@@angrymobsters1599 Prettymuch agreed but technically imo 1985 - 2001 = "golden age" ( ending at the Death of DC except for PS2 ) and PS2 was the *final* console of It. GC & XBOX felt like "silver/bronze age". #1. 5th gen #2. 6th gen #3. 3rd gen #4. 4th gen #5. 7th gen #6. 8th gen
@@fawkkyutuu8851 I can see your point in 85-01. Those were some good times for gamers too. I just personally enjoyed the games of the mid 90s to mid 2000s more. They were just more of my cup of tea. By 2013, it really lost all its edge. I still had fun with the ps3 wii 360 run that lasted until 2012. Those years were still fun cause of the crazy multiplayer lobbies back then. Online today is too pussified. You can't talk trash without getting the death penalty now a days
The ps2 was the golden age of gaming. You could be a hard core gamer or casual it didn’t matter. The library was unbelievably massive full of classics. So many one hit wonder studios that created absolute masterpieces. We don’t see the independents anymore. All we see is the big franchises. Kids today really missed out.
The golden age of gaming was from the 80's and topped with the PS2. It is also worthy to remember why the golden age started so early. It is mainly because of all the incredible arcade games, and the culture behind it, that spans from the 70's to around 2003.
@@oraclejmt I don’t disagree with that because the early years kicked off some of the best titles. My point is the technology of the ps2 coupled with the graphics and the overwhelmingly large library it had. It seems like all we get today are new versions of the franchises that are trendy rather than the independent masterpieces we got back then.
@@NEPats1289 Well there is some originality in the Xbox One / PS4 / Xbox SS / PS5 era, but you are right, - it is mostly based on franchises from previous times. Take Spiderman Miles Morales. A great game, except it is a known universe from a comic book from way back. You are completely right. - Then Gears Of War series on the Xbox platform. - It's not a new series. It started way back in the 00's. - And then the Tomb Raider Trilogy from the 10's. Not new, just re-releases of older franchise.
@@oraclejmt I guess at some point the well of ideas dries up too. I’d just like to see more remasters of old titles like Tony hawk 3 and 4. Maybe the SOCOM series. I read rumors of them making a new SOCOM for PS5 but those went away. Even original idea by rockstar like state of emergency, manhunt, the warriors, etc, we just don’t see that anymore. Or a company making one game (freedom fighters) which turned out to be a classic
It really was. People who weren’t alive back then don’t realize how crucial it was. DVD players were not cheap. DVD was becoming the standard for media, but prices hadn’t yet adjusted for the average family to be able to comfortably afford the ability to play them. The PS2 worked as well as anything else on the market and it didn’t need an expensive and completely unnecessary (but still required solely because of greed) peripheral like the Xbox.
2 reasons why it was so successful. 1.) It had a D.V.D. player. 2.) It had an awesome library... If I had known I could have sent my ps2 to Sony to fix it I wouldn't have thrown my in the dumpster when it stopped working back in 2016. :-(
20 years ago. Damn. I remember getting Jak and Daxter and thinking it wouldn't get any better as far as graphics. I think the PS2 controller might be the best ever released. Feels perfect as far as size, buttons are smooth and not needing a trigger but having the L and R buttons to easily control
Man the ps2 was awesome. I remember sleeping over at a friend's house and I brought my ps2 over and played late into the night. In the morning I brought my ps2 back to my house, and as I was about to open the front door I dropped my ps2 on hard concrete!!!!!. I was terrified, I ran to my room and everything was fine, it booted up normally and it really didnt get scratched surprisingly. That thing was built really well.
The first weekend of November, I got incredibly lucky. I usually rented video game consoles every other week. I went to my usual video store and the store owner was almost a friend to my family at this point. She knew how much I loved games. My dad and I went to see if they had a PS2, she said it was already out but that it should come back today. It was a matter of first come first serve. I kid you not, the guy who rented it took it back 5 minutes after we entered the store. It’s a weekend I will never forget. SSX, Fantavision and BUST A GROOVE 2. Plus it was our first experience seeing DVD quality on our CRT television. I still play these games every winter after 20 years. They left me dazzled and hold a special place in my heart.
Welcome back! I'm impressed that you managed to track down all the launch titles...... That's quite a feat! I got my first PS2 way back in December of 2001 for Christmas and the games I got for it I can remember to this very day. WWF Smackdown Just Bring It Silent Hill 2 Resident Evil Code Veronica X (Had Devil May Cry demo disc in it) The Mummy Returns Street Fighter EX3 Gran Tourismo 3 Ridge Racer 5 Tekken Tag Tournament. Final Fantasy X It was a wonderful Christmas. My parents spoiled me big time that year. I spent the whole day trying out all the games. It was amazing. I remember my whole family were really impressed by the Silent Hill 2 intro with James standing in front of the mirror. The graphics really stood out to them.
What a Christmas!! Imagine getting a PS5 and 9 games in this day and age. Would easily cost you at least $2000, I'm from South Africa so I'm going on what I would pay on retail. Really expensive
Damn I got mine in summer of 2003 along with MGS2 Sons of Liberty, Silent Hill 2, ATV Off-road Fury, Smack down Just Bring it, Thunder Strike Operation Phoenix and NCAA 2003 it was a surprise birthday gift by my father. Such wonderful memories.
I still remember the argument I had with my parents about DVDs versus VHS and they said they couldn't tell the difference I called them a straight-up liar and ended up getting grounded
LOL! Man I remember my parents said something similar, also I would buy DVDs of the old tapes and my mom would yell in Spanish "why did you waste money on this when we already have it (on tape)" made me laugh, and now for a while I've been buying some blu-rays of the DVDs I had
@@leebeeskee awesome, cd players were very common at the time, mine was this old radio, I used to put some ps1 CDs on there and listen to music from the games lol
I have the PS2 slim and it’s literally been thrown in the air from the front of a van to the back by my parents when they were mad at me when I was little, and it still works. Best quality console ever made.
