r/ps2 • • 9h ago

Is there a game more magical than this on PS2? (Kingdom Hearts, 2002)

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129 Upvotes

r/ps2 • • 3h ago

PS2 ifykyk

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112 Upvotes

Took this picture at my store and figured it was a little too saucy for the store account 😅


r/ps2 • • 16h ago

Game Appreciation: Way of the Samurai #3

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101 Upvotes

Way of the Samurai is an absolute masterclass in how to do a short game right. A single playthrough wraps up in just a couple of hours, but the insane amount of branching paths packed into that small runtime is mind-blowing. Every single choice, dialogue option, or unexpected clash completely alters how the whole narrative unfolds.

The combat itself is so satisfying really, and requires actual focus instead of mindless button-mashing. Collecting different Weapons, and mastering tons of movesets, and timing your parries or positioning just right gives every single duel a different aesthetics. you get hooked from the very first sword clash to the end.

It remains such a wonderfully quirky, beloved hidden gem, or I say it's a Cult Classic. Because the scale is so tight and focused, the incredible replayability means you'll constantly want to jump right back in to try completely different choices and uncover every possible outcomes.

Drop your thoughts......

And Thanks.


r/ps2 • • 6h ago

Couple of additions today

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Went to a collectibles show and ended up finding Black and Tomb Raider for $10 each CIB, been wanting Black for a while and I thought I’d get started on Tomb Raider as well, nice little pickups


r/ps2 • • 14h ago

20th anniversary of Bully and Destroy All Humans! 2

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35 Upvotes

Two of my favourite games


r/ps2 • • 15h ago

Look at this beauty

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33 Upvotes

After completing NFS1 in a week, I found this beauty in the 2nd hand game shop.

The challenge, to not buy another game until each is complete


r/ps2 • • 7h ago

Growlanser help?

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I thought i had gotten scammed a long time ago and got different halves of 2 different games as part of a trade. I have Growlanser Generations "Disc 1: Growlanser 2, The Sense of Justice" and "Disc 2: Growlanser 3, The Dual Darkness". But after having them for like 12 years now, I think they may be the same game..? The wiki was confusing...

Are they a single game on 2 discs with different names for some reason?


r/ps2 • • 16h ago

My local Charity shop finds

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During my recent visit to a local charity shop, I discovered these items, each complete with manuals and discs. This is the second occasion I have come across 'Manhunt' at a charity shop; previously, I acquired both 'Manhunt' and 'Manhunt 2' simultaneously.


r/ps2 • • 10h ago

Saturday night pick

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22 Upvotes

Picked this banger off the rack to play tonight, probably one of my top 10 ps2 games , nostalgia maybe playing a big part as playing this with my old man when I was about 5 or 6 is one of my earliest gaming memories (the mummies scared the shit out of me back then)😂

any other fans of this game on here? My mates never played it and I never see it in anyones collections when they post them.


r/ps2 • • 9h ago

Age of empires 2

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Is there a reason my EU copy of the game looks like that but my japanese version works fine


r/ps2 • • 17h ago

Best PS2 game?

15 Upvotes

My opinion, the Singstars and Simpsons road rage (very much biased)


r/ps2 • • 10h ago

I hope this does well, because maybe this will influence some devs that not EVERY game needs to be remade.

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12 Upvotes

r/ps2 • • 6h ago

Finished Devil May Cry 3(special edition)

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Here it is, the game that left the most impression of when I was a kid, for some reason the battle theme(taste the blood)still remains in my head rent-free ever since booting this game back in 2010

Absolutely the best game I've played on the ps2, up there with snake eater, re4 and bully, every about this game is amazing in my opinion, my only gripe is the sometimes messy fixed camera and being limited to only 2 weapons and one style.my playthrough became so much easier when I accepted that I'm more of a trickster guy than a royalguard guy, went from dying alot from bosses to only needing a few tries, the only ones I actually struggled with was Vergil

Imma try dmc1 some other time then just....maybe 2 as well.


r/ps2 • • 12h ago

New $10 tv from Walmart for my room looks great

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My main baby in the 2nd picture :) Getting a PS2 a few months ago has been such a great nostalgic experience.

