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After managing to dethrone Nintendo as the top console manufacturer with the PlayStation, Sony set out to make lightning strike twice with their entry into The Sixth Generation of Console Video Games, the PlayStation 2.
Instead of the ordinary gray color scheme and top-loading CD drive of the original, the PS2 featured a sleek black body, a front-loading disc tray, an optional vertical stand, and a much more substantial cooling system.
One of the system's biggest features was its use of the emerging DVD format.note While DVDs were first commercially available in 1996, when the PS2 launched in 2000 the world was still in the process of transitioning to it from VHS as the home media standard. The PS2 worked as a DVD player right out of the box — an incredibly affordable one for its time, and that was before taking into account the fact it was a game system. This, coupled with near-complete backwards compatibility with the original PlayStation, made the PS2 an extremely attractive system for both players and developers (the system was actually the hardest of its generation to develop for, but offset that by also being the most commercially enticing platform). What certainly didn't hurt was that it was the most powerful gaming console on Earth at the time of its release (or at least the most powerful gaming console people cared about; the Nintendo GameCube, released a year later, was more powerful than the PS2 but set back by its use of a lower-capacity storage format) and one of the first to truly compete with the processing power of PCs, which helped to generate a ton of excitement on its own, especially for those too young or too technophobic to understand the significance of the DVD format and just cared about gaming. The machine had the highest consumer anticipation in the history of video games at the time — its mere announcement two whole years before release was one of the causes of the Dreamcast's death (and by proxy, the end of Sega's console business) in its infancy.
The PS2 was powered by a proprietary processor known as the Emotion Engine. While impressive and complex for its time period, it caused a lot of headaches due to the system's non-standard hardware setup and lack of documentation. Several developers would vocally lambaste Sony over the PS2's hardware design, though they learned to live with the issues due to the console's clear market lead making it difficult to ignore. This lack of foresight on Sony's part would end up heralding the problems that most developers had with the PlayStation 3 and its Cell processor.
Of particular note was Squaresoft's continued presence in Sony's lineup. Since the days of the original PlayStation, Square had devoted itself to the CD-ROM format, and the PS2's new DVD-ROM capabilities proved even more versatile. While they would end up reconciling with Nintendo during the PS2's lifetime and return to releasing games on Nintendo systems, Square's most prolific titles would stay with Sony. Many of the PS2's best-sellers were Square games, with Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts in particular being popular Killer Apps early in its life.
The system proved popular among consumers. In fact, the only substantial lasting complaints about the console itself appeared to be the apparent "noisiness" of the large cooling fan, which would later be corrected during a re-release featuring a redesigned, much slimmer PlayStation 2 console. The disc drives of early runs of the console also became infamous for technical issues which lead to "Disc Read Errors" caused by the laser assembly falling out of alignment easily due to the absence of a safety mechanism, and that prompted a class-action lawsuit. The first attempt by Sony to fix this issue in the final "Phat" and "Slim" revisions resulted in a bug in the MechaCon controller that would result in the system freezing and the laser burning itself out completely or even completely frying the controller chip with badly scratched discs or poorly burnt home discs. Ironically, these models were the first to support home made DVDs. Later hardware revisions would, again, prove to be considerably more reliable (although the ghost of "bum drives" would continue to linger throughout the console's run).
The most important part of the system was its longevity — there were still games being made for it well into the PS3's life, and after a great deal of thought Sony decided to continue making the system (now available in white). This was due to the combination of its incredibly high install base and the ease of porting PlayStation Portable and Wii games to and from the console, and in Japan both systems were doing better than the PS2's own successor and the Xbox 360.
The early 2010s marked the death of the PS2, with only seven games released in North America in 2011 and three in 2012. The only American-released games during the 2010s with enough reviews to make it on Metacritic were Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. The final title released for the PS2 was FIFA 14 in September 2013, three months after the PlayStation 4's announcement. Around this time, Sony decided to market a Bravia TV with a PS2 installed in the base; it was only released in Europe, however. Additionally, the final servers for the PS2 note weren't shut down until March 31st, 2016, 16 years after the system's release!
As with many consoles some years after original release, there exists a spirited community of modders and hackers who have written various pieces of homebrew software for the console, including a handful that exploit the untapped potential of the Expansion Bay to allow installing games onto a compatible hard drive of capacities up to and including 2TB. This can significantly decrease loading times and is especially useful on older consoles which have aging DVD drives that skip or don't function at all. The most popular and compatible is Open PS2 Loader, which supersedes the first effort HD Loader. In addition, some titles can be forced into HD resolutions (720p and 1080i) using GS Mode Selector, which can drastically improve the visuals on certain games such as OutRun 2006, Fight Night Round 3, Bully and God of War. In summer 2020 a new exploit was discovered in the console's DVD Player to allow homebrew or backups to run off a burnt DVD
much like the aforementioned Sega Dreamcast. In early 2021 a new exploit known as MechaPwn
was released which allows you to convert the last PS2 "Phat" revision and all PS2 "Slim" models into region free consoles without needing to go through the arduous process of installing a mod chip to the system.