I really enjoyed FIFA 2004 with the whole ability of controlling TWO players at certain times and also how they started including a lot of 2nd-tier teams
PS2 from PS1 really was like the future has arrived. Along with the millenium mentality, its like we finally going to move to the moon. Sony even released a freakin robot dog, Aibo, anyone remember? People still take care of those dogs in Japan until now. No one ever thought its 2020 and its bleaker then 50 years ago.
I was 11 when ps2 came out and I bought kessen... the guy at the game store told me it was probably not for kids my age. I bought it anyway, got it home and discovered that the game I actually wanted was dynasty warriors.
Excellent review, sir! I like how you are being informative without being hateful at all given how basic some of these games are. Shows true love and passion for the medium. PS2 is the best gaming period for me with a lot of fond memories.
Ah, yes, ps2, my favorite console of all time. I was in the sixth grade when I got this beast. Smackdown Here Comes The Pain, Smackdown vs Raw, Viewtiful Joe, GTA Vice City, iNinja, FFX, Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex, Metal Gear Solid 2, etc. Good times my man. Good times.
Kessen and a random rally game were all I had when I first got a PS2. I was just a random kid from Southern England with no knowledge of Japanese history or much interest in strategy games. But I ended up playing all the way through multiple times and getting all of the story branches and endings. It still holds a special place in my memory all these years later.
kessen and kessen 3 were amazing. same as you i'd never played a strategy game but played kessen to death. it also got me into feudal japanese history, the characters were so cool i had to know more about them. i still check every now and again if they're gonna make kessen 4 or even a remaster of the first 3.
I'm so glad my friend gave me their PS2 back in 2014. Still works like a dream. Also RIP my local used game store that died last year. I got all my PS2 titles from them.
SSX was and still is insane ! I also remember the first PS2 demo given with the console playing Wild Wild Racing. Coming from the n64 it was quiet impressive playing such game at 7 years old. 20 years later, I still play it from time to time just to get this first PS2 game feeling. Fantavision was an UFO to me and FIFA 2001 was my first multiplayers game. NHL 2001 was super cool as well even though I don’t know the rules. So much memories thanks to your video. Merci!
✏️ Fantavision now as a VR version coming out. 👍 The NTSC-U/C's *_NHL Hitz Pro_* can be played online again. Not sure how well PAL hardware mods put within reach NTSC online gameplay but there are a lot of members in PS2 Rewired/PS2 Online Discord groups who will help navigate and answer questions.... ✏️ Also, outside the vein of your FIFA and, yet, in the vicinity: PAL region's Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (patch required to connect) and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (patch required to connect same languages other than English but none supporting cross-region play), online gameplay can be enjoyed again for up to 4 players - requiring as few as 2 PS2s since it supported 2-players per console. 👍 Same goes for Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 for the NTSC-U/C.
One of my friends from school got the PS2 pretty close to launch and Ridge Racer V was the first game for it we played. I remember being blown away by the graphics and thought it was impossible for a game to look so 'real' lol. To be fair, it's certainly one of the best looking games on this list.
Also amazed here by the visual upgrade Ridge Racer V presented alongside its frame rate. My only disappointment was looking forward to a reasonable expectation of them carrying over PS1 Serial I-O system link feature - as per 2-4 player R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 and 2 player Ridge Racer Revolution - either by using the PS2's new 4-pin Firewire "s400"/"iLink" system-link and/or, better yet, the up-and-coming ethernet network adapter that could have opened up Ridge Racer V to some online play if not at least legacy-supported LAN-play and, ergo, LAN-tunneling to this day if they had explored that latter option.
I played eternal ring about 6 or 7 years ago and had a really good time. It's basically a beginner's king's field. I'm not sure I'd like it as much nowadays though. Great nostalgia-filled video by the way! I still have a boatload of games to (re)play on PS2, still having a blast with it after all these years. I highly doubt I'll be able to say the same about the PS3 and 4 when they'll be 20 years old.
Glad to hear you had a good time with eternal ring. Also, yes, the PS2 still has games that I want to try out too, which is partly the inspiration for the creation of this Chanel I guess.
the PS2 was kinda past my era, by the time I was in my 3rd year of primary school the PS3 had already come out, but I can still remember the short time I had with the PS2, It was fricking amazing!
When PS2 was launced in 2000, I had just previous year, 1999 bought the PS1 and enjoyed playing it's Gran Turismo & the newly released in 2000, Gran Turismo 2 + other games, so I was in no hurry to buy PS2. In fact I though I'd skip the PS2 era, and bought the PS3 Slim in 2009. Then in 2017 decided to buy after all a used PS2, original Fat model and immediatly I started regretting, that I didn't buy it earlier. What an great system and nice looking games :) Feels pretty big step forward from PS1 and the step from PS2 to PS3 feels smaller. I like racing games and have for example GT3 and GT4 for PS2, also the motorbike game Tourist Trophy, made by Polyphony Digital, who makes the excellent Gran Turismo games as well. Gotta find the Ridge Racer V, looks really fun game with beautiful graphics. I have Ridge Racer Type 4 for PS1 and loved playing it, it has amazingly beautiful graphics for PS1 as well. Really enjoying PS2 games :)
The first game I ever played for ps2 was Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3. It was Christmas morning and since I wasn’t expecting to actually get the ps2 for Christmas it was very special. The nostalgia I get from firing up Tony hawk 3 and making that first drop into the half pipe in the “foundry” is overwhelming.
Timesplitters is a series that I miss. Those games had some excellent soundtracks. Good times! I had to call me back and edit bc I commented before finishing the video. X Squad was the first game that made me experience rage quitting and getting yelled at by my mom lol.
Dang! Good old days. I remember Tekken Tag was my first PS2 game in my collection. Very nostalgic! I miss my PS2. I kind of stopped gaming and got really into skateboarding around 2007-2008. Got a PS4 Pro last year, back at it again.
