PS2 is 10 years old today

[Flak Beard]

Just curious JT, is your PS2 collection a mostly CIB collection? Or are a lot of your games lose and disc only?

Used PS2 game prices are really low right now, so I'm definitely going to add more to my collection. It just seems like every game I try to pick up at a local shop is missing the box art and manual.

[IcKy99]

this reminds me i gotta pick up street fighter anniversary soon, so i can have a big ol party for my ps2

[CRTGAMER]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO celebration in the house! happy birthday ps2. i love my ps2...probably even more than i used to thanks to the mod chip i have! im gonna play some great games today.

Best machine for me. Using HDAdvance/HDLoader, PS2 games stored in other room.

[DCsegaDH]

I have two Playstation 2 consoles and about 60 games for it, yeah it is a great system for pretty much anyone who likes video games because their is such a huge selection of every popular genre on it. I can't believe its already been 10 years, time goes by way too fast. I'm going to play some PS2 games now!

[dedalusdedalus]

10 years old! Woo! My console bought at launch for just under 1k died 9 years ago, RIP.

Just under 1K? Man, I keep forgetting just how crazy that PS2 shortage was. Kids today think the Wii shortage was bad.

[diesel_dan]

Happy birthday, PS2!

As a collector, the sheer amount of great games is going to keep the PS2 a viable system (in my eyes) for another ten years. It seems like I'm always discovering some new series that I simply must play. I have my sights set on Front Mission--a series I never even heard of a month ago.

Of course, I'll always hold a small grudge against it for killing my precious Dreamcast.

[weasels]

Happy birthday, PS2!

I have my sights set on Front Mission--a series I never even heard of a month ago.

im a big fan of the Front mission games (FM3 being my favorite). hears a heads up if you didn't know but FM5 has been translated recently and if your ps2 is modded by the many various ways, you should go for it.

here's more info on it.
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... a&start=10

now to get back on topic, i'm playing Shadow of the Colossus tonight!

[Betamax001]

Aw man the PS2 is 10 today? Wow man! The PS2 was my first console ever. I had a game boy colour and advance, but this was my first real console. The one I got in 2002 still works like a charm. It's like a tank. The Fun cannot be halted!!

[Purkeynator]

My launch unit is still working fine after all these years. Around 2002 it stopped playing the blue-backed cd games and I sent it to Sony for a free fix. Been working ever since. I still remember getting it on launch day. I drove around that night looking for a store that didn't have too long of a line, Walmart, K-Mart, Target, Toys R Us ect. All had ridiculously huge lines when I went looking around 9pm. I went home to bed disgusted. I couldn't sleep. I had to get one somehow.

So I had a thought in my brain. Being active duty military I wondered if the local Base Exchange might be getting any units. I drove to the BX at about 4am. There was only one guy in line camped out in front of the door. I parked the car and walked up excitedly and asked him how many units they were getting. To the best of his knowledge it was 4 units. We waited and chatted about games for hours and gradually more people started to show up and wait in line.

By the time they opened at 9am there was a sizeable line of hopefuls. The store opened and they regretfully informed us they had no units yet and were still waiting on the shipment. They took down our names in the order we arrived and we walked out. The first of us four walked out and stood around the front of the store. We didn't know what to do. Should we go home and come back? Should we stay and wait? Just then a UPS truck arrived. Were our consoles within this last beacon of hope?

They were. After waiting a few minutes for some packages to be unpacked and walked into the store we followed nervously. The store workers signed for the packages and started unpacking them immediately because they knew we were anxiously waiting. Finally one of the boxes shown a beautiful blue set of 2 PS2 systems when it was opened. There were two boxes for a total of 4 units as promised. We happily made our purchases. Some bought games and controllers too, I just purchased the console. I had already bought a memory card and extra controller a week prior at Target in anticipation of my purchase. I was lucky to have done so as memory cards were in high demand and short supply at launch.

After we made our purchases the store employees wanted us to gather around and have our picture taken so they could hang it on the wall. It was an honor to us and we were extremely happy just to have our units for $300 with no tax on launch day! As we walked out I heard other customers coming in and asking if they had any more PS2s and the employees beginning what I am sure would be a long day of answering the same question over and over.

Once I had my PS2 I carefully placed it in my trunk and looked around to make sure no one was following me. I had serious thoughts that I might get jumped for my PS2. I drove off base to Target where I had a coupon to get a discount on some PS2 games. I selected Street Fighter EX3 and SSX as my go to titles.

As I got home and hooked up my system and booted it on for the first time, I was blown away. Both titles blew my mind and I spent the whole day amazed and happy that I had called in sick for that day.

[J T]

Just curious JT, is your PS2 collection a mostly CIB collection? Or are a lot of your games lose and disc only?

Mostly CIB, some are missing boxart, and more are missing manuals. I'm not above buying disc only games though, especially if the price is right. I don't have much room for games on my display shelves though, so most of my games are in CD binders anyway for easy access and their sleeves and mauals are in a drawer with the empty DVD boxes filling up various nooks and crannies of closet/storage space.