The abbreviation PS2 should never be confused with IBM's attempted successor to the IBM PC, the PS/2 (note the slash), or the mini-DIN keyboard/mouse interface it popularized; nor with Phantasy Star II.
Late in the system's life, it got a pink colored version in some regions.
The end of the line for the PS2's lifespan finally came on January 2, 2013, when production and distribution of the console ceased in Japan. Sony announced on January 4th, 2013, that production had stopped worldwide, officially clocking in at over twelve years of production, making it the fourth-longest lasting console of all time (the third being the Atari 2600, the second being the Neo Geo, and the first being the Famicom) in terms of its production timeframenote .
As of August 31, 2018, official repair and support services have ended for the console. Which means that anyone who wants to repair it will need to go to a third-party repair shop, though with how cheap the PS2 is on the second-hand market it's probably cheaper to just replace it.
In some fun trivia, the PS2 is the best-selling video game system of all time with around 155 million units sold, topping the previous holder which was its predecessor. The amount sold was enough to beat its competitors combined a little over three times.
Specifications:
Processors
- The "Emotion Engine", clocked at 294.912 MHz is an amalgam of other processors.
- The main processor is based on the 64-bit MIPS R5900 CPU.
- Two Vector Units called VP0 and VP1.
- VP0 was meant to assist the CPU with vector calculations. This could either run small programs sent by the CPU or single instructions at a time.
- VP1 is a more advanced version of the VP0, capable of handling complicated math. In the processing pipeline, it sat between VP0 and the GPU, so if VP0 wasn't being used, VP1 couldn't be used as well. Because of this, VP1 had to be pre-programmed before it could run anything.
- Lastly, there was another CPU dedicated to handling data transfers called the DMA Controller or DMAC.
- Part of what made the console hard to program was the processor was heavily reliant on the DMAC feeding the CPU and two VPUs. In addition, the developer had a lot of control over the VPUs and Sony's initial libraries didn't offer any help to developers on how to use them. Curiously, this has a lot of similarity with how the Cell Processor in the PlayStation 3 operates.
- The main CPU, VP0, and VP1 have 128-bit Single-Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) instructions. However, these don't work on 128-bit values, but either 4 32-bit values, 8 16-bit values, or 16 8-bit values. For a while, Sony misadvertised the console as having a 128-bit CPU to give themselves a lead in the console-bit-wars as the common thought at the time was "higher bit count equals more realistic graphics", and to counter Sega, who also (inaccurately) advertised the competing Sega Dreamcast console as 128-bit.
- The "Graphics Synthesizer," clocked at 147 MHz.
- Two audio processors, SPU1 and SPU2.
- A MIPS R3000A (the main CPU of the original PlayStation) as the I/O processor.
- The MIPS R3000A CPU would be replaced completely in the SCPH-7500X and SCPH-9000X revisions with a custom PowerPC 401 based chip known as "Deckard" which would emulate the IOP and make the PlayStation backwards compatibility completely software based at the cost of a much reduced compatibility rate of both PlayStation games AND PlayStation 2 games due to how games abused the IOP outside of Sony's guidelines.
- 32 MB main Random Access Memory, and 4 MB Video RAM, with a maximum bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s. This is one of the points where the PS2 faltered, as it used more expensive Rambus DRAM
, and ended up with half the RAM, and half the bandwidth on it, of the Xbox's SDRAM.
- 2 MB for sound memory.
- 2 MB I/O memory.
- 8 MB memory cards. Other sizes are available, including up to 256 MB, though officially the maximum sizes available are 8 MB for those made by Sony themselves and 32 MB for licensed ones.
- 40 GB IDE Hard Drive (optional and requires the Network Adapter)
- Games either came on 700 MB CD-ROMs (which have blue backs) or 4.7 GB DVD-ROMs (which have silver backs). Also produced were 8.5 GB Dual-Layer DVD-ROMs (which have gold backs). PlayStation format CD-ROMs (which have black backs) were also supported for the most part. The advent of the DVD format mostly eliminated the need for multi-disc games, but very few titles still came on multiple discs (though in most cases, the second disc contained bonus features).
- The optical drive is rated for 24x read speeds, a drastic improvement from the PS1's 2x speed CD drive. However, only CD games were actually read at this rate (this is why the system gets alarmingly loud when reading PlayStation 2 format CD-ROMs, this is actually normal). DVD games were read at 4x speed, which sounds bad until you realize that DVDs can have much more data read off of them at the same RPM of CDs, and in fact DVDs have a read bandwidth of 5.28MB/s at 4x speed compared to CDs' 3.6MB/s at 24x speed.
- PS1 CDs were still read at 2x speeds, but this can be doubled to 4x speeds by pressing Triangle on the BIOS and setting the disc speed under "PlayStation Driver" to "Fast". However this causes issues with some games, so it always defaults back to "Standard" when the console is reset.