Eternal Ring was the best launch title. Even with the bad mechanics. You just gotta see past that. The story, music, and making rings was a lot of fun in my opinion. And another highlight was figuring out how to grind the raptors in the forest and solving the forest puzzle and figuring out how to beat the queen bees with the 20 foot stingers. Pretty scary. Also thoroughly enjoyed the bonus dungeon. On one of the floors you can farm cockatrices by continuing to re-enter the level. You gain at least a level every time you kill one no matter how high your level is and using a mist ring makes them light work.
Weird my ps2 fat arrived today from eBay (pretty much brand new) I was playing a lot of ps2 and now this video gets uploaded. Awesome! The universe man! The universe!
The PS2 launch is the most fun fun I had with the start of a console life cycle From Ridge Racer V to Tekken Tag (And Tekken Bowl) SF EX 3 and Armored Core I had a ton of fun games to try at the start make the PS2 one of my all time fav systems
nice video! the ps2 had an enormous library of games but only a little launch title, my uncle who actually bought it first when it came to my country said that the ps2 graphics were really impressive for the time as it was the only well known console at that time, few years later my parent bought it and my childhood has never been the same ever since haha
There seems to be a Ridge Racer game in a lot of launch lineups. Given how early they get released I think they do a good job with them. Ridge Racer DS, a launch title on the Nintendo DS, is actually my favorite racing game. Definitely NOT the “best” racing game I own, but it’s still my favorite.
@@bassage13 Nah, good games are still worth playing long after the system gets replaced. I have in recent weeks beaten games for the NES and Gameboy as well.
My friend used to record me footage of his PS2 games on his VHS because I didn't have one at the time haha. It hurts my eyes when I try and play the PS2 now and the controls don't seem fluid as I remember. It's an amazing console for its time.
22:40 - It's literally a port+expansion of the NAMCO's GP500 arcade machine. You get 2 more tracks (Donington Park & Motegi weren't in the arcade), the grid goes from 1998 to 1999 and the playable motorbikes go from the 3 from the top manufacturers (Honda NSR500, Suzuki RGV500 & Yamaha YZR500) to the whole 1999 grid. Also, the game is very arcadey in every sense, including how the rest of the grid either gets boosted or slowed down depending on where you start to avoid having to render too many motorbikes.
Fantastic video and I’ve only watched the first 5 minutes so far. This is why I love nostalgic gaming, it almost transports you to a mindset and a vibe that feels forgotten yet familiar. I will watch the full video and your others. Thank you for this content.
Yo your voice is crazy soothing i went two sleep twice listening to you when I wasn't even sleepy you helped my sleep honestly and thank you for making me dreaming about games I used to play and helped learn more about which games to emulate on my emulator
SSX was the first game I purchased when I got my PS2 and it was amazing. Played it for over 2 years and never got tired of it. Lots of replay value and just seeing it in this video made me feel all nostalgic. Sadly when I was in college (in 2003) my apartment was broken into and the thief stole my PS2 along with all of the games I owned.
Golden is the word for that era of games i'm glad i enjoyed it fully! today's consoles dont aquire even half the hype ps2 got bk in the day... for me TTTournament was the 1st game of choice...unforgettable times great video!
Just found your channel! No uploads for a while and saw you on twitter saying you have recently had a baby, congratulations! Have a great Xmas with your new son and family. Now I can binge watch all these videos! Have a great safe new years
Jesus Christ, did it come out in 2000? I was only in my sophomore year at New England Tech Institute. What a system PS2 was. Even the PS1 was monolithic.
Timesplitters is the best. Single player and multiplayer. I remember getting it Christmas of 2000 along with my PS2 and a multitap. Tons of fun 4 player split screen multiplayer awesomeness!! Ah the nostalgia, throwing bricks through windows trying to smash every one of them before the time runs out....
and yeah you're right, i miss that era of "arcade sports games" midway did a great job with those. nba jam, blitz, and ready to rumble. and yeah, ssx was a far superior product than its counterparts
@@colonless7512 is that the one with the night snowboardin and a lot of neon rails? idk thats the image that pops into my head when i think ssx3. and the soundtrack. the soundtrack had thrice which was one of my fav bands growin up
PS2 155 millions units sold world wide 2000 to 2013 , backwards compatibility for PS1 games , i still have my ps2 slim i still playing ps2 games BEST PS2 GAME God of War 1 God of War 2 Metal Gear Solid 2 Metal Gear Solid 3 Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks Sly Cooper 1 & 2 Ratchet and clank 1,2,3 Jack and Dexter 1,2,3 Final Fantasy X Tekken NBA live 01,02,03 Persona 4
Simpler times. I took out my old PS2 and my N64 a couple of weeks ago. Playing these consoles is so much more relaxing somehow. No installation, no updates, no annoying questions about personal data or "please connect to the internet in order to play this single player campaign", no trophies or achievements, just playing that one game that you have inserted. Edit: also, great work on the video mate, subscribed!
Might have to pick up all the consoles that I gave away, as a teen. Ps1,2 N64, Super Nintendo and Dreamcast. Miss childhood gaming. It’s incredible how far gaming has come. Compare Alex The Kid to Red Dead Redemption 2 and its mind blowing. Go back even more to Commodore and Amstrad and you’ll possibly lose your mind. Can’t remember what of those last 2 systems had the green screen and games on tape cassette, plus games was as cheap as £1 and my local outside market, had a game stall and it was such a joy to be able to buy a game or 2 every week. Then my dad got me some adapter to enable colour screen. You could even copy a friends game using a regular double cassette player/recorder. I remember getting Super Nintendo with this converter that would let me play American games. My first games was American version of Street Fighter 2, pal mario kart and super Mario bundled with console. Not quite sure why my dad got me the converter. Maybe I was able to get some games early. Oh man, I could go on all day. Kinda miss the joy I got from gaming as a kid. I play a bit now but no more then an hour or 2 every other day. Not as much spare time and I just kinda grew out of gaming.
