10 Things ONLY PS2 Owners Will Understand

Sony's PlayStation 2 is already a classic gaming console to many, and with that comes tons of memories. Here are ours.
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[@tiedyeeli]

The PS2 startup sound will forever hold a special place in my heart

[@CDvoid_gamez]

Same here😔

[@gio2]

Same

[@AkiraZack15]

You said it! When i saw this again i remembered playing *DBZ:BT3* Good Times!

[@juuso1375]

That shit was scary dont know why

[@fuiangt999]

@@juuso1375 lol yeah some time hearing it at night wall asleep scary as shit 😂😂😂😂

[@duncanx1496]

Back when you could buy a game and just play it immediately without anything having to download or update 😞😒

[@vincentmorgan900]

Yep, I know right

[@freeziboi3249]

The fact we have to download the game even though it's on a disc is ridiculous.

[@psnpanuch8142]

Dis Boi and then!!! The update has to copy and if it’s MW good luck with some patience

[@carsonzuniga5089]

Dis Boi games are too large nowadays to play on disc only

[@just1nj962]

It took me a whole night and half of the next day to download the updates for cod mw before I could finally play😭

[@LinkTheFusky]

Me: *puts disc in ps2* Ps2: *opening intro* Me: hurry up Ps2: *opens a portal to hell cause its a faulty disc*

[@itxmughalzada2483]

Truth

[@dirtybarry1493]

PTSD

[@toolie1]

Me and my friends: putting disc in* Also us: hiding*

[@toolie1]

@Atharv Khatri i was 5

[@toolie1]

@Atharv Khatri i did the same thing

[@sofianehifri]

Every playstation owner have done this: Acting like you ain't looking at the consoles so that the game works 😂😂

[@nightcrawler2126]

I swear i be praying less harder for my life

[@purgefinx]

@@nightcrawler2126 omg yess and you remember when the game Freezed you just slammed the ps2 with your hand and it works again..

[@manosmilo37]

You got me with this one I wasn't looking the TV or I was saying in my self that the game won't start because I thought that the god is gonna hear me and do the opposite or something like that

[@Dyl_Apple]

Oh my god I totally used to do this

[@GM-yl4id]

I swear- 💀

[@lunabaphomet]

full games,no microtransactions ,unlockeable skins by playing the game... what a time..

[@kaigen999]

Gargoyle I miss those days.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

that's why I play on a PS1 emulator on my phone instead of the BS there is on the Google Store

[@boyzo93]

Simpler times

[@UnknownBigF]

That Fat Little Man in a Sonic Suit i wish DLC returned. like actual add-ons or more game instead of shortcuts and microtransactions.

[@Chelaxim]

Gargoyle full games? .Hack would like to have a word with you.

[@ferrarienzo6544]

I never lost my memory card, I always kept it in my ps2

[@poggersuni9637]

Same case with the Gamecube memory card

[@galaxyskyyt3820]

I had 3 memory so that was a problem

[@zzygyy]

GTA San Andres card still with game box

[@Adeoneer]

Same here mate 👍

[@Keullo-eFIN]

Same here. Also the older PS2 games had that slot in the game covers. I used those if I went to a friend and brought games with me.

[@deeps.3247]

7:01 so much nostalgia in that sound

[@JohnDoe10350]

Total opposite for me. I'm a Sega Genesis and PS1 kid. The PS2 startup sound symbolizes this future that I don't like.

[@splitz7758]

@@JohnDoe10350 this is deep

[@jackverdera9109]

When your brother or sister just decides to walk straight through the remote cable and your ps2 goes to the floor

[@ldn_michael5537]

Omg relate

[@JonatasAdoM]

You let go of the controller. Better it than the console.

[@__no_name__]

*Everybody gansta' until blue screen goes red*

[@SMOOTHIEGOOSIE]

blaze XD yes

[@lolowski1115]

Oh man, me i also have NFS MW 05, but disc is scratched (if this is wrong Word, sorry but still learning English)

[@mitty9109]

It fucking Terrified me as a kid

[@dg3red36]

When you have 4 memory cards and you don't remember where your saved game is

[@hassaambaig8000]

Still terrified as fuckkk. Im pretty sure i have sum ptsd.

[@sefarasefara3737]

When you start it and pray that the game works was one of the best memories of a PS2

[@sergioavila9690]

And once it got past a certain screen you knew you were good to play

[@sergioavila9690]

Or the ps2 intro and then waiting for the logo to pass xD

[@szczur0192]

@@sergioavila9690 no, I had a case with r&c3 where it would be smooth until after the Insomniac logo, then it would lag af and eventually freeze Also I had Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen and it would be smooth until I pressed start

[@horace.e6110]

Dragonball and Bully for me. its like a 10% chance it would work but i would always check anyways haha

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

YES XD and then i'd get that red screen and be like DAMMIT ! only to go over blow on the disc and wipe it on my t-shirt only to try again afterwards XD

[@noahluna6765]

That feeling when the "play station" title pops up after you clean the disc

[@Max-wp5we]

satasfying

[@crapthings-1]

I remember a few things: 1) If I threaten the game to turn it off, it would unfreeze and work properly again. 2) If I look away during the startup screen, the game is more likely to work. 3) PS2 slim lasts longer. 4) Don't leave your Memory-card around your friends, take it with you to the toilet if you have to, because these fuckers will erase its content as a prank. 5) Make sure your memory-card is still in your house after your guests leave, because some people's parents never bought memory-cards for their kids. 6) Save as much as you can because the game will free-...