- Supported the following formats:
- PlayStation 2 Format CD-ROM
- PlayStation 2 Format DVD-ROM
- PlayStation Format CD-ROM*
- CD-DA
- DVD Video
- DVD±R(W) Video (officially supported on SCPH-500xx and later models only)
- The optical drive is rated for 24x read speeds, a drastic improvement from the PS1's 2x speed CD drive. However, only CD games were actually read at this rate (this is why the system gets alarmingly loud when reading PlayStation 2 format CD-ROMs, this is actually normal). DVD games were read at 4x speed, which sounds bad until you realize that DVDs can have much more data read off of them at the same RPM of CDs, and in fact DVDs have a read bandwidth of 5.28MB/s at 4x speed compared to CDs' 3.6MB/s at 24x speed.
Graphics
- Both the VPUs and the Graphics Synthesizer work to generate the graphics. The VPUs handle geometry processing (where the 3D models are and how they are shaped) where the Graphcis Synthesizer generated the pixels.
- Theoretical polygon count is around 75,000,000 polygons per second. In real-time games, the count would be around 15-20 million per second, which is 500-650,000 polygons per frame at 30 fps and 250-325,000 at 60 fps.
- The GPU could output resolutions up to 1280x1024 pixels. However, Gran Turismo 4 and Tourist Trophy note were capable of 1080i output by essentially rendering half of each frame and then combining them together to create a 640x1080 image at 30fps.
- Recent homebrew hacks have enabled the output to even produce 720p with seemingly little, if any, performance loss.
- Sony effectively took the opposite approach to Sega with regard to GPU design, as the Graphics Synthesiser excelled at generating lots and lots of polygons very quickly (even being competitive with the much more advanced GPU in the Xbox in that regard), but had no anti-aliasing support and delivered absolutely horrible performance when any level of texture filtering was involved. As a result, the console's games generally looked very similar to those on its two main competitors (it helped that most developers designed their games with the PS2 in mind and didn't bother to upgrade them for the other two systems), albeit with a noticeably more "jagged" look and slightly blurrier textures.
Add-ons and Expansions
- DualShock 2: The controller used in the console's entire lifespan, it is nearly identical to the original DualShock in almost every way, except it's black and all four face buttons and the shoulder buttons are pressure-sensitive.
- Multitap: Just like its direct predecessor, the console only came with two controller ports by default, necessitating the need for this accessory to allow for more than two controllers. Frustratingly, the original multitap built for the fat models is not compatible with PS1 games, meaning one would need two different multitaps if they wanted to play with 3+ players across both generations. The multitap built for the slim model is compatible with both, but the two variations of the multitap are not compatible with each other's counterpart version of the console. On a side note, the PS2 is something of an odd card out for being the only console in the generation to not have four controller ports as the standard. Also similarly to its predecessor, the lack of such in addition to its weaker specs meant it was a less popular option for four player support, as even some multiplatform games of the generation (such as Star Wars: Battlefront) would forego 4 player support on the PS2 version while including it on the others.
- On the front were two USB 1.1 ports and one IEEE 1394 port (dubbed i.LINK, though commonly known as FireWire).
- The USB ports were used by special controllers like Namco's GunCon 2 and the EyeToy digital camera as well as specific printers for games that supported them.
- The IEEE 1394 port was used as A link-cable. Notably used for Time Crisis 2 and Time Crisis 3 to allow two player mode without split screen. This port was removed in the final revision of the "Phat" model (SCPH-5000x) and completely absent on the "Slim"; the port was replaced with an integrated IR receiver for the DVD remote on these models.
- The "Phat" models had a 3.5" IDE hard drive upgrade with Ethernet (early North American networking/HDD adapters also had a dial-up modem included). With some modding, any 3.5" IDE hard drive could be used. A adapter also exists to convert the IDE interface into SATA for modern HDD's up to 2TB in size. While some games could be installed onto the hard drive, the only game to really need it was Final Fantasy XI.
- The very first "Slim" revision (SCPH-7000X) still has a full Network Adapter on the motherboard and with some extensive hardware modifications can restore hard drive support to the console for certain games and homebrew.
- A version of Linux based on Red Hat was released early in the PS2's lifecycle, mainly for enthusiasts. The kit required a hard drive, USB keyboard (with a USB mouse optional if running in the command line interface, and required if using the graphical shell), and a "sync-on-green" VGA monitor for higher resolutions.
- The "Slim" models still retained an Ethernet port for games that could use them. Early "Slim" models in North America also had a dial-up modem, but as dial-up became less prevalent and increasingly more ill-suited for gaming, it was dropped in later revisions.