I’ve been playing so much NBA street 2 I haven’t even touched NFL Street 2.


r/ps2 • • 13h ago

Fear and need confirmation.

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8 Upvotes

I have Mechapwn installed on my Pal PS2, but my last one, a slim, after running a PS1 game, made the screen permanently squished. What am I doing wrong? I just need help before I compromise another PS2.


r/ps2 • • 9h ago

Game with strange disc

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I bought Midnight Club 3 and it came with a strange disc. What could that be? Is it legit?


r/ps2 • • 13h ago

What ps2 game is criticized for no reason even though it’s good?

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6 Upvotes

r/ps2 • • 20h ago

How do I know if my ps2 slim is scratching my discs?

6 Upvotes

Recently I got my ps2 slim (77k) but just now I discovered that the disc scratching issue is pretty common, and I was wondering if there is any way to tell beforehand if your console does that or not, some signs of something similar so that I can take precautions of any type.


r/ps2 • • 15h ago

I have two ps2 hdd adaptors but they are stripped and rusted screws. How do I remove them?

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I never removed stuff like this and I want to upgrade to a sata drive but I need help I feel…


r/ps2 • • 3h ago

PS2: Lost forever?

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Hi, could you help me?

I’m having an issue with my PS2. It came with a modchip already installed. I had set up FunTuna and uLaunchELF using a DVD, but over time—or for some other reason—the console stopped reading my flash drive correctly. Unable to fix it, I deleted everything from the memory card via the PS2’s main menu. Now, when I turn the console on, it just shows a black screen (though I can still access the system by holding down a button). The problem is that when I try to reinstall FunTuna using a disc, it goes straight to a file explorer-like screen, and at the top, it says "failed to load ULAUNCH.CNF." I suspect that even though I deleted uLaunchELF from the memory card, some remnants still remain. What should I do?


r/ps2 • • 13h ago

I have an Android phone and 2 friends, and we’d like to play a PS2 game that supports local multiplayer.

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I would like to know how I can play a game using 3 connected Bluetooth controllers. The AetherSX2 emulator only recognizes 2 of them, even with the 8-player multitap option enabled; however, other emulators—such as GameHub—and the games themselves do recognize all 3. Could you tell me how to get this working? I play the games on my phone and mirror the screen to my television.


r/ps2 • • 2h ago

Modern Combat on the ps2 not starting up game.

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The game shows the logo then fades to black saying reading memory card. Would love to find out what happend


r/ps2 • • 9h ago

Controller ports issue PS2 slim 70003

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Hi All, I've been gifted this PS2 slim, and it get power to the controllers but port 1 doesn't register anything, and port 2 will only work/register movement on startup. I've tried to iso clean and had a good look for anything obvious but still scratching my head. USB ports appear to be powered fine too. Any ideas? Apologies for photos, not the best.


r/ps2 • • 10h ago

Want to get the PS2 back out

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Was thinking of an AV to HDMI but I’ve seen other people say that it isn’t great

What adapter or cable should I get


r/ps2 • • 15h ago

39003 & 30003R stopped reading discs after Modbo 5 install, even after removing the chip

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As the name suggests I have installed a Modbo 5 both in a PAL 39003 & 30003R, both of which have stopped reading discs after the install, even after removing the chips and returning the PS2s back to stock.

Both read games prior to the Modbo install and I have installed the chip on a few consoles previously and never had any issues. Also all other features of the Modbo work as intended.

After the Modbo install the 30003R read PS2 games but not PS1, and after some fiddling, now it takes a minute to even attempt to load a disc and can only launch PS2 games to the DVD player menu, which does suggest the laser is either on the way out or needs to be recalibrated. This happens with both disc drives.

The 39003 now just spits out a disc error no matter what. The laser does turn on and attempt to read the disc for a second, but does not progress further than that. As this occurs with both disc drives, I have a feeling this may be an issue with the PS2 motherboard rather than the disc drive, but I'm not too sure.

I have cleaned the boards with alcohol and checked for shorts and everything looks fine. I have heard sometimes fuses can cause this issue or a faulty la6508 chip. The games I am using to test are a legitimate PS1 and a silver DVD PS2 game and work fine in other consoles.

Before attempting a PMAP and looking into getting replacement lasers, is there any other areas I should check first which could have caused these issues?