[@crapthings-1]

Restart...

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

clever

[@ericjohnson6634]

Your friends were dicks 😕

[@crapthings-1]

D Panzanella hahahahaha yup... but we were all kids lol 😆

[@nightcrawler2126]

@@crapthings-1 well not data-deleting kids

[@num_sax2052]

Pulling the cord to far and the entire system falls on the floor but everything still works

[@niel4234]

Thank god I wasn't the only one who did this! It's left some real psychological scars everything has to be wireless for me now in case I pull it too hard.

[@DukeSar77]

I actually laughed out loud.D No seriously though, my dog's foot got caught on the cord when she ran through the house and ripped my PS2 down. Oh, it didn't work after that. I was so sad... It took me years to be able to replace it cause I was a poor kid. XD

[@D1M1T]

My brother broke mine doing that same thing

[@SamOSosa100]

I thought it was just me😂😂😂

[@Pheatan]

Or bumping the A/V cable at the console end and suddenly having no sound

[@hollowaang5284]

Who else still owns a PS2?.

[@mangentong7410]

Still have it and still play it Now playing Fatal Frame 3 and Underground 2

[@hollowaang5284]

@@mangentong7410 I still have the 007 Nightfire my brother got in 2002 when we were little kids. It was his first game he ever had for the PS2 and it still works good to this day.

[@mzaversnik2655]

I bought one from a friend like 3 years ago for 40 bucks and got it with nfs most wanted, underground 1 and medal of honor wanguard. I think im never letting go of it. I love it

[@WiseSnake]

I still use mine to play the classic Battlefronts.

[@mangentong7410]

Im already own ps2 slim from 2008, Before that from 2003-2007 im rented ps2 to play And my ps2 still working good until right know Problem its since 2012 ps2 optic not working anymore And hard to find repair in my country Im own only 4 original DVD NFS underground 2 GUN Dark Cloud 2 And PES 2006 I dont know if those DVD still working or not In my country really hard to find Original DVD And if avaiable price go skyrocket So since 2013 im mod my slim ps2 to use usb HDD and pirates games Cause in my country even game stores sell pirates games

[@Penguincop24]

Never knew that for the startup screen, each “cube” represented a game save file, and the further into a game you got, the longer the cube got.

[@MichelleOfDarkness]

That was always a fascinating detail. Learned about earlier this year lol. All these years and I never knew what the cubes were about.

[@blurredwolf2339]

What cube??

[@MichelleOfDarkness]

@@blurredwolf2339 Read the comments wrong. At the very second you boot up the PS2, there's something that might look something like a tower(s).

[@Aaron-qc7ro]

Anyone remember when your friends came over and bought over one of there games to play at your house and when it was time for them to leave and you wanted to keep playing they would just take the game out of your console but the game would still be running and you could still play the game like 10 mins after or until the game would finally crash?

[@Max-wp5we]

thats true,but i don't have friend's :(

[@joblessgamers8261]

Woever had gta sa on ps2 and went to some place so you can play 2 players is a fucking legend mate

[@omnistellar5647]

@Glass Eyed Glass eyes are for indoctrinated morons. Ohhhhh

[@SaltSpirits]

BLOOD GROOVE iamverysmart

[@senjumadara2686]

I did that. I loved making out in SA

[@alphakryll4902]

aaah remember those days

[@Vodlad]

I did that yesterday with my friend lmao Its 2019 and im still playing ps2 cuz im not rich enough to get a pc or any consoles

[@dannyalvarado1080]

Dont forget how every game case came with a little memory card holder slot for when you went to a friends house you wouldn't lose it.

[@tearlach47]

Gamecube had that as well, so idk if that should've made it onto this list.

[@mckyliex4919]

Yes! I did it with read dead revolver

[@ManOfAttitudeLP1998]

Haha yeah

[@MetalMilitiaMan87]

Danny Alvarado those were some of the best game cases ever. They were well made and didn't break like the cases I had for Xbox 360.

[@jbod-8387]

And yet I'd still find a way to sometimes lose my memory card.

[@tonka7805]

I just keep my memory card pluged in i dont get why people took it out

[@muammarannafsuzzaki1550]

Exchanging and comparing game progress to other people without the hassle of loging in and out like today

[@tonka7805]

@@muammarannafsuzzaki1550 ahhh yh i geuss but still u had a n option u can just leave it plugged in

[@flaminG-Ghost]

I had 5 memory cards because I owned a ton of games and always had 3 memory cards full so I had to take out memory cards and once or twice it used to get misplaced.... So later I just asked my mom to keep them in her makeup box which I made sure was kept at a place I had access to... Lol😅😅

[@lametomato6789]

@@flaminG-Ghost oh, I can relate, it's like they have legs

[@celestial_addy_archive]

A lot of video game and system manuals recommended against doing this for... some reason.