- Most PS1 accessories (with some exceptions, like the serial cable) were also compatible with the PS2, but many of these accessories only worked on PS1 games. Most PS1 controllers will also work with the PS2 and vice-versa, but the memory cards are not cross-compatiblenote
Games/Series:
- 25 to Life
- Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
- Adiboo and the Energy Thieves
- Agent Hugo
- Age of Empires II
- Airforce Delta Strike
- Alien Hominid
- Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction
- All Star Fighters
- Alone in the Dark (2008)
- Altered Beast (2005)
- Amagami
- Angelique Trois
- Angelique Etoile
- Another Century's Episode
- The Ant Bully
- Ape Escape 2001
- Ape Escape 2
- Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed
- Eye Toy: Monkey Mania
- Ape Escape 3
- Ape Escape: Million Monkeys
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro Am
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
- Arc the Lad: End of Darkness
- Arcana Heart
- Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2
- Area 51 (FPS)
- Armored Core 2
- Army Men:
- Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2
- Army Men: Green Rogue
- Army Men: Air Attack 2
- Portal Runner
- Army Men: RTS
- Army Men: Sarge's War
- Army Men: Major Malfunction
- Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune
- Art of Fighting Anthology
- Assault Suits Valken
- Astro Boy 2004
- Atelier Lilie: The Alchemist of Salburg 3
- Helmina & Culus: Atelier Lilie Another Story
- Atelier Judie: The Alchemist of Gramnad
- Atelier Viorate Violet: The Alchemist of Gramnad 2
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
- Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny
- Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm
- Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
- Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy
- ATV Offroad Fury
- ATV Offroad Fury 2
- ATV Offroad Fury 3
- ATV Offroad Fury 4
- Backyard Sports
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
- Barbarian (Titus)
- Barbie
- 12 Dancing Princesses
- Horse Adventures series
- Island Princess
- The Bard's Tale
- Baroque
- Barnyard
- Batman:
- Battle Engine Aquila
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
- Battlestar Galactica
- Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance
- beatmania IIDX 3rd Style
- beatmania IIDX 4th style -new songs collection-
- beatmania IIDX 5th style -new songs collection-
- beatmania IIDX 6th style -new songs collection-
- beatmania IIDX 7th style
- beatmania IIDX 8th style
- beatmania IIDX 9th style
- beatmania IIDX 10th style
- beatmania (US release)
- beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
- beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
- beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
- beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD
- beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS
- beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST
- Bee Movie Game
- Ben 10: Protector of Earth
- Alien Force
- Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks
- Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shō
- Berwick Saga
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Big Mutha Truckers
- Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
- Black (2006)
- Black & Bruised
- Black/Matrix II
- Blade II
- Bleach
- Bleach: Erabareshi Tamashii
- Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou
- Blitz: The League
- BloodRayne
- Bloody Roar 3
- Bloody Roar 4
- Blow Out
- Bomberman Land 2 (Japan-only)
- Bomberman Land 3 (Japan-only)
- Bomberman Jetters (Japan-only)
- The Bouncer
- Bratz
- Forever Diamondz
- Girlz Really Rock
- Rock Angelz
- The Movie
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
- Britney Spears
- Britney's Dance Beat
- Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
- Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
- Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
- Bujingai
- Bully
- Burnout
- Burnout 2: Point of Impact
- Burnout 3: Takedown
- Burnout: Revenge
- Burnout: Dominator
- Call of Duty: Finest Hour
- Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
- Call of Duty 3
- Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium
- Casper: Spirit Dimensions
- Castle of Shikigami II
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
- Catwoman (2004)
- Champions: Return to Arms
- Chaos Field
- Chaos Legion
- Chaos Wars
- Chicken Little
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Prince Caspian
- The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
- Chulip
- CLANNAD
- Clock Tower 3
- Clock Zero
- Code Geass: Lost Colors
- Cold Fear
- Cold Winter
- Colin McRae Rally 3
- Colin McRae Rally 04
- Colin McRae Rally 2005
- Commandos 2: Men of Courage
- Commandos: Strikeforce
- Conflict: Desert Storm
- Contra: Shattered Soldier
- Neo Contra
- Constantine 2005
- Cool Boarders 2001
- Coraline
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
- Crazy Frog Racer
- Crazy Taxi
- Crimson Empire
- Crimson Sea 2
- Crisis Zone (1999)
- CT Special Forces (only the fourth game, Fire for Effect)
- Culdcept
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-ON: MARZ
- DanceDance Revolution series
- Japan releases
- DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix
- DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix
- Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
- Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection
- DDR Festival Dance Dance Revolution
- Dance Dance Revolution Strike
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2
- Dance Dance Revolution X
- North American releases
- DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution
- DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution
- Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
- Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2
- Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition
- Dance Dance Revolution X
- Dance Dance Revolution X2
- European releases
- Dancing Stage Megamix
- Dancing Stage Fever
- Dancing Stage Fusion
- Dancing Stage Max
- Dancing Stage SuperNOVA
- Dancing Stage SuperNOVA 2
- Japan releases
- Dancing with the Stars (only the first game)
- Daemon Summoner
- Dark Cloud
- Dark Chronicle (or Dark Cloud 2)
- Dark Summit
- Darkwatch
- Daredevil The Man Without Fear
- Dawn of Mana
- Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore
- Dead to Rights
- Dead to Rights II
- Deer Hunter (Series)
- Def Jam: Vendetta
- Def Jam: Fight for NY
- Demon Stone
- Densha de Go!! Professional
- Densha de Go! Final
- Destroy All Humans!
- Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
- Devil May Cry
- Die Hard: Vendetta
- Digimon:
- Dino Rex
- Dino Stalker
- Dinosaur
- Dirge of Cerberus
- Disaster Report
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
- Disney:
- D.N.A.: Dark Native Apostle
- The Dog Island
- Dog's Life
- Dokapon Kingdom
- DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou
- Dragon Ball:
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- Dragon Quest:
- Dragon Rage
- Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
- Drakengard
- Drakengard 2
- DreamMix TV World Fighters
- Driver:
- DRIV3R
- Driver: Parallel Lines
- Dr. Seuss
- Dual Hearts
- Dynasty Warriors 2
- Dynasty Warriors 3 (plus an Xtreme Legends expansion)
- Dynasty Warriors 4 (plus an Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions)
- Dynasty Warriors 5 (plus an Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions)
- Jan Sangoku Musou
- Dynasty Warriors 6: Special
- The Earth Defense Force (released in Europe under the name "Monster Attack")
- The Earth Defense Force 2 (released in Europe under the name "Global Defence Force" and "Terra Defense Force" in Korea)
- Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
- Echo Night: Beyond
- 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
- Endgame
- Enter the Matrix
- EOE: Eve of Extinction
- Ephemeral Fantasia
- Escape from Monkey Island
- Espgaluda
- Eternal Poison
- Evergrace
- Evil Dead:
- Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles
- Extermination (2001)
- Ex Zeus
- Fahrenheit (a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy)
- Falling Stars
- Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
- Fantastic Four
- Fatal Frame:
- Fatal Frame
- Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
- Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
- Fatal Fury
- Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 1
- Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 2
- Fate/unlimited codes
- The Fear
- Fight Club
- Fighter Maker 2
- Final Fantasy:
- Final Fight: Streetwise
- Finding Nemo
- Fire Pro Wrestling Z
- Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
- Fist of the North Star: Twin Blue Stars of Judgment
- FlatOut
- FlatOut 2
- Flower, Sun and Rain
- Freaky Flyers
- Freedom Fighters (2003)
- Front Mission Online
- Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel
- Full Spectrum Warrior
- Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge
- Fushigi Yuugi
- Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden : Gaiden ~Kagami no Miko~
- Fushigi Yuugi : Suzaku Ibun
- Galerians: Ash
- Garfield: Saving Arlene
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves
- Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
- Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
- Gene Troopers
- Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
- The Getaway
- Ghost Hunter
- Ghost Master
- Ghost Rider (2007)
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
- Gitaroo Man
- Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
- Gladius
- Goblin Commander
- God Hand
- God of War
- Godzilla: Save the Earth
- Godzilla: Unleashed
- The Golden Compass
- Gradius II and IV
- Gradius V
- Graffiti Kingdom
- Gran Turismo 3
- Gran Turismo 4
- Grand Theft Auto:
- Grandia II
- Gregory Horror Show
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2006)
- GrimGrimoire
- G-Saviour
- Guilty Gear X
- Guilty Gear XX
- Guilty Gear Isuka
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
- Guitar Hero
- Guitar Hero II
- Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Guitar Hero: Metallica
- Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
- Guitar Hero: Van Halen
- Guitar Hero 5
- Band Hero
- DJ Hero
- Guitar Hero II
- Gun
- Gundam:
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
- Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
- Gundam Vs Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam Climax UC
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
- Gungrave
- Gungriffon Blaze
- .hack
- .hack//INFECTION
- .hack//MUTATION
- .hack//OUTBREAK
- .hack//QUARANTINE
- .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth
- .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce
- .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption
- .hack//frägment
- Half-Life
- Hannah Montana
- Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour
- Harry Potter series
- Harvest Moon:
- Harvest Moon: Save The Homeland
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life: Special Edition
- Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon: Special Edition
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- The Haunted Mansion
- Haunting Ground
- Hayarigami
- Headhunter
- Heatseeker
- Heavenly Guardian
- Hello Kitty Roller Rescue
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff (formerly known as King's Bounty)
- High School Musical
- High School Musical: Sing It!
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance!
