History Platform / PlayStation2

** Two [[UsefulNotes/FlynnsTaxonomy Vector Units]] called [=VP0=] and [=VP1=].

* 32 MB main UsefulNotes/RandomAccessMemory, and 4 MB MediaNotes/VideoRAM, with a maximum bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s. This is one of the points where the [=PS2=] faltered, as it used more expensive [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAM Rambus DRAM]], and ended up with half the RAM, and half the bandwidth on it, of the Platform/{{Xbox}}'s SDRAM.

* 32 MB main UsefulNotes/RandomAccessMemory, and 4 MB UsefulNotes/VideoRAM, with a maximum bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s. This is one of the points where the [=PS2=] faltered, as it used more expensive [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAM Rambus DRAM]], and ended up with half the RAM, and half the bandwidth on it, of the Platform/{{Xbox}}'s SDRAM.

* ''UsefulNotes/RPGMaker 2''

One of the system's biggest features was its use of the emerging UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} format.[[note]][=PS2=] games made use of both the CD and the DVD format, which were ColorCodedForYourConvenience: CD-based games had blue backings (compared to the black [=CDs=] used for [=PS1=] games) and DVD-based games were silver.[[/note]] While [=DVD=]s 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 Platform/NintendoGameCube, 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 Platform/{{Dreamcast}}'s death (and by proxy, the end of Creator/{{Sega}}'s console business) in its infancy.

** ''Ys III: Wanderers from Ys'' (Remake by Creator/{{Taito}})

* ''ComicBook/XMen'':

** ''Pac-Man Fever''

* ''VideoGame/{{Extermination}}''

Of particular note was [[Creator/SquareEnix 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 Creator/{{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 ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' in particular being popular [[KillerApp Killer Apps]] early in its life.

** 'VideoGame/SakuraWarsVEpisode0SamuraiDaughterOfTheWild'''

* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime''
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':

* ''VideoGame/TengaiMakyou
** [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyouIIManjimaru II: Manjimaru]]''

After managing to dethrone Creator/{{Nintendo}} as the top console manufacturer with the Platform/PlayStation, Creator/{{Sony}} set out to make lightning strike twice with their entry into MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, the '''[=PlayStation=] 2'''.

** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan: The Legend of Neverland''

* ''VideoGame/{{Black}}''

** ''Spy Hunter 2''

* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter''

** ''Sakura Wars V Episode 0: Samurai Daughter of the Wild''

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tag Tournament''

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* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':

* ''VideoGame/GodzillaDestroyAllMonstersMelee''