Great video. Might I suggest using timestamps for easier viewing as well as providing a list/name of game being displayed at the same time. Two birds one stone.
The PS2 had a ton of games launch with it, so did the PS1 if I remember correctly. Way better than PS3 and PS4. I mean even the PS5 didn't have much launch with it. Demon Souls and Astros Playroom that's it. Back in the PS2 days developers took risks, you had smaller studios pumping out all kinds of different games. Ya some were tripe but some were gems. I guess the indie studios are wearing the innovation mantle these days.
Great video! I got super lucky and got the PS2 Xmas 2000; my uncle's wife worked at K-Mart (department store back in the day in the states) and she held one in the back for me. I was already planning on getting it the next year with a few games, but on Xmas day I saw it under the tree and literally ran around the house with it screaming! Granted, I didn't have any games for it at the time (Fantavision would've been a great in-box game now that I think about it), but I didn't care. I was just happy to have the damn thing! I rented games for a while until I was able to actually purchase some, which was around the next year. Tekken Tag Tournament, SSX, and Moto GP were probably my favorite launch titles; Ridge Racer 5 looked good, but it wasn't as fun to play as Ridge Racer Type 4 imo. Great console, I don't have the fatty one anymore but still have my slim one.
I had most of these games, non at launch as I got my PS2 the christmas after launch and only with smugglers run and time splitters, the dreamcast ones i had on that. I think Midnight Club and XSquad were the first games I was able to finish on PS2. I loved gungriffon blaze maybe i'd be like you if i tried to replay it today, i remember it been very short though and it having you replay missions a lot.
Great idea for a video man, I loved it! I noticed you were having trouble with Surfing H3O, saying the controls felt stiff. Well the main reason would be because the game is supposed to be played with a controller attachment that is shaped like a surfboard. It attaches longways along your analog sticks.
Incredible video man! A fantastic trip down memory lane with some of these games! I'm seriously surprised by how good some of these games look. Also i fondly remember Motor GP, if i remember correctly you can unlock Klonoa to race as in the game!
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It's 2020 and I am still picking up PS2 games for my collection.
Yup, there’s an unlimited supply. 😁💪🏻🔥🇯🇵
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Same here mate
Best generation ever: Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox and Gamecube.
Holy smokes, 1999-2005, what a time to be a gamer.
1995-2005 was probably one of the if not greatest periods for gamers. Those 10 years were insane
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Prettymuch agreed but technically imo 1985 - 2001 = "golden age"
( ending at the Death of DC except for PS2 )
and PS2 was the *final* console of It. GC & XBOX felt like "silver/bronze age".
#1. 5th gen
#2. 6th gen
#3. 3rd gen
#4. 4th gen
#5. 7th gen
#6. 8th gen
What about '05 to '14
@@fawkkyutuu8851 I can see your point in 85-01. Those were some good times for gamers too. I just personally enjoyed the games of the mid 90s to mid 2000s more. They were just more of my cup of tea. By 2013, it really lost all its edge. I still had fun with the ps3 wii 360 run that lasted until 2012. Those years were still fun cause of the crazy multiplayer lobbies back then. Online today is too pussified. You can't talk trash without getting the death penalty now a days
@@angrymobsters1599 Don't forget the amounts of toxic people on online games today
The ps2 was the golden age of gaming. You could be a hard core gamer or casual it didn’t matter. The library was unbelievably massive full of classics. So many one hit wonder studios that created absolute masterpieces. We don’t see the independents anymore. All we see is the big franchises. Kids today really missed out.
The golden age of gaming was from the 80's and topped with the PS2. It is also worthy to remember why the golden age started so early. It is mainly because of all the incredible arcade games, and the culture behind it, that spans from the 70's to around 2003.
@@oraclejmt I don’t disagree with that because the early years kicked off some of the best titles. My point is the technology of the ps2 coupled with the graphics and the overwhelmingly large library it had. It seems like all we get today are new versions of the franchises that are trendy rather than the independent masterpieces we got back then.
@@NEPats1289 Well there is some originality in the Xbox One / PS4 / Xbox SS / PS5 era, but you are right, - it is mostly based on franchises from previous times. Take Spiderman Miles Morales. A great game, except it is a known universe from a comic book from way back. You are completely right. - Then Gears Of War series on the Xbox platform. - It's not a new series. It started way back in the 00's. - And then the Tomb Raider Trilogy from the 10's. Not new, just re-releases of older franchise.
@@oraclejmt I guess at some point the well of ideas dries up too. I’d just like to see more remasters of old titles like Tony hawk 3 and 4. Maybe the SOCOM series. I read rumors of them making a new SOCOM for PS5 but those went away. Even original idea by rockstar like state of emergency, manhunt, the warriors, etc, we just don’t see that anymore. Or a company making one game (freedom fighters) which turned out to be a classic
@@NEPats1289 Where I see most of that is in the Indie game genre.
Can't believe this was 20 years ago
Adding the DVD player was a game changer plain and simple
Especially considering it was CHEAPER than most standalone DVD players at the time.
@@connorerickson692 It was a "play station"
Same was with ps3 and blu-ray, unfortunatelly wasn't as popular as ps2
It really was. People who weren’t alive back then don’t realize how crucial it was. DVD players were not cheap. DVD was becoming the standard for media, but prices hadn’t yet adjusted for the average family to be able to comfortably afford the ability to play them. The PS2 worked as well as anything else on the market and it didn’t need an expensive and completely unnecessary (but still required solely because of greed) peripheral like the Xbox.
PS2 is the greatest console of all time.
Kentucky Fried Chicken: Challenge accepted!
@@projectmayhem6898 damn i was gonna write the same lmao
@@bigmack2654 Great minds think alike.