- Hunter: The Reckoning – Wayward
- Hunter x Hunter: Altar of Dragon Vein
- Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition
- Hype: The Time Quest
- I-Ninja
- I.Q. Remix+: Intelligent Qube
- Ibara
- Ice Age
- ICO
- Impossible Mission
- In the Groove
- The Incredible Hulk:
- The Incredibles
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
- Inuyasha The Secret Of The Cursed Mask
- Iron Man
- Jade Cocoon 2
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
- James Bond 007
- Jaws Unleashed
- Jet Ion GP
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death
- Juiced
- Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
- Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
- Jurassic: The Hunted
- Justice League Heroes
- Just Cause
- Kamaitachi no Yoru 2
- Kamen Rider Climax Heroes
- Kamen Rider: Seigi no Keifu
- Kao The Kangaroo: Round 2
- Katamari Damacy
- Kanon
- Kelly Slaters Pro Surfer
- Kessen
- Killer7
- kill.switch
- Killzone
- The King of Fighters:
- The King of Fighters '94: Re-Bout
- The King of Fighters '97: Global Match
- The King of Fighters 2000
- The King of Fighters 2001
- The King of Fighters 2002
- The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match
- The King of Fighters 2003
- The King of Fighters XI
- KOF: Maximum Impact
- KOF: Maximum Impact 2
- King's Field: The Ancient City
- Kingdom Hearts
- Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
- Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade
- Kuon
- Kya: Dark Lineage
- La Pucelle
- Legacy of Kain
- Legaia II: Duel Saga
- The Legend of Alon D'ar
- Legend of Kay (even though the 3rd game was targeted for both the PS3 and Xbox 360, the PS2 was lucky to get a somewhat rushed port)
- Legends Of Wrestling
- Legends Of Wrestling 2
- Showdown: Legends Of Wrestling
- LEGO Adaptation Game
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
- LEGO Batman: The Video Game
- LEGO Soccer Mania
- Lemmings
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Like a Dragon
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- The Lord of the Rings:
- Lumines Plus
- Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
- Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
- Magic Pengel
- Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
- Makai Kingdom
- Maken Shao: Demon Sword
- Malice
- Madagascar
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- Manhunt
- Manhunt 2
- Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
- Mars of Destruction
- Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Sweet 16: Licensed to Drive
- Max Payne
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
- MDK2: Armageddon
- Medal of Honor
- Medal of Honor: Frontline
- Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
- Medal of Honor: European Assault
- Medal of Honor: Vanguard
- Meet the Robinsons
- Mega Man
- Mega Man (Classic):
- Mega Man Anniversary Collection
- Rockman: Power Battle Fighters (a Japan-only compilation of Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters)
- Mega Man X:
- Mega Man X7
- Mega Man X8
- Mega Man X Collection
- Mega Man X: Command Mission
- Mega Man (Classic):
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza
- Melty Blood: Actress Again
- Mercenaries
- Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
- Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
- Metal Saga
- Metal Slug 3
- Metal Slug 4
- Metal Slug 5
- Metal Slug 6
- Metal Slug Anthology
- Metal Gear:
- Michigan: Report From Hell
- Micro Machines V4
- Midnight Club
- Midnight Club II
- Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
- Minority Report: Everybody Runs
- Mister Mosquito
- Mojo
- Monopoly
- Monster Hunter
- Monster Hunter (2004)
- Monster Hunter G
- Monster Hunter 2 (dos)
- Monster Hunter (2004)
- Monster Rancher 3
- Monster Rancher 4
- Monster Rancher EVO
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Monster World: Complete Collection
- Mortal Kombat:
- MS Saga: A New Dawn
- The Mummy Returns
- Musashi Samurai Legend
- Mushihime Sama
- Myst III: Exile
- Namco × Capcom
- NanoBreaker
- Narc 2005
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
- Naval Ops
- Naval Ops: Warship Gunner
- Naval Ops: Commander
- (Naval Ops) Warship Gunner 2
- Need for Speed
- NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
- Neon Genesis Evangelion 2
- Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
- NFL Blitz series
- NFL Blitz 2002
- NFL Blitz 2003
- NFL Blitz Pro
- Nickelodeon:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' da Rules
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Nicktoons Unite!
- Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
- Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots
- SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
- Rugrats: Royal Ransom
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
- Tak and the Power of Juju
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge
- Nightshade (2003)
- Ninja Assault
- Ninjabread Man
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle
- ObsCure
- ObsCure 2
- Odin Sphere
- Okage: Shadow King
- Ōkami
- OneChanbara
- Oni
- Onimusha series:
- Onimusha: Warlords
- Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
- Onimusha Blade Warriors
- Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
- The Operative: No One Lives Forever
- Operator's Side (a.k.a. Lifeline)
- Oretachi Game Center Zoku:
- Scramble
- Crazy Climber
- Karate Dou
- Time Pilot
- Moon Cresta
- Sonic Wings
- BurgerTime
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu
- Super Volley Ball
- Terra Cresta
- Quarth
- Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun
- Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu
- Rabio Lepus
- Akumajou Dracula
- Contra
- Pooyan
- Thunder Cross
- Trio the Punch
- Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
- OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
- Over the Hedge
- Pac-Man:
- Panzer Front: Ausf. B
- ParaParaParadise
- PaRappa the Rapper 2
- Peter Jackson's King Kong
- Petz Catz / Dogz 2
- Phantasy Star Universe
- Phantom Brave
- Phoenix Games:
- Arcade 3D Games Action
- Cartoon Kingdom
- Crabby Adventure
- Hamster Ball
- Kidz Sports Basketball
- London Cab Challenge
- Maniac Mole
- Paccie
- Street Warrior
- Veggy World
- Wacky Zoo GP
- White Van Racer
- Piglet's Big Game
- Pinball Hall Of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection and Pinball Hall Of Fame: The Williams Collection
- Pirates: Legend of the Black Buccaneer
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
- Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
- Planetarian
- Police 911 1
- pop'n music 7
- pop'n music BEST HITS!
- pop'n music 8
- pop'n music 9
- pop'n music 10
- pop'n music 11
- pop'n music 12 Iroha
- pop'n music 13 Carnival
- pop'n music 14 FEVER!