[@matrixracing8268]

1 Thing That Only 2000s Kids Will Remember 1. Getting Shocked By The Old TV While Playing San Andreas

[@crepemaister5416]

11. Deciding which save file to delete from memory card for next game. *I remember saving $20 for a 24Mb Memory Card.* _Now I sit on 2Tb depressed for nostalgia..._

[@AK_toons]

Crepe Maister bro I feel you. it Would be so dope if they brought back those Mini icons

[@maceomillions2192]

Crepe Maister yep

[@TJunioR97]

I remember feeling so bad having to erase ONIMUSHA cause the gauntlet would nudge Samanoske

[@antluggelle593]

Crepe Maister was the 24 yellow?

[@soyUsernameWasTaken]

Depressed for nostalgia is a problem that many of my gamer friends have. They keep buying old "retro collection" games, played it for an hour and still feel sad cuz those games are just not as awesome as they remembered it. Me? I've accepted that kratos are not a psychotic god murdering hack and slash with a lot of personality anymore. He's a dad now. A story driven dad with gorgeous graphics and great scores on kotaku and polygon. The industry fucks nowadays. Sure. But thankfully, every once in a while comes masterpieces like tlou, tw3, nier automata, or botw to remind me why i love this hobby ;)

[@STORM-MASTER]

PS2 Start up sound brings back good old memories ❤️❤️❤️

[@MRGB-lu5vo]

STORM MASTER i downloaded the ps2 theme on ps3 😍memories ❤

[@Gocthor]

STORM MASTER I came when I heard that sound

[@MRGB-lu5vo]

Gocthor 💦💦💦🎮😂👍

[@kb470]

STORM MASTER try the original playstation startup noise :) that one still gives me chills

[@voltzzswagga5301]

The start up screen used to give me anxiety because a lot of the games i had were second hand and we had no idea whether they would work and for how long? So those 5 seconds were agonizing but if i didn't see the red screen, me, my brother and my father would celebrate like NASA celebrated the first moon landing. Nostalgia is amazing

[@JasonL77]

The DVD is one of the main reasons I bought a PS2. To this day, I’ve never owned a DVD or Blu-Ray player. I always play those discs through my PlayStation systems.

[@ZaHandle]

JasonL77 if ps5 come out and my family get over the money problems i could get it

[@DR.K14]

When the PS3 came out it had the best blu ray player out compared to a stand alone blu ray player

[@willykempus]

Yes

[@AcornLoki]

Same

[@Canodiablo]

When the message pops up saying: «please insert a disc» And you just sat down

[@splitz7758]

Staring into the abyss

[@arinubli439]

@@Canodiablo and it was your favourite game

[@magicmanhs7718]

I just like *presses button 50 times* My ps2 GREEEEE- GREEEEE- TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Fium! *plays game*

[@SaintFrenchy]

Can’t lie, when I got my PS2, it felt like my child dream was completed

[@Kill_Binho]

Exactly how I felt. Though I was 20 already =( Took a lot of time to finally get one

[@OyengaProducer]

Same I nearly cried!

[@davidlukic6988]

@@Kill_Binho got it in 2016 at 20, fulfilled my childhood dream, and it was worth it! I even like that I matured enough for stories like GOW, or Bully etc. Still think the best games I've ever played (despite owning ps3 and ps4 afterwards) were stored in that 320gb hdd modded beast of a fat ps2.

[@mascar1lha]

@@Kill_Binho I have no idea if you're 40 or 27 :p

[@Kill_Binho]

@@mascar1lha I'm 31 Fullfilled my childhood wish in 2008

[@iseeyou3424]

The good ol' days, no dlc, no pay to win, no battle royales poping up left and right

[@sergioperez2959]

Battle Royales are the best Lol

[@kingofdogs2012]

no subscription for multi-player

[@bottledpills]

no battle royales but a great 70% of games were fighting games similar to tekken in 3d lol

[@dixie_rekd9601]

battle royal games are a fad that will die before long, in the same way the zombie fad from a few years ago is basically gone.

[@x808drifter]

Even starcraft had Brood War....

[@shaggy8229]

The PS2, Wii, and the 360 will always have a place in my heart.

[@VongolaXZax]

2:20 Yeah, you could leave your PS2 on for days, and your parents wouldn't notice. Until that light bill came

[@entityzero1269]

Lol I played resident evil 4 over and over again Because i never had a memory card Till one saturday Played it for 15 hrs straight Worth it

[@thecommunist2646]

JIMMY THE ELECTRICITY BILL IS 300 BUCKS WHY HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING SO MUCH GTA?! Nostalgia

[@dave2518]

@@thecommunist2646 Jimmy parents need to take away his ps2 and the gta and pay that fucking electric bill tell Jimmy to get a job lol

[@marshallartsconner3762]

@@thecommunist2646 BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET TO THE FiNaL mIsSiOn

[@Ninjachickenfingers]

That feeling you had every time you turned the console on, hoping you’d make it past the initial startup cinematic 😂

[@TootinNBootin2011]

STRUGGLE OF MY YOUTH

[@bobtom1495]

I know that feeling man...although I mostly know it because when I collect old games, I hope it gets pass the startup...or else it means that I wasted money...