2 reasons why it was so successful. 1.) It had a D.V.D. player. 2.) It had an awesome library... If I had known I could have sent my ps2 to Sony to fix it I wouldn't have thrown my in the dumpster when it stopped working back in 2016. :-(
20 years ago. Damn. I remember getting Jak and Daxter and thinking it wouldn't get any better as far as graphics.
I think the PS2 controller might be the best ever released. Feels perfect as far as size, buttons are smooth and not needing a trigger but having the L and R buttons to easily control
And easy to throw🤣🤣🤣
@@pressstart8738 haha yeah but only problem was if you threw it to hard your ps2 went with it lol
Man the ps2 was awesome. I remember sleeping over at a friend's house and I brought my ps2 over and played late into the night. In the morning I brought my ps2 back to my house, and as I was about to open the front door I dropped my ps2 on hard concrete!!!!!. I was terrified, I ran to my room and everything was fine, it booted up normally and it really didnt get scratched surprisingly. That thing was built really well.
I just sneezed on my Nintendo switch and the joy cons snapped off
The first weekend of November, I got incredibly lucky. I usually rented video game consoles every other week. I went to my usual video store and the store owner was almost a friend to my family at this point. She knew how much I loved games. My dad and I went to see if they had a PS2, she said it was already out but that it should come back today. It was a matter of first come first serve. I kid you not, the guy who rented it took it back 5 minutes after we entered the store. It’s a weekend I will never forget. SSX, Fantavision and BUST A GROOVE 2. Plus it was our first experience seeing DVD quality on our CRT television. I still play these games every winter after 20 years. They left me dazzled and hold a special place in my heart.
I’m still playing NHL 2001 to this day, I gave up on the Micro-transaction filled sports games of this gen a long time ago
My dad and I used to just drive around and play tag in Smuggler's Run. That was surprisingly fun for hours.
That's awesome and very wholesome.
Welcome back! I'm impressed that you managed to track down all the launch titles......
That's quite a feat!
I got my first PS2 way back in December of 2001 for Christmas and the games I got for it I can remember to this very day.
WWF Smackdown Just Bring It
Silent Hill 2
Resident Evil Code Veronica X (Had Devil May Cry demo disc in it)
The Mummy Returns
Street Fighter EX3
Gran Tourismo 3
Ridge Racer 5
Tekken Tag Tournament.
Final Fantasy X
It was a wonderful Christmas. My parents spoiled me big time that year.
I spent the whole day trying out all the games.
It was amazing.
I remember my whole family were really impressed by the Silent Hill 2 intro with James standing in front of the mirror.
The graphics really stood out to them.
Just Bring It was one of my earlier games for the console too. Spent a lot of hours on that one.
I got my first ps2 back in Christmas 2001 with crash bandicoot the wrath of cortex and jak and dexter.
What a Christmas!! Imagine getting a PS5 and 9 games in this day and age. Would easily cost you at least $2000, I'm from South Africa so I'm going on what I would pay on retail. Really expensive
Damn I got mine in summer of 2003 along with MGS2 Sons of Liberty, Silent Hill 2, ATV Off-road Fury, Smack down Just Bring it, Thunder Strike Operation Phoenix and NCAA 2003 it was a surprise birthday gift by my father. Such wonderful memories.
Ah the good old days... I remember sleeping while the ps2 menu sound playing😂
PS2 was my first dvd player lol
I still remember the argument I had with my parents about DVDs versus VHS and they said they couldn't tell the difference I called them a straight-up liar and ended up getting grounded
LOL! Man I remember my parents said something similar, also I would buy DVDs of the old tapes and my mom would yell in Spanish "why did you waste money on this when we already have it (on tape)" made me laugh, and now for a while I've been buying some blu-rays of the DVDs I had
Same
PS1 was my first CD player
@@leebeeskee awesome, cd players were very common at the time, mine was this old radio, I used to put some ps1 CDs on there and listen to music from the games lol
I have the PS2 slim and it’s literally been thrown in the air from the front of a van to the back by my parents when they were mad at me when I was little, and it still works. Best quality console ever made.
FIFA 2001 is by far my favorite Soccer/Football game of all time, the glory days before loot boxes and microtransactions and before EA went bad
It's still a fun time. There's a nice simplicity to older sports games.
Fifa 2001 was my jam. I loved how bicycle kicks were so easy when crossing the ball.
I really enjoyed FIFA 2004 with the whole ability of controlling TWO players at certain times and also how they started including a lot of 2nd-tier teams
Tekken Tag is such an underappreciated Tekken title. That game alone was worth buying a console at launch.
I just bought another ps2 for tekken tag tournament.. love that game
Had Tekken Tag and Ridge Racer V as a 6 or 7 year old young gamer around 2001. Those games helped establish my love of gaming for life.
The best visuals between 2000-2006 and still the best fighting game to this day.
My absolute favorite console generation!! I still have my entire PS2 game collection. I just can't part with it. So many great gaming memories.
PS2 from PS1 really was like the future has arrived. Along with the millenium mentality, its like we finally going to move to the moon. Sony even released a freakin robot dog, Aibo, anyone remember? People still take care of those dogs in Japan until now. No one ever thought its 2020 and its bleaker then 50 years ago.
I don’t play videogames that much anymore, but when I do, you already know which console I’m playing on.
The PS2 Is so legendary! Till this day its library of games is unmatched
still have the same fat ps2 i got when i was 4. i’m 21 now and i still play it weekly, amazing console!
I have the fat "satin silver" version that's super quiet. Seriously, it's quieter than a cigarette.
I was 11 when ps2 came out and I bought kessen... the guy at the game store told me it was probably not for kids my age. I bought it anyway, got it home and discovered that the game I actually wanted was dynasty warriors.