- The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage
- Power Rangers
- Predator: Concrete Jungle
- Primal
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Project Eden
- Project: Snowblind
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
- Psychic Force Complete
- Psychonauts
- Psikyo Shooting Collection
- Gunbird 1 & 2
- Sengoku Ace & Sengoku Blade
- Strikers 1945 I & II
- Pump It Up (Many various ports)
- Pump It Up: Exceed
- The Punisher
- Puyo Puyo
- Puyo Puyo Fever
- Sega Ages series Vol. 12: Puyo Puyo Tsu PERFECT SET
- Puyo Puyo Fever 2
- Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
- Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
- Quake III: Arena
- R-Type Final
- Radiata Stories
- Raiden III
- Rampage: Total Destruction
- Rampart
- Ratatouille
- Ratchet & Clank
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape
- Rayman M (aka Rayman Arena)
- Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
- Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
- Red Dead Revolver
- Red Faction
- Red Faction II
- Red Ninja: End of Honor
- The Red Star
- Reservoir Dogs
- Resident Evil:
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- Rez
- Ribbit King
- Ridge Racer V
- Ring of Red
- Rise of the Kasai
- Rise To Honor
- Roadkill
- Robotech: Battlecry
- Robots
- Robot Alchemic Drive
- Robot Warlords
- Rock Band
- Rock Band 2
- Rocky Legends
- Rogue Galaxy
- Rogue: Hearts Dungeon
- Rogue Ops
- Rogue Trooper
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Koei)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms X
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song
- RPG Maker 2
- RPG Maker 3
- Rule of Rose
- The Rumble Fish
- Rumble Roses
- Rune: Viking Warlords
- Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
- Sakura Wars
- Sakura Wars: In Hot Blood
- Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning?
- Sakura Wars Story: Mysterious Paris
- Sakura Wars V: Episode 0 ~Samurai Daughter of the Wild~
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
- Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku
- Samurai Shodown V
- Samurai Shodown VI
- Samurai Shodown Anthology
- Samurai Warriors (plus an Xtreme Legends expansion)
- Samurai Warriors 2 (plus an Xtreme Legends and Empires expansions)
- Samurai Western
- Scaler
- Scarface: The World Is Yours
- Scooby-Doo:
- The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian
- Seaman 2
- Second Sight
- Secret Weapons Over Normandy
- Seek and Destroy (2002)
- Seigi No Mikata
- Sega Rally 2006
- Sega Superstars
- Sega Superstars Tennis
- Sengoku Basara series
- Sengoku Basara / Devil Kings
- Sengoku Basara 2
- Sengoku Basara 2: Heroes
- Sengoku Basara X
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Serious Sam series
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Shadow of Rome
- Shadow Hearts
- Shadow Man: 2econd Coming
- Shadow of Destiny
- Shark Tale
- Shepherd's Crossing
- Shin Goketsuji Ichozoku: Bonnou Kaihou
- Shining Series
- Shining Tears
- Shining Force Neo
- Shining Force EXA
- Shining Wind
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Shinobi (2002)
- Shinobido: Way of the Ninja
- Shmups Skill Test (as part of the EXZEAL game disc)
- Shrek
- Sidewinder MAX
- Lethal Skies Elite Pilot: Team SW
- Lethal Skies 2
- Silent Hill 2
- Silent Scope
- Silpheed: The Lost Planet
- The Simpsons: Road Rage
- The Sims
- The Sims: Bustin' Out (2003)
- The Sims 2
- Singstar:
- Singstar 80s
- Singstar 90s
- Singstar Amped
- Singstar Pop
- Singstar Pop Vol. 2
- Singstar Rocks
- Siren 1
- SkyGunner
- Sky Odyssey
- Sly Cooper
- Smuggler's Run
- Sniper Elite
- Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
- SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs
- SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs
- SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault
- Soldier of Fortune: Gold Edition
- Sonic the Hedgehog:
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sonic Gems Collection
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus
- Sonic Riders
- Sonic Unleashed
- The Sopranos: Road to Respect
- SoulCalibur 2
- SoulCalibur 3
- Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
- Space Channel 5
- Space Channel 5 Part 2
- Space Raiders
- Space War Attack
- Spartan: Total Warrior
- Spawn: Armageddon
- Spectral Souls
- Spectral Souls II (Japan-only)
- Blazing Souls (Japan-only)
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
- Spider-Man:
- Spike Out - the 2005 re-release
- Spirits & Spells
- Splashdown
- Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
- Splinter Cell
- Spy Fiction (2003)
- SpyHunter (2001)
- SpyHunter 2
- SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run
- Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run
- Spyro the Dragon
- SSX
- SSX Tricky
- SSX 3
- SSX On Tour
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Star Wars:
- Steambot Chronicles
- Street Fighter:
- Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future
- Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
- Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
- Street Fighter EX3
- Stretch Panic
- Stuntman
- The Suffering
- Suikoden III
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Superman:
- Summon Night 3
- Summon Night Ex-These: Yoake no Tsubasa
- Summon Night 4
- Summon Night Gran-These: Horobi no Tsurugi to Yakusoku no Kishi
- Summoner
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
- Super Robot Wars:
- Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
- Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
- Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Tatacon de Dodon ga Don
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Doki! Shinkyoku Darake no Haru Matsuri
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Appare! Sandaime
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Waku Waku Anime Matsuri
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumare! Matsuri da!! Yondaime
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Go! Go! Godaime