[@christiansanders-hunter3518]

Ninjachickenfingers yep and it lingers long as hell so it be tricking you 😂😂😂😂

[@TrayGChevorletCorvette]

Ninjachickenfingers Yeah boy, that shit was intense! Especially when it's a game that you bought used and you hype af to play it ahhhhh dem memories

[@rizkyganuar5110]

Nostalgic Horror

[@grimoiremechanica4355]

When the startup screen would be a second or two longer than usual i would start panicking

[@mbrillon765]

That shit was scary af

[@MikaeruDaiTenshi]

Or when it made scratching sounds when loading a DVD, at one time, I found a YT-Video how to clean the dvd-drive and everything was fine afterwards.

[@Nick-xf5uz]

Because you know yo shit about too freez😂😂😂😂

[@xceryxdemurstra6323]

Always if it took too long I'd get worried lol especially if it made it to the browser screen while trying to read a disc lol (edit) my phones autocorrect/autofill turned disc into discount because how many people actually say the word "disc" anymore? Lol everythings digital. Damn I feel old

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

@@xceryxdemurstra6323 im 15 and say disc

[@meenakshisharma340]

I had the ps2 slim which was literally *the* *disk scratcher*

[@Gamechangerr667]

😜😝

[@username-sg1bi]

I have both lol

[@thepotentguy]

My buddy back en ruined the lens of my ps2 slim the trauma I went through. Him"Oh what's this do not put your finger let's see" that was the most horrific moment of my gaming life

[@xanderson444]

Omg my slim today is doing that

[@jessieramona2184]

ME TOOOO

[@togera77]

wierd. the analog button was still on when I played on my PS2. I never had to press it

[@DUB_87]

Right. You only had to press it on PSOne.

[@purgefinx]

@@DUB_87 yes. People who played with those buttons 😂😂😂😂😂i remember once i was crying that my stick doesnt work but well just had to press the analog button

[@theisgood0]

Yeah when I pressed it on mine it turned it off. Lol did they program some games by default to turn the analog on?

[@purgefinx]

@@theisgood0 yeah.

[@theisgood0]

Pᴜʀɢᴇғɪɴx makes sense

[@TrizerFlame]

A complete game! You could play from beginning to end and that was the whole game, no DLC add on or DLC gap bridging. You bought a game and it was a complete experience. Also game guides.

[@whatfreedom7]

TrizerFlame they were also a professional finished product. Not this BS now where they have to do 10 patches to correct all the flaws with the game. Some like Dice and Bethesda don’t even bother to fix the game.

[@ElBribri]

THIS

[@StaticVapour590]

True

[@amyhoard1222]

That was the best part of the ps1 era :) Cheat codes you didn't have to buy each time you played was great too.

[@matthew-yh4mv]

Yeah one thing is for sure is people today ,won't be collecting games from today because they simply aren't as good and don't even come with paper manuals.

[@reepor01]

Oh god, one of my most heartbreaking PS2 moments: So at my house we would always use my mom's nail polish remover and a q-tip to clean the game discs when they didn't want to play right, and it worked GREAT. So one day I brought my copy of Kingdom Hearts 2 (a most beloved game) over to my friends house to play. It had seen some heavy use, and hadn't been cleaned in some time, and didn't want to play right. So I had my friend go get his mom's nail polish remover and a q-tip (a trick he had never heard of) and started cleaning the disc... ... ... Only for it to get cloudier the more I cleaned... ... ... Apparently his mom used a different kind of polish remover, and it ATE AWAY AT THE TOP LAYERS OF THE DISC! The game was ruined, and I was heartbroken, because I was NOT one of those rich kids, and it would be at least a few months before we'd be able to afford another copy of the game. If you read this far, thanks!!! I guess this isn't exclusively a PS2 era problem, but that's when it happened to me lol

[@Ali-sc6ki]

I remember using my mom's perfume to clean my ps2 disks (I had Kingdom Hearts 2 too my dude) but it was always expensive perfume so she would always yell at me.

[@reepor01]

@@Ali-sc6ki worth it haha xD

[@zythex4385]

@sadat almonte My dad was a ps nerd and he showed me that. My dad's pretty cool

[@ashitanojoefan98]

i used tooth paste and it fixed an entier game for complet the game was shrek race

[@C4CH3CH3]

GTA san andreas i had to clean it so many times it was ruined

[@charlessalazar7941]

When you hand your siblings a controller without plugging it in

[@ryanfogel5395]

Way easier to trick them with wireless controllers

[@agamefan4481]

When?

[@edgemaxxer1573]

@@ryanfogel5395 except for ps4 ones because the light bar

[@nitsuagaming6121]

@@edgemaxxer1573 works on my little cousin until he hits the center button

[@magicmanhs7718]

Nope

[@Rufio629]

I definitely used the “It’s a DVD player mom!!” Argument.

[@tearlach47]

Cartridge not working? Blow on the cartridge. Disc not working? Breathe on the disc and wipe it off clean.

