Poll of the Day > Got a fully working model 50002 PS2 today

(+) Yeah! (+)

Reading both DVD and CD games perfectly. Dug out my ARMax disc and once I do a check on how to install the software (been years since I last did it, I know new software is out), I'll be putting in my network adapter with hard drive. Faster load times and no region lock, even if I gave away my only import discs ages ago.

Been a long time since I played most PS2 games, what should I dig out and enjoy?
https://backloggery.com/games.php?user=DeltaBladeXNZ&console=PS2
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I lost my copy of Balders Gate DA 2 *cries*

So play it for me would you bro?:)

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wolfy42 posted...

I lost my copy of Balders Gate DA 2 *cries*

So play it for me would you bro?:)

I'll see if I can find the memory card with my L40 Cleric, never did finish my Extreme playthrough.
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SMT:Lucifer's Call (Nocturne)

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WhiskeyDisk posted...

SMT:Lucifer's Call (Nocturne)

Fucking Matador
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You should get a PS2 slim. They have a longer life span than a PS2.

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Dark Chronicle. You know you want to.

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Molitheus posted...

You should get a PS2 slim. They have a longer life span than a PS2.

DeltaBladeX posted...

I'll be putting in my network adapter with hard drive. Faster load times and no region lock

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DeltaBladeX posted...

Fucking Matador

Nozumi. Recruit a Nozumi and curbstomp his spooky ass when his press turns fizzle. There's a nest of the fuckers in the last section of the sewers before the fight.

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And got the hard drive all set up, found it has games installed still. :P

https://i.imgur.com/weGn2h6.png

I haven't owned Drakengard or Haunting Ground for years. Good times. I'll have to leave that hard drive alone.
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Turns out backing up my stuff is going to be more annoying than expected, can't get the disc backup application to run for some reason. Just the one that relies on a network. So I'll just stick with discs for now and wait until I can get the SATA style network adapter instead of my old IDE one (my IDE drive is 80GB and older than some users here), and then I'll use that for network backup.

Decided to pull out these games for now, though I'll hear out more suggestions before I make a mess tomorrow morning pulling everything out of my closet where it is stored.

Altered Beast
Ape Escape 3
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Burnout Dominator
Chaos Legion
Crimson Tears
CY Girls
Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII
Downhill Domination
Final Fight Streetwise
Freedom Fighters
The Incredible Hulk
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Phantasy Star Universe
Ring of Red
Rumble Roses
Sega Classics Collection
Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call
Sonic Gems Collection
Steambot Chronicles
Urban Reign
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum

Dark Chronicle sucks, sorry Keyblader
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Your newest list doesn't really have many I loved sadly (although I played most of em).

PSU was not nearly as good as PSO, so i'd pass on that personally.

Klonoa 2 was good, worth playing again I guess, but there have been better similar games since so shrug.

I'd still go with BG DA 2 from that list for sure (usually a phantasy start fan, but just didn't like the universe games.

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wolfy42 posted...

Your newest list doesn't really have many I loved sadly (although I played most of em).

Most of them are games I never finished, with a few I wanted to replay (Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII, Freedom Fighters and Rumble Roses). I'm still willing to pull out more, but I'll probably cap it off at 30.
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DeltaBladeX posted...

Reading both DVD and CD games perfectly. Dug out my ARMax disc and once I do a check on how to install the software (been years since I last did it, I know new software is out), I'll be putting in my network adapter with hard drive. Faster load times and no region lock, even if I gave away my only import discs ages ago.

Been a long time since I played most PS2 games, what should I dig out and enjoy?
https://backloggery.com/games.php?user=DeltaBladeXNZ&console=PS2

I have the original "fatty" PS2 and a slim PS2 and both work fine. I played them once a month. I had a PS1 but it died.

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Casting my vote for The Bouncer. Cause I loved that game back in the PS2 days.

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I recently heard that Shining Force Neo and Exa are supposedly pretty similar to one of my Dreamcast favorites, Record of Lodoss War. Don't know if you've ever tried any of them, but those are going to be on my list whenever I next mess with the PS2.

I bought a modchipped PS2 at a thrift shop. I only bought it because it had a network adapter and figured I could play around with the HDD attachment but I was surprised to find that it was chipped.

I had the drive replaced since I wanted it to work. It's very loud, though (the fan seems to be running on max).

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Ape Escape 3 is the best game on that list.
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DeltaBladeX posted...

Altered Beast

I had to look this up as I had never heard of it outside of the old arcade game, which I've played innumerable times on various compilations over the years. Turns out it's a remake of it and it appears to be a 3-D'ish type title. But sadly it's also one that only ever released in Europe and Japan and NOT the U.S.

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ThrillKillFan posted...

I had to look this up as I had never heard of it outside of the old arcade game, which I've played innumerable times on various compilations over the years. Turns out it's a remake of it and it appears to be a 3-D'ish type title. But sadly it's also one that only ever released in Europe and Japan and NOT the U.S.

Apparently the game sucked, so we didn't lose out on much.
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Awhile back I bought a old fat PS2 and tricked it out with a hard drive and a loader. Never really mess with it though.

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Red_Frog posted...