- Taiko Drum Master
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Tobikkiri! Anime Special
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Wai Wai Happy! Rokudaime
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Doka! to Oomori Nanadaime
- Tales Series:
- Tarzan: Untamed
- Taz: Wanted
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Teen Titans (2006)
- Tekken Tag Tournament
- Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven
- Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
- Tengai Makyou
- II: Manjimaru
- III: Namida
- Tenkuu Danzai Skelter+Heaven
- Tetris Worlds
- The Thing (2002)
- Thunder Force VI
- Time Crisis II
- Time Crisis 3
- Time Crisis: Crisis Zone
- TimeSplitters
- TimeSplitters 2
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe (cancelled)
- To Heart 2
- Tokimeki Memorial series:
- Tokimeki Memorial 2 Music Video Clips: Circus de Aimashou
- Tokimeki Memorial 3
- Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 1 and 2
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
- Kaido Racer
- Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2
- Ghost Recon
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
- Ghost Recon 2
- Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- Tomb Raider
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
- Tony Hawks Under Ground
- Tony Hawk's Underground 2
- Total Overdose
- Transformers: The Game (Console)
- Trapt
- Treasure Planet
- Tribes: Aerial Assault — a port of Tribes 2
- Triggerheart Exelica
- True Crime: Streets of LA
- Turok: Evolution
- Twin Caliber
- Twinkle Star Sprites
- Twisted Metal: Black
- Twisted Metal Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan
- Unlimited Saga
- Unreal Tournament
- Urban Chaos: Riot Response
- Urban Reign
- Utawarerumono
- Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
- Vampire Night
- Van Helsing
- VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
- Vexx
- Vietcong: Purple Haze
- Viewtiful Joe
- Viewfiful Joe 2
- Virtua Cop: Elite Edition
- Virtua Fighter:
- Virtua Fighter 4
- Virtua Quest
- Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
- Wangan Midnight
- War of the Monsters
- The Warriors
- Warriors of Might and Magic
- Warriors Orochi
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Way of the Samurai
- Way of the Samurai 2
- Whiplash
- Wild ARMs
- WinBack: Covert Operations
- WinBack: Project Poseidon
- WipEout Fusion
- Wipeout Pulse
- Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land
- Worms 3D
- Worms Forts: Under Siege
- Worms 4
- Wrath Unleashed
- Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions
- WWE All Stars
- The X-Files: Resist or Serve
- X-Men:
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
- Xtreme Express
- XIII
- Yarudora
- Scandal
- Blood: The Last Vampire
- Ys
- Ys I・II: Eternal Story
- Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (Remake by Taito)
- Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory (Remake by Taito)
- Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (Remake by Taito)
- Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum
- Zapper
- Zombie Virus
- Zone of the Enders
- Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Tropes associated with the PlayStation 2:
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The PlayStation 2 was one of the few home consoles to use more than one optical disc format for its games. Each disc type was coloured differently for the user's convenience: CD-ROMs came on violet discs, while DVD-ROMs came on gold/silver discs.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Many early titles were still printed on CD-ROMs instead of the then-newly released DVD-ROM format, but as games continued to grow in size, the DVD-ROM format soon became the format of choice for most developers.
- Evolving Credits: Notice all those crazy blue tower-block things whenever you turn on a PS2 with a memory card inserted? Those represent the amount of games, movies or audio CDs you have played with that card inserted, and get taller the more you use each media type (contrary to popular belief, it does not necessarily represent save data). The data for each title is stored in the "Your System Configuration" file - hence, deleting said file treats you to an empty splash screen.
- Nightmare Fuel: The Red Screen of Death which says "Please insert a PlayStation or PlayStation 2 format disc." comes with a creepy sound which scared a lot of younger players and sometimes even older players. It can be also a Memetic Mutation due to this.
- Not the Intended Use:
- According to memes, anyway. Since barely anyone used the HDD tray for its actual purpose (as there was only one game on the system that needed a hard drive, and said game was also available on PC and probably better off played there), it's grown to be almost universally known as "the weed compartment". Needless to say, this was not an officially sanctioned use of the machine...
- The hard drive itself also was frequently subject to this. Since only a small handful of games even supported it at all, and the enhancements minor at best in most cases, it gained a lot more traction when people figured out how to use it for installing homebrew and storing backup copies of games. This might have had a hand in why Sony dropped it entirely on the slim model.
- Product Facelift: The redesigned slim model, SCPH-70000 series, significantly shrank the size of the system and included a built-in ethernet port instead of needing an addon, at the cost of omitting the rarely-used hard drive expansion option.
- Truncated Theme Tune: When playing a PlayStation 1 game on the system, it omits the first part of the logo animation (with the Sony Computer Entertainment logo), and skips to the PlayStation logo. This is because the first part of the logo animation is how the PS1 checks to see if the console BIOS boots up properly; because this check is already performed at the PS2 startup screen, doing it a second time is unnecessary.