The Official PS2 Thread!

[JPF997]

By popular demand it's finally here, feel free to discuss anything and everything related to the best selling console of all time and arguably the greatest as well !

Edited March 18 by JPF997

[JPF997]

What better way to open up this thread than to take a look back at the games   Atari themselves released for this legendary console.

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

  

 

  

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by JPF997

Edited March 18 by JPF997

[Cynicaster]

I have the same PS2 that I bought in 2001 or so, but it has spent the vaaaast majority of that time just collecting dust in a closet until about a year ago when I set up a bunch of consoles to play their arcade-style games (mostly shoot em ups) with arcade controls.  I'm not much of a dual analog stick type guy so games that work well with arcade sticks and buttons are kind of my jam.  I've played a ton of PS2 since then.  Some of my favorite titles so far:

 

Espgaluda

DoDonPachi DaiOuJou 

Mushihimesama 

Homura

Ibara

Dynamite Deka

Backyard Wrestling

Contra Shattered Soldier

Neo Contra

Gradius V

Intelligent Qube ReMix

Rez

 

Recently I set up a flatscreen TV on a rotatable wall mount so I can easily play shooters in TATE mode.  It looks freakin awesome.  

 

My wife happened to have another PS2 from around the same time which was also collecting dust so I brought out that one too and set it up on a different TV to play racing games with my Logitech GT Drivng Force wheel.  Many of the games I've tried on PS2 with the wheel have not worked very well but there is GT4 and I've also quite enjoyed Burnout 3: Takedown. 

 

On that note, if anyone has any recommendations for PS2 games that are arcade-y in nature and play nice with digital controls (i.e. d-pad) then I'd love to hear about them for my setup.  Driving games that work with Logitech wheel as well.  

 

 

 

 

  

Edited March 21 by Cynicaster

[glazball]

I've been on a huge PS2 kick myself lately, so thanks for this thread.  My original launch PS2 had many problems (Disc Read Errors), so I put it in storage years ago.  I recently picked up a better condition one and have been enjoying the system all over again after the long hiatus.  I've been picking up games here and there... the other evening I popped in Seven Samurai 20XX without knowing anything about it, and just didn't want to stop playing it.  It's one of those kinda games!

 

GTA3, which I bought at launch before it exploded in popularity, will always be one of my absolute favorite games.  Played a ton of Smuggler's Run and SSX at launch.  Loved me some TimeSplitters too.  Such a great system and you could spend a lifetime just going through the insanely large PS2 library.