I bought Kessen II at a Blockbuster(?) thinking it would be similar to Dynasty Warriors 4 since they were made by Koei. Medium mistake
Heading into 2021 and my ps2 still gets regular play. So many solid gold classics. What a childhood :)
Excellent review, sir!
I like how you are being informative without being hateful at all given how basic some of these games are. Shows true love and passion for the medium. PS2 is the best gaming period for me with a lot of fond memories.
Ah, yes, ps2, my favorite console of all time. I was in the sixth grade when I got this beast. Smackdown Here Comes The Pain, Smackdown vs Raw, Viewtiful Joe, GTA Vice City, iNinja, FFX, Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex, Metal Gear Solid 2, etc. Good times my man. Good times.
Kessen and a random rally game were all I had when I first got a PS2. I was just a random kid from Southern England with no knowledge of Japanese history or much interest in strategy games. But I ended up playing all the way through multiple times and getting all of the story branches and endings. It still holds a special place in my memory all these years later.
kessen and kessen 3 were amazing. same as you i'd never played a strategy game but played kessen to death. it also got me into feudal japanese history, the characters were so cool i had to know more about them. i still check every now and again if they're gonna make kessen 4 or even a remaster of the first 3.
Kessen is one of my all-time favorite ps2 games
I'm so glad my friend gave me their PS2 back in 2014.
Still works like a dream.
Also RIP my local used game store that died last year. I got all my PS2 titles from them.
Buy used on amazon
My first PlayStation was the PS3; thus, I’m living vicariously through this video. Excellent job, dude!
One of my favorite games to this day is Kessen. I've just always loved turn based strategy games.
SSX was and still is insane ! I also remember the first PS2 demo given with the console playing Wild Wild Racing. Coming from the n64 it was quiet impressive playing such game at 7 years old. 20 years later, I still play it from time to time just to get this first PS2 game feeling. Fantavision was an UFO to me and FIFA 2001 was my first multiplayers game. NHL 2001 was super cool as well even though I don’t know the rules. So much memories thanks to your video. Merci!
No problem. Thank you for watching 👍
✏️ Fantavision now as a VR version coming out. 👍
The NTSC-U/C's *_NHL Hitz Pro_* can be played online again. Not sure how well PAL hardware mods put within reach NTSC online gameplay but there are a lot of members in PS2 Rewired/PS2 Online Discord groups who will help navigate and answer questions....
✏️ Also, outside the vein of your FIFA and, yet, in the vicinity: PAL region's Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (patch required to connect) and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (patch required to connect same languages other than English but none supporting cross-region play), online gameplay can be enjoyed again for up to 4 players - requiring as few as 2 PS2s since it supported 2-players per console. 👍 Same goes for Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 for the NTSC-U/C.
One of my friends from school got the PS2 pretty close to launch and Ridge Racer V was the first game for it we played. I remember being blown away by the graphics and thought it was impossible for a game to look so 'real' lol. To be fair, it's certainly one of the best looking games on this list.
Also amazed here by the visual upgrade Ridge Racer V presented alongside its frame rate. My only disappointment was looking forward to a reasonable expectation of them carrying over PS1 Serial I-O system link feature - as per 2-4 player R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 and 2 player Ridge Racer Revolution - either by using the PS2's new 4-pin Firewire "s400"/"iLink" system-link and/or, better yet, the up-and-coming ethernet network adapter that could have opened up Ridge Racer V to some online play if not at least legacy-supported LAN-play and, ergo, LAN-tunneling to this day if they had explored that latter option.
I played eternal ring about 6 or 7 years ago and had a really good time. It's basically a beginner's king's field. I'm not sure I'd like it as much nowadays though.
Great nostalgia-filled video by the way! I still have a boatload of games to (re)play on PS2, still having a blast with it after all these years. I highly doubt I'll be able to say the same about the PS3 and 4 when they'll be 20 years old.
Glad to hear you had a good time with eternal ring. Also, yes, the PS2 still has games that I want to try out too, which is partly the inspiration for the creation of this Chanel I guess.
SSX is still such a beautiful game damn
the PS2 was kinda past my era, by the time I was in my 3rd year of primary school the PS3 had already come out, but I can still remember the short time I had with the PS2, It was fricking amazing!
Thank you for the nostalgia my friend.
My favorites: Ridge Ricer V, Midnight Club, SSX, ISS 2000 and Armored Core
When PS2 was launced in 2000, I had just previous year, 1999 bought the PS1 and enjoyed playing it's Gran Turismo & the newly released in 2000, Gran Turismo 2 + other games, so I was in no hurry to buy PS2. In fact I though I'd skip the PS2 era, and bought the PS3 Slim in 2009.
Then in 2017 decided to buy after all a used PS2, original Fat model and immediatly I started regretting, that I didn't buy it earlier. What an great system and nice looking games :) Feels pretty big step forward from PS1 and the step from PS2 to PS3 feels smaller.
I like racing games and have for example GT3 and GT4 for PS2, also the motorbike game Tourist Trophy, made by Polyphony Digital, who makes the excellent Gran Turismo games as well.
Gotta find the Ridge Racer V, looks really fun game with beautiful graphics. I have Ridge Racer Type 4 for PS1 and loved playing it, it has amazingly beautiful graphics for PS1 as well.
Really enjoying PS2 games :)
The first game I ever played for ps2 was Tony Hawk’s pro skater 3. It was Christmas morning and since I wasn’t expecting to actually get the ps2 for Christmas it was very special. The nostalgia I get from firing up Tony hawk 3 and making that first drop into the half pipe in the “foundry” is overwhelming.
Timesplitters is a series that I miss. Those games had some excellent soundtracks. Good times!
I had to call me back and edit bc I commented before finishing the video. X Squad was the first game that made me experience rage quitting and getting yelled at by my mom lol.
Dang! Good old days. I remember Tekken Tag was my first PS2 game in my collection. Very nostalgic! I miss my PS2. I kind of stopped gaming and got really into skateboarding around 2007-2008. Got a PS4 Pro last year, back at it again.
