out to hand us tickets. They said they had 50 PS2's and there were about 200 people in line. I cautiously counted everyone in front of us. My friends and I ended up being tickets 44, 45, and 46. My wife did not take a ticket; we're not those dicks that buy up more than they need to turn a profit. If it wasn't for those people that left in the middle of the night I wouldn't have been able to get a PS2 that day. Suckers!
I bought SSX and Orphen...or something...and we played the hell out of SSX that day. It was my first DVD player too and I ran that Playstation into the ground. It broke on me after 2 years with Disc Read Errors and I went through 2 more before finding a PS2 that didn't break. Oh, I love the PS2!! I LOVE IT!!
The blue bottoms were the new black...scratch resistant coatings. Same as was on the Original PS discs but now blue instead.
Also, I know I am not the only one who bought the MGS2 demo that came with a game (<3 <3 <3 ZOE!).
Happy birthday old girl.
My fondest PS2 memory is when I was trying to repair my second PS2 fat, and i couldn't get it fixed. The stupid piece of crap could only play PS1 games (and I used it primary to play CV: SOTN). After a good three months of working on it in my dorm, it was time to move out, and I'd had enough. I was on the third floor, and my roommate (who I had a love/hate relationship with) was outside my window. With a yell of "suck on this, mofo!" I lobbed my second PS2 fat out the window, missing my roommate, but sending it smashing into the cement.
It was all good until I saw something horrible: a disc popped out of the destroyed drive and rolled across the cement and into the grass. I'd forgotten to take Castlevania out!
Luckily my roommate saw the humor in it and didn't steal my game, and it still actually works just fine! I just remember the downright horror I felt when I realized I threw one of my favorite games out the third floor window onto cement.