[@Ace-oh3te]

Sean Wilson bring it to the sink

[@abdullayasser5366]

@@Ace-oh3te I used perfume for that shit

[@javierbautista9385]

Using brasso as a last resort to fix a bad scratch

[@ward1ism]

You can still do this to fix discs for next gen consoles...... so yeahh

[@nickstoltz167]

Same goes for the memory card

[@KoriandrOfTheStars]

Proud owner of a fully functional, good conditioned PS2 since 2005!

[@novice7418]

Hey Same!

[@isidorodaviddoro1920]

Good for you

[@knightartorias6290]

Damn mine broke like 4 months ago I'm trying to get it fixed

[@tortellinifettuccine]

Koriand'r Of The Stars same

[@BubbleArcadia]

Same here

[@Phazyne]

Lol. I never lost my memory card. I just never took it out the system. When I did, only because I was taking it to a friend’s house or something, I would put it in a game case that had a card holder. I had 2 of them and I grouped the games by which ones I played the most so I could choose either slot to save on without changing them.

[@degupeagrupee2120]

I used to do that too

[@thecommunist2646]

*Outstanding Move*

[@nanand.r]

I stick it for 1 decade lol

[@brendanstreecko7847]

When the ps2 was hidden from us, we forgot to take out the memory card so basically that thing was in there for like 6 years :/

[@DSCKottawa]

Fun fact: The number of blocks in the startup screen represents the number of games you played (currently saved on the inserted memory card).

[@DSCKottawa]

@THUND3R xD The more you know...

[@Train_Hobo]

*puts in game disc, crosses fingers* DISC READ ERROR

[@JohnDoe-xl9bk]

Its because you were looking at the screen. You had to click on it to where the blue disc would appear when it read it, and you couldnt look at the screen while it loaded. Then it would work.... Half the time. Superstition

[@mercentperrault]

That happened to you too?

[@ShrapnelTwo]

@@JohnDoe-xl9bk this is so disgustingly accurate

[@efu2046]

@@JohnDoe-xl9bk i relate to this at a personal level. Still having a heart attack when hearing that error sound

[@mohamadkassase5263]

U needed to act like u didn’t care

[@Silent_Mochi]

I have so many great memories with the ps2 -Being able to play ps2 and ps1 games on the console -Played dvds -played music -Controllers were basically indestructible and simple to hold -The little icons on the memory card screen(look at those for hours as a kid) - the little ps logo on the ps2 could rotate - that error screen - that startup screen - that main menu screen - when ur disc was so scratched up and after constant cleaning to PlayStation 2 logo pops up and than u wait on the black screw. Crossing ur fingers the game will work this time - Ran the game 90% of the time even if it was beyond deep scratches - playing rpgs like final fantasy and kingdom hearts and forgetting to save - not having enough space on memory card so I would literally cry because I had to delete one if my game data's - it actually got me and my family to play together -Internet was limited so when u had internet to look up cheats for games u would write them down on a piece of paper - SOOO MANY GAAAAMES RPGS, PLATFORMERS, SHOOTERS, FIGHTERS, RACERS, HORROR, HACK N SLASH...IT HAD IT ALL I love the ps2 and I appreciate it so much for Introducing me to the world of gaming My first system is a ps1, but I wasn't really into gaming until I got the ps2

[@Ace-oh3te]

Ever thing was 900 percent true

[@ashRABBIT99]

Yooo the piece of paper with cheats omg that was me as a kid playing san andreas that hit home lol

[@uzeddy]

- you were able only to score rebounds in fifa 06 because goalkeepers always saved the first shot no matter what. I won 1 fucking game of fifa 06. ONE FUCKING GAME!

[@the6ix665]

Jasper Kivinen LMFAO

[@Max-gy5rp]

Ps2 Kingdom Hearts fan? Now you've earned a friend :) And yeah, who wouldn't cry when seeing the 3d rotating game logo on the memory card screen go away forever??

[@proudClorox_consumer]

I remember trying to keep it on over night only to have my dad turn it off while I was asleep cuz it was loud as hell

[@lametomato6789]

Like a Jet Engine

[@WildPotaot2]

get ps 2 soim :)

[@co2mc266]

Glad I wasn’t the only one that had that problem. I was sad to discover it was turned off.

[@duozgamingtm6700]

Basically,my child life was completed when ps2 came

[@thecommunist2646]

When i got my ps2 i was playing it so much and was having so much fun playing gta vc and need for speed

[@thecommunist2646]

When i got my ps2 i was playing it so much and was having so much fun playing gta vc and need for speed

[@agamefan4481]

Same.

[@antlandron_9539]

@@thecommunist2646 i love playing GTA san andreas on the ps2, the story is so cool

[@RayRaven]

Putting a used game in, launching it, having the launch animation that the PS2 does take a bit too long, and having the big reveal of it working or if it'd go to the red error screen.

[@danielcastaneda4975]

RayRaven those seconds LUL that was the true definition of life and dead

[@TheDaxter11]

i had to go to the game shop about 3 times just to get a version of jak and daxter the precursor legacy that actually worked, cause when i got it there werent a lot of new ones around anymore edit: none of the two that didnt work red screened i think, but they just froze at some point

[@gsam3]

TheDaxter11 yrah, some ps2 games just freeze at certain points. I hate it.