I recently heard that Shining Force Neo and Exa are supposedly pretty similar to one of my Dreamcast favorites, Record of Lodoss War. Don't know if you've ever tried any of them, but those are going to be on my list whenever I next mess with the PS2.

Only older ones, those were unreleased here.

DeltaBladeX posted...

Altered Beast

ThrillKillFan posted...

I had to look this up as I had never heard of it outside of the old arcade game, which I've played innumerable times on various compilations over the years. Turns out it's a remake of it and it appears to be a 3-D'ish type title. But sadly it's also one that only ever released in Europe and Japan and NOT the U.S.

Yeah, no US release for that one. You didn't miss out on much, it was pretty average. Then again, the original wasn't that great either.
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Nocturne, all routes

totally worth it

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https://i.imgur.com/1HBZe6o.jpg

=)

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39001? Firewire port! Or rather i somethingsomthing whatever they called it.

Still, even older than this one, good to see it hasn't died on you.
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Slowly removing games from the closet now (slowly because I can't fit in the damn tiny space that well). If anyone wants to suggest another game, best to do it now.
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DeltaBladeX posted...

Firewire port!

ECKSKUZE ME...it's "IEEE 1394", thank you. *Snort*

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Solid Sonic posted...

DeltaBladeX posted...

Firewire port!

ECKSKUZE ME...it's "IEEE 1394", thank you. *Snort*

DeltaBladeX posted...

Or rather i somethingsomthing whatever they called it.

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Tony hawk games.
Spiderman 2 or ultimate spiderman. Hulk ultimate destruction.
Sonic Riders.

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DeltaBladeX posted...

Reading both DVD and CD games perfectly.

A lot of people claim they dont know there was ever an issue here. Shoddy lenses on the PS2 was the reason I switched over to Xbox.

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zebatov posted...

A lot of people claim they dont know there was ever an issue here. Shoddy lenses on the PS2 was the reason I switched over to Xbox.

Lasers aren't eternal. My old system was over 15 years old when it finally died, it was no surprise a light was going to have issues during that time.
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DeltaBladeX posted...

Turns out backing up my stuff is going to be more annoying than expected, can't get the disc backup application to run for some reason. Just the one that relies on a network. So I'll just stick with discs for now and wait until I can get the SATA style network adapter instead of my old IDE one (my IDE drive is 80GB and older than some users here), and then I'll use that for network backup.

Decided to pull out these games for now, though I'll hear out more suggestions before I make a mess tomorrow morning pulling everything out of my closet where it is stored.

Altered Beast
Ape Escape 3
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Burnout Dominator
Chaos Legion
Crimson Tears
CY Girls
Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII
Downhill Domination
Final Fight Streetwise
Freedom Fighters
The Incredible Hulk
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Phantasy Star Universe
Ring of Red
Rumble Roses
Sega Classics Collection
Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call
Sonic Gems Collection
Steambot Chronicles
Urban Reign
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum

Dark Chronicle sucks, sorry Keyblader

I'm sorry.
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I really enjoyed it and wish the sequel for PS3 actually happened
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DeltaBladeX posted...

I really enjoyed it and wish the sequel for PS3 actually happened

The controls were just so bad. Should have let us have normal controls too.
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DeltaBladeX posted...

Dark Chronicle sucks, sorry Keyblader

You monster

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i have the same HDD setup and I recently upgraded it by using a converter to allow an SD card rather than physical HDD.

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@FridayHorse Didn't know about a SD card converter, that might be worth a look. I have a spare 64GB micro SD around, and changing the games on it would be easy. Care to PM a link to look up?
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have you ever played the ps2 game Ephemeral Fantasia

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BlazeAndBlade posted...

have you ever played the ps2 game Ephemeral Fantasia

Tried it out, but couldn't get into it. Not a fan of time loop games.
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PLAY THE BOUNCER!!!!

Get all the endings too.

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DeltaBladeX posted...

Lasers aren't eternal. My old system was over 15 years old when it finally died, it was no surprise a light was going to have issues during that time.

The lens read both DVD and CD and this isnt good for it, as Sony knew. They knew it would fail way sooner than it should but launched the console with it anyway then charged people $175 to fix it. Mine broke after about a year. Many of my friends had theirs break sooner.

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If you like fighting/wrestling games play a run of Def Jam FFNY or WWE Here Come The Pain for me, two of my fav ps2 games.

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zebatov posted...

The lens read both DVD and CD and this isnt good for it, as Sony knew. They knew it would fail way sooner than it should but launched the console with it anyway then charged people $175 to fix it. Mine broke after about a year. Many of my friends had theirs break sooner.

Mine lasted until 2018 and probably beyond, it was the power supply that went in that system, though I was using the hard drive to play, laser was only to install games.
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zebatov posted...

The lens read both DVD and CD and this isnt good for it, as Sony knew. They knew it would fail way sooner than it should but launched the console with it anyway then charged people $175 to fix it. Mine broke after about a year. Many of my friends had theirs break sooner.

I brought my PS2 fat back to life 2 or 3 times by re-tuning the laser, but the hard part was keeping that damned ribbon cable for the stupid blue light and the power switch/eject on the front intact after multiple fixes.

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darcandkharg31 posted...

WWE Here Come The Pain

Good call.

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