I still have PS2 somewhere in my entertainment room and a few dozens of games too, but quite recently as a part of my data preservation effort I grabbed all I could find for the platform as ISO backups from the net.

PS2 emus are solid these days and enhance graphics capabilities targeting HD screens too.

So even tho I have DVD boxes for many of the games, I sentimentally started testing them in emulated environment.

Testing means, If they are still playable and enjoyable after all those years.

And I can tell you, yes they are. Many details must be of course forgiven but general principle of great console game that you can enjoy offline with all that attention whore crap of the current era is still beating many modern games, by a range!

I played first Ratched and Clank, Puzzle Quest, SSX, Even Call of Duty 3 is fun game albeit the fact I always thought it's been the worst from first COD games and until World at War showed up COD 2 on X360 was my benchmark for WWII game.

Lots fun and 15h lost in time in last week experimenting with all that stuff.

-h1

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I still have PS2 somewhere in my entertainment room and a few dozens of games too, but quite recently as a part of my data preservation effort
I grabbed all I could find for the platform as ISO backups from the
net.

I have a cabin up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and it's a place of
calm. We have no internet access and no cell coverage. A single land
line in the house.

I have my old Nintendo Wii in the den. It's great fun to play the old
games; I still have a Mii for playing Wii tennis but haven't gotten a
chance to move up in the ranks in a couple of years.

We have a couple of japanese language games, you have to sort of guess
what to do next, with lots of canned applause and ohhhhs depending on
how well you do.

Reminds me of of that SNL skit where Chris Farley accidentally
stumbles onto a Japanese game show and has to guess the rules.

PS2 emus are solid these days and enhance graphics capabilities
targeting HD screens too.

So even tho I have DVD boxes for many of the games, I sentimentally started testing them in emulated environment.

Testing means, If they are still playable and enjoyable after all those years.

And I can tell you, yes they are. Many details must be of course
forgiven but general principle of great console game that you can enjoy offline with all that attention whore crap of the current era is still beating many modern games, by a range!

I played first Ratched and Clank, Puzzle Quest, SSX, Even Call of Duty
3 is fun game albeit the fact I always thought it's been the worst from first COD games and until World at War showed up COD 2 on X360 was my benchmark for WWII game.

Lots fun and 15h lost in time in last week experimenting with all that stuff.

-h1

... -=Lordz of BooM are back=-

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I still have PS2 somewhere in my entertainment room and a few dozens of games too, but quite recently as a part of my data preservation effort I grabbed all I could find for the platform as ISO backups from the net.

I just watch a YT video coving ALL the various PS2 mods... from HDMI out to jailbreaks to SDCard add-ons... even m0re - looked pretty fun.



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I just watch a YT video coving ALL the various PS2 mods... from HDMI out to jailbreaks to SDCard add-ons... even m0re - looked pretty fun.

quite versatile platform indeed. You could even have Linux on it!

-h1

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