[@swirlyderp7288]

Thats the most relatable thing ive seen in months

[@palindinX]

Bro, I would sweat heavily and take deeeeeeeep breaths when that happened to me. And then the relief when the used game works was indescribable....

[@laeeqisaacs2507]

I always kept the memory card in the slot

[@jackhamlet9109]

Why??

[@laeeqisaacs2507]

+Jackson Oxley so i wouldn't lose it

[@psycho0238]

Laeeq Isaacs same

[@marcusjoyner9871]

Laeeq so did I. I even had the little holder for the memory card.

[@leafy8951]

Same

[@duozgamingtm6700]

Good old days when we came home just from buying the games,no need to download or update just insert it and enjoy

[@acexbunnyxx4766]

When I first got a ps2 I was like 8 and I found a disc on the floor in my older brothers room and I was curious and I put it in and it was a porno LMAO

[@qasimallawati4049]

Damm have you been traumatized

[@nanand.r]

I got it when i was 6 loool

[@edgemaxxer1573]

Oof

[@Interceptor101]

Damn son where you find this

[@kaylewolf]

Oh noes

[@mohammadhazim981]

Having to roll up the wire around the controller a good 1 or 2 times for it to work

[@justinjones143]

Lol daaamn I forgot about that.

[@paintedgear2105]

Hazim Zamri whst were you doing with your controller wtf guy

[@justinjones143]

@@paintedgear2105 lol sometimes they would get a short in the wire. I think it was from wrapping the cord around the controller when you took it places or put it up like that

[@meglovelyxoxoxo]

I think you guys just didn't care for your remotes well cause i never had that problem

[@SamOSosa100]

Too many times mam😅

[@BlackyKC]

Still have mine.. still play till this date ..2019!!

[@bradking2220]

I'm still working on the simpsons hit & run

[@justinv7151]

Blacky KC. I have mine, but it just sits there, collecting dust...

[@trebaker0619]

Same here

[@tylerwebster7363]

Blacky KC. ME TOO! but I'm still a child.

[@ruty6099]

still have my ps2 just needs controllers to work perfectly fine

[@bnsyphotography2104]

That intro sound. Burnt onto my mind. When I’m old an Grey, whenever I hear that sound, I’ll start crying.

[@greb.]

I remember the "corrupted data" message that happened every so often, erasing all your game data

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

How could you forget one of the best things about the PS2? The PlayStation Magazine demo discs every month!

[@mrsg8996]

Its also the last PlayStation you can easily cheat on. Do you remember special magazine publications with cheat codes?

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Yeah

[@thejman3489]

Anyone else have their TV at a certain volume to hear the game but the PS2 startup sound was like twice as loud so you would always get blasted with it?

[@Kascro1998]

Every fucking time I went to play it as a kid after my dad watched TV I was so close to a heart attack.. I was like 5 or 6 😂

[@mr.bucket8308]

I didnt remember the startup sound tho, and i think i never get in this situation

[@crazyfronite1674]

Yea it was loud I still have ps 2

[@picogaming7374]

i mute the TV during the startup, put it at 10 during the game

[@percent1303]

@@crazyfronite1674 same

[@Ruinedmovie]

Back when I was a kid the disc drive eject gave out, being the industrious ( or terrible little shit I was, I took everything apart...) I took the ps2 apart, took the lid off, the cover to the disc bay off, and put the disc in manually with only the white plastic magnet to keep the disc in place. For months it worked... until during my first playthrough of Kingdom Hearts my friend got up to get a drink, tripped on the controller cable, which dislodged the disc and it went flying across the garage floor destroying the surface. I found the ps2 a few weeks ago and it still works... god I loved my ps2.

[@thepsplayer6039]

Fun Fact: When you start the PS2 with a memory card inserted. The number of blocks on the opening screen represent the number of save files on the memory card. Also the longer you have played a particular game, the longer the block.

[@darkside8266]

Accidentally hitting the eject button and still being able to somehow play the game.

[@bubblemonkeys]

No Smoking That was weird

[@Laserkitten]

No Smoking I took the game out and and i was playing but I couldn’t get past a certain point because there was nothing to read

[@zions4785]

some games had incredible glitches that would happen from this! Star Ocean Till The End Of Time crazy extra xp, for instance. Oh ps2, we miss you

[@mitch.paulsen]

Oh my god dude I totally forgot about that. And a wave of memories cones flooding in

[@rdii861]

No Smoking Same That was a really weird experience for me too 😅

[@MrEd8846]

i never understood how people lost their Memory Cards. mine was always in the console.

[@edcox2051]

i was wondering that myself. or kept it on my ps2. who would move it away from there console. of they did they deserve to lose it ha.

[@MrEd8846]

@@edcox2051 yeah I rarely ever took my memory card out. Maybe if I'm bringing the game to my friends place. But usually he had the same games

[@stefannotchev7209]

My friend kept them all in a box which was always nearby the ps2

[@grigoriyefimovichrasputin7897]

If im not using them sometimes i put them in a box besides the console.

[@kaylinclaudepillay268]

My brother hid mine away so that I can study for the exam After the exam period was over he forgot where he hid it. 2 years later we found it inside the couch

[@bobbypendragon7375]

Oh my god, I remember those 8 mb memory cards. It's insane how far we've come!