Eternal Ring was the best launch title. Even with the bad mechanics. You just gotta see past that. The story, music, and making rings was a lot of fun in my opinion. And another highlight was figuring out how to grind the raptors in the forest and solving the forest puzzle and figuring out how to beat the queen bees with the 20 foot stingers. Pretty scary. Also thoroughly enjoyed the bonus dungeon. On one of the floors you can farm cockatrices by continuing to re-enter the level. You gain at least a level every time you kill one no matter how high your level is and using a mist ring makes them light work.
20th Anniversary of PlayStation 2 (2000-2020)
Weird my ps2 fat arrived today from eBay (pretty much brand new) I was playing a lot of ps2 and now this video gets uploaded. Awesome! The universe man! The universe!
Glad I could help you find some new games to play.
Fantastic video mate 👍
Love the long video nothing like that old Playstation start sound : }
It's my favourite start up sound.
@@RetroGameRater Yes sir. Would love to see you do a xbox and gamecube video like this
Then you should stay tuned for my next video.
The PS2 launch is the most fun fun I had with the start of a console life cycle From Ridge Racer V to Tekken Tag (And Tekken Bowl) SF EX 3 and Armored Core I had a ton of fun games to try at the start make the PS2 one of my all time fav systems
nice video! the ps2 had an enormous library of games but only a little launch title, my uncle who actually bought it first when it came to my country said that the ps2 graphics were really impressive for the time as it was the only well known console at that time, few years later my parent bought it and my childhood has never been the same ever since haha
The PS2 seems to have had an impact on all of our childhoods.
Its 2020 im still playing it
Still working on games I haven't finished or even played since I bought them
@@boosk2127 good shet, brah
There seems to be a Ridge Racer game in a lot of launch lineups. Given how early they get released I think they do a good job with them. Ridge Racer DS, a launch title on the Nintendo DS, is actually my favorite racing game. Definitely NOT the “best” racing game I own, but it’s still my favorite.
I am acutally plaing with ps2 in 2020
I have a few times this yr.
I just beat Suikoden 5 last week on my PS2.
Do you live in Iran?
@@bassage13 Nah, good games are still worth playing long after the system gets replaced. I have in recent weeks beaten games for the NES and Gameboy as well.
My friend used to record me footage of his PS2 games on his VHS because I didn't have one at the time haha.
It hurts my eyes when I try and play the PS2 now and the controls don't seem fluid as I remember. It's an amazing console for its time.
"used to"
lol
22:40 - It's literally a port+expansion of the NAMCO's GP500 arcade machine. You get 2 more tracks (Donington Park & Motegi weren't in the arcade), the grid goes from 1998 to 1999 and the playable motorbikes go from the 3 from the top manufacturers (Honda NSR500, Suzuki RGV500 & Yamaha YZR500) to the whole 1999 grid. Also, the game is very arcadey in every sense, including how the rest of the grid either gets boosted or slowed down depending on where you start to avoid having to render too many motorbikes.
Fantastic video and I’ve only watched the first 5 minutes so far. This is why I love nostalgic gaming, it almost transports you to a mindset and a vibe that feels forgotten yet familiar. I will watch the full video and your others. Thank you for this content.
listening to him talk about football and hockey is amazing.
also midnight club picked up in 3 dub edition....one of the best racing games of all time
Yo your voice is crazy soothing i went two sleep twice listening to you when I wasn't even sleepy you helped my sleep honestly and thank you for making me dreaming about games I used to play and helped learn more about which games to emulate on my emulator
I was a HUGE fan of Unreal Tournament, ran a small clan for a while, totally nostalgic. I still remember all these maps.
SSX was the first game I purchased when I got my PS2 and it was amazing. Played it for over 2 years and never got tired of it. Lots of replay value and just seeing it in this video made me feel all nostalgic. Sadly when I was in college (in 2003) my apartment was broken into and the thief stole my PS2 along with all of the games I owned.
Sucks to hear about your PS2 being stolen, but glad to hear you had some great times with it.
@@RetroGameRater thanks!!!
Fun fact smugglers run is made by rockstar games
Unbelievable, some games still look very good. I wonder what's in 20 years from now.
Quite possibly, VR similar to the [Doom VR ~patch] for the NES Zelda experience.?🤷♂️
when we got our PS2 on launch week we got SSX too, that game was SO good.
Ahhhh.... the days when consoles actually had a good amount of working launch titles. Nice.
Golden is the word for that era of games i'm glad i enjoyed it fully! today's consoles dont aquire even half the hype ps2 got bk in the day... for me TTTournament was the 1st game of choice...unforgettable times great video!
Just found your channel! No uploads for a while and saw you on twitter saying you have recently had a baby, congratulations! Have a great Xmas with your new son and family. Now I can binge watch all these videos! Have a great safe new years
Jesus Christ, did it come out in 2000? I was only in my sophomore year at New England Tech Institute. What a system PS2 was. Even the PS1 was monolithic.
Timesplitters was such fun, miss that game man
5 year old me thought that Dynasty Warriors 2 was the coolest thing ever 🤣
This video was totally worth the wait! I love the retrospective on these games and I can’t wait to see what you cover next.
Very happy to hear you enjoyed the video.
My next video will be in a similar vein so stay tuned.
Timesplitters is the best. Single player and multiplayer. I remember getting it Christmas of 2000 along with my PS2 and a multitap. Tons of fun 4 player split screen multiplayer awesomeness!! Ah the nostalgia, throwing bricks through windows trying to smash every one of them before the time runs out....
My OG ps2 died, but I have the slim unit. I’m still playing ps1 and 2 games on a Sony CRT
and yeah you're right, i miss that era of "arcade sports games" midway did a great job with those. nba jam, blitz, and ready to rumble. and yeah, ssx was a far superior product than its counterparts
SSX3 might be the best snowboarding game ever.
