PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth generation home video game console developed by Sony and first released on 2000-03-04, and the second console in the PlayStation line. The PlayStation 2 uses DVD as its primary medium for games and can also play them as video discs. The system is also mostly backward compatible with the original PlayStation.
The console uses a MIPS R5900 CPU branded the "Emotion Engine," a custom GPU called the Graphics Synthesizer, and a custom APU called the Sound Processing Unit 2.
Personal
Despite the PlayStation 2 being the most popular console of the sixth generation (and holding the best selling console of all time for quite awhile), I played almost nothing on it and know very little about the system. This is primarily because it came out long after I was a die-hard gamer. In 2000, I was far more interested in women and retro games to bother shelling out for the latest console. While I understand this means I also missed out on a lot of fantastic games, I still find it hard to justify the cost. I'll probably get more involved with it if I ever bother to try it out with emulators.
I do not own a PlayStation 2 and have only played games on it a couple of times.
Games
- See all PlayStation 2 Games.
Initial Games
No regions of PS2 initially shipped with any pack-in games, but the US release included a disc with demo games.
The original Japanese release had a large number of launch titles including: A-Train 6, DrumMania, Eternal Ring, Kakinoki Shogi IV, Kessen, Mahjong Taikai III, Morita Shogi, Ridge Racer V, Stepping Selection, and Street Fighter EX3. The US launch titles included: Armored Core 2, Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore, Dynasty Warriors 2, ESPN International Track & Field, ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding, Eternal Ring, Evergrace, FantaVision, Gungriffon Blaze, Kessen, Madden NFL 2001, Midnight Club: Street Racing, NHL 2001, Orphen: Scion of Sorcery, Q-Ball: Billiards Master, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, Ridge Racer V, Silent Scope, Smuggler’s Run, Street Fighter EX3, Summoner, Surfing H30, Swing Away Golf, Tekken Tag Tournament, TimeSplitters, Unreal Tournament, Wild Wild Racing, and X-Squad.
Personal
Although I've played very little on the PS2, I have played some games that were released on it on other platforms. These are games that are important to me:
Review
I don't know enough about the console to review it.