[@thekidhaku4910]

I used to own a 16 mb one. Feels like a vip ngl

[@thyartismukduk4742]

At some points, this dude sounds 6 beers in and runnin'.

[@Captain_Yorkie1]

It's been almost 20 years And I still own, play and buy games for the PlayStation 2 and ps1

[@nets2daman1]

Captain Yorkie thats what us 27+ year olds are doing now... because we work we can afford all the good shit we missed out on... theres a well known pattern that kids now in 20 years will want to by stuff they see around now... because they will then be able to afford it and will want nostalgia

[@lifeofcorn894]

i was playing midnight club 2 and midnight club 2 last night

[@proudtobeapothead]

nets2daman1 for real tho

[@CrossfireVAL]

I’m currently 15, still buying stuff for this console. Had to get a new controller last night because my Arsenal controller broke after 6 years. :|

[@TheArtFortress]

@@nets2daman1 exactly.

[@youci1788]

1- spit on the disk 2- put some Perfume 3- pray 4- game start Wow it’s work ahh

[@jmxd3303]

Youci 17 bruh I used my spit it always work

[@stpbasss3773]

Real OGs remember the alcohol on a que tip to get the original Nintendo games to work

[@ariash18able]

That was on the n64

[@supervegito2277]

I remember watching someone try to fix a disc with toothpaste. I believe the idea was to do it like the disc cleaners by removing one of the outer layers of the disc (where the scratches was), something i recall you being able to do a few times (3?) before you removed too many layers for the laser to be able to read the data.

[@LattzGz]

@@supervegito2277 it does work tho

[@lanieldelpratt3263]

When we had to pray for the game to load up and say PlayStation

[@baringozi2214]

For real man. Quite literally praying for God to let us play Max Payne

[@WildPotaot2]

@@baringozi2214 i had to pray for all games

[@blurredwolf2339]

Ahh the disappointment when the disc couldn't read. Also the moment when you had to put like 3kg weights on top of the ps2 slim for it to read the disc

[@WildPotaot2]

@@blurredwolf2339 i didint have to :)

[@lanieldelpratt3263]

@@blurredwolf2339 exactly then we had to use every method of cleaning the disk to at least get it to start

[@caanannethken1659]

Don’t forget with the save logo icons, some of them would react to you deleting them. Like the Resident Evil Outbreak icon was moving hands coming out of a door and if you pressed delete where it said “are you sure” the zombies would close the door cause they didn’t wanna be deleted 😂😂

[@KrpticUnknown]

ahh the days. back when you could breathe on a disk to hard and it would scratch

[@taylorindustries]

My discs are scratched to hell but the still work

[@Som3D]

You can scretch disk with breath are u a fuc**** dragon

[@XVNRX]

They still worked though

[@daltonyates758]

I had a copy of twisted metal black that was broken into 3 pieces, we lost 1 piece ( maybe 10 percent of the disk ) but put the 2 big pieces together and it would still work.

[@daltonyates758]

Not only that, but you could take the games out and it would still play them

[@baddworld]

Ahh remember when you could just play a game with all the content and without downloading it to your hard drive for an hour before playing? Good times ...

[@pinstripecool34]

LARRY’S WORLD ! Or when you didnt need to be connected to the internet to be able to play a game that you already own.

[@mendez1990jm]

And not having stupid 10gb updates

[@thesauce2031]

And when you have a complete game on the disc, no hidden micro transactions.

[@Athoroughgamer]

@@thesauce2031 fr

[@Zaberr]

Dem graphics dough

[@KyleMacqueen44]

My favourite thing to so was load up my brother GTA: SA file with his menmory card, then switch it out for mine and save the game. Meant i didnt need to do the story and would have the game completed instantly😂 untill i accidentally done it the wrong way and made him lose his full game😂

[@sam_widge9183]

When the genre defining games like MGS and god of war were born

[@Houman7]

Start up sound was insane and unforgettable!

[@BenniRoR]

And very scary for me as a kid...

[@logangriffith9390]

Back in the day of having to position your couch closer to your tv so you could keep your controller plugged in

[@Ace-oh3te]

Logan Griffith lmfao so fuckn true my parents so many times moved it back on me

[@michael1234252]

I had several of those 3rd party wireless controllers one of them was from Pelican

[@jacksoncarver469]

Hell you still have to do that with the nes and snes classics

[@sithlordmaster181]

I had those Logitech wireless controllers.

[@zitters]

Back when my mum would yell at me for moving the couch so I had to sit on the floor and play

[@johnybravoooooo]

I remember back in 2011,I was 6 and I didn't know a lot about consoles. My grandma randomly asked me what I wanted and I asked for a PS2. My brother and I have the best memories of our lives with the PlayStation 2.

[@michalcernik9653]

Omg i remember playing Call of Duty: Big red one oh boy me and my cousin would spend hours on that

[@R3MIXMODZ]

How could you miss this?? When you load a game and everyone crosses their fingers hoping it would actually load instead of saying the disc is scratched!