@@colonless7512 is that the one with the night snowboardin and a lot of neon rails? idk thats the image that pops into my head when i think ssx3. and the soundtrack. the soundtrack had thrice which was one of my fav bands growin up
Take me back.
I fully agree with DOA2 it's one of the only launch titles I didn't trade in and kept coming back to when I needed a fighting fix.
Kessen, Zeonic Front and Journey to Jaburo and the Jampack vol 2 were the first games I got for the ps2. Fantastic console.
Scarface was a love of mine for the PS2. Gaming really was a simpler time back in the early naughties
best gaming times ever. tho i still miss the ps1 just as much.
My ps2 still works and the Logitech controller i purchased for it.
Well, I've certainly decided to subscribe.
PS2 155 millions units sold world wide 2000 to 2013 , backwards compatibility for PS1 games , i still have my ps2 slim i still playing ps2 games
BEST PS2 GAME
God of War 1
God of War 2
Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
Sly Cooper 1 & 2
Ratchet and clank 1,2,3
Jack and Dexter 1,2,3
Final Fantasy X
Tekken
NBA live 01,02,03
Persona 4
And persona 4
@@gandalf7345 agree for persona 4
I grew up with PS2, but I’m a HUGE Dreamcast game enthusiast and collector these days. Most are lining up with both platforms!
Simpler times. I took out my old PS2 and my N64 a couple of weeks ago. Playing these consoles is so much more relaxing somehow. No installation, no updates, no annoying questions about personal data or "please connect to the internet in order to play this single player campaign", no trophies or achievements, just playing that one game that you have inserted.
Edit: also, great work on the video mate, subscribed!
Might have to pick up all the consoles that I gave away, as a teen. Ps1,2 N64, Super Nintendo and Dreamcast. Miss childhood gaming. It’s incredible how far gaming has come. Compare Alex The Kid to Red Dead Redemption 2 and its mind blowing. Go back even more to Commodore and Amstrad and you’ll possibly lose your mind. Can’t remember what of those last 2 systems had the green screen and games on tape cassette, plus games was as cheap as £1 and my local outside market, had a game stall and it was such a joy to be able to buy a game or 2 every week. Then my dad got me some adapter to enable colour screen. You could even copy a friends game using a regular double cassette player/recorder. I remember getting Super Nintendo with this converter that would let me play American games. My first games was American version of Street Fighter 2, pal mario kart and super Mario bundled with console. Not quite sure why my dad got me the converter. Maybe I was able to get some games early. Oh man, I could go on all day. Kinda miss the joy I got from gaming as a kid. I play a bit now but no more then an hour or 2 every other day. Not as much spare time and I just kinda grew out of gaming.
Sat really enjoying video. Then noticed your subs and was expecting a million or more. Great great video. Well done man
Great video. Might I suggest using timestamps for easier viewing as well as providing a list/name of game being displayed at the same time. Two birds one stone.
I waited in line a little over 12 hours at Walmart to get the PS2 on midnight at launch. Purchased the system, Midnight Club and Madden. Fun times.
The PS2 had a ton of games launch with it, so did the PS1 if I remember correctly. Way better than PS3 and PS4. I mean even the PS5 didn't have much launch with it. Demon Souls and Astros Playroom that's it. Back in the PS2 days developers took risks, you had smaller studios pumping out all kinds of different games. Ya some were tripe but some were gems. I guess the indie studios are wearing the innovation mantle these days.
Punisher ps2 one of the funnest games ever made
Holy hell, 20 years.
Great video! I got super lucky and got the PS2 Xmas 2000; my uncle's wife worked at K-Mart (department store back in the day in the states) and she held one in the back for me. I was already planning on getting it the next year with a few games, but on Xmas day I saw it under the tree and literally ran around the house with it screaming! Granted, I didn't have any games for it at the time (Fantavision would've been a great in-box game now that I think about it), but I didn't care. I was just happy to have the damn thing! I rented games for a while until I was able to actually purchase some, which was around the next year. Tekken Tag Tournament, SSX, and Moto GP were probably my favorite launch titles; Ridge Racer 5 looked good, but it wasn't as fun to play as Ridge Racer Type 4 imo. Great console, I don't have the fatty one anymore but still have my slim one.
Ssx was the first ever game I played the nostalgia is reeeaaal.
I had most of these games, non at launch as I got my PS2 the christmas after launch and only with smugglers run and time splitters, the dreamcast ones i had on that. I think Midnight Club and XSquad were the first games I was able to finish on PS2. I loved gungriffon blaze maybe i'd be like you if i tried to replay it today, i remember it been very short though and it having you replay missions a lot.
Smugglers Run and Timeslpitters is a great place to start.
Great idea for a video man, I loved it! I noticed you were having trouble with Surfing H3O, saying the controls felt stiff. Well the main reason would be because the game is supposed to be played with a controller attachment that is shaped like a surfboard. It attaches longways along your analog sticks.
This would benefit from a timestamp, because there's alot of games on the video I am not interested in, and could have skipped.
Thanks for the video, great as always! Its impressive the amount of variety of games they had at launch.
It sure is.
RIP to all those gamers who died on 9/11 who weren't able to return home to game after work on september 11th 2001 :(
ok.
@@RetroGameRater NEVER FORGET!
Incredible video man! A fantastic trip down memory lane with some of these games! I'm seriously surprised by how good some of these games look. Also i fondly remember Motor GP, if i remember correctly you can unlock Klonoa to race as in the game!
Moto GP really caught me off guard. Seriously good looking game.
so much content here, thanks a bunch
The arcade style game genre is absent from modern gaming, and it makes me sad :(
@@bassage13 Because some of these games were super fun??
Great video thanks, PS2 is such a great console.
Indeed it is.
Kakarot original Xbox is way better
@@MasterChief-vb6mb Your opinion, i really liked the PS2.