[@sirsundays]

never had that screen. Didn't even knew to this point that it exists 😂

[@ahmad_king]

Yup

[@whateveryoutubr6578]

true players with those discs would know which “bits of the game” were damaged , and pray the loading screen wouldnt go on forever

[@zsonkixd200]

and listening to the laser and the disk spinning up for it to make the right noises

[@erickchiama9528]

@@zsonkixd200 the accuracy😥😥

[@TevyaSmolka]

I loved the ps2 good times

[@Naztik]

Tevya Smolka I remember when we used to cross fingers and hoped it would work

[@zredvapor]

Yeah Motorstorm and Twisted metal

[@ateez_stan777]

Naztik ikr

[@imaginewagonsxd8824]

i still own and buy and play games on it

[@Appleseed222]

Tevya Smolka dame..

[@DannEscudo]

I remember about my memcard. When the RE4 was on hype, my friend need to complete the Pro mode, the he asks about mine's. He said that I was like a drug dealer but sells PS2 save datas. They said I was a "god" at my school bcs I like to share save datas like 100% completion, certain weapons runs, and so on. Man the memories. btw if you don't want to lose your memcard, always plug it and if you didn't need to pull it, don't!

[@thekidhaku4910]

A fellow mobile legends player :D

[@paulbaxter2007]

A correction to your video. The analog button came on by default. It was mostly used for PS1 games being played on the unit. You could either play them with the analog sticks or you could turn it off and play older titles in digital mode.

[@InvaderPlays]

The good old days when games were actually released finished. Instead of "constantly" updating.

[@bottledpills]

Jacob Molyneux that's mainly because of game models and textures. Today's weekly updates for the most don't make any change to those things, and in fact those are actually burned on the disks. Updates usually fix bugs and security. Once upon a time, bugs were 99% fixed before the game launch and so was security. And those little harmless bugs that were found months or years after the release, were just really funny to exploit. Also, many PS2 games are 5/8 GBs big.

[@michaelhall736]

Yeah, that really brings my piss to a boil.

[@Auszie]

@Jacob Molyneux Uh... they're 4-8GB excepting the few blue (CD) discs, ~700MB. And game Devs today don't really GAF about customer satisfaction after they have your $60. I remember Sims 3 was unplayable for more than a frigging year of its release, for example... too busy on the expansion to fix the base game. 🙄

[@tawhidchoudhury1168]

Its called beta. The reason games are released like this is because of the online era so games can constantly be updated when there is a bug.

[@Anonymous-tq9zp]

Oh yeah😂😂 updating my gta online is annoying

[@royalswordtrick8276]

i lost a memory card for 5 years, i checked drawers, closets, anything and i couldnt find it. then one day i decided to blow some dust off the old PS2 to play Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi, i get the case and open it, and i found a long lost memory card inside the disc slot inside the case.

[@anti-trollbuddy4798]

*Nice story, bro.

[@ganondorf153vancasand3]

I had the speciale one : The red and the blue memory card .

[@benconway9010]

@@ganondorf153vancasand3 I had practically ever color going there were loads I think I may of had a silver one to but not sure

[@jovianarsenic6893]

DBZ Budukai Tenkaichi and the sequel were legit the best DBZ games I’ve ever olayed

[@ganondorf153vancasand3]

@@benconway9010 of the playstation 1 was the memory card only the colour grey.

[@PatrickGeorge97]

Man I remember when the ps2 game cases used to have slots to hold memory cards just so you didn’t lose it, but you still managed to lose them. Oh the nostalgia

[@gravemaster8747]

It was like a dream come true walking into blockbuster or other places back then and seeing the shelves full of different games.

[@nepamphetamine]

The red screen when the disc didnt read always freaked me out

[@dimitriosgladio059]

9ine same that was freaky as a kid

[@miraclegaming3155]

Sameeeeeee I dint like the sounds when u were In the menu it was scary as hell but so beautiful

[@lildulo530]

And the sound effects it made is more creepy then minecraft cave noises

[@Nikestillcancelledsoz]

It was giving me nigtmares

[@noahhoneywell9608]

Some of my most anxious memories as a child was waiting to see whether the disk would work, and then the relief or terror that followed as the PlayStation 2 logo either appeared...or not.

[@thijsbestebreur]

Warmed Pepper2 haha I was looking for this comment :) ahhh I actually have the exactly the same memory haha

[@whatfreedom7]

Mine always worked flawlessly till I took to gamestop to sell it. Then all of a sudden it didn’t work. Of course the guy was like uh um trusting to sell us a dead console is see.🤔I was so embarrassed. I took it back home and opens it up and a little connector had come loose for whatever reason. Plugged it back it and worked fine.

[@ignacio8529]

Sameeee it happened to me with starwars battlefront one and I remember the sensation of anxiety

[@SK91NO]

*vietnam flashbacks of Red screen of death*

[@jsrosete84]

hopefully you're not using a modded ps2 and pirated discs. i almost never had any problem with that when playing with original games with my unmodded ps2. my first ps2 which was modded on the other hand..

[@therepublicofwozmania]

That couch eating the remote in stop motion was hilarious!!🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍 Yeah but even today I’m a PS2 owner, and this is all right...

[@arishojaiee6483]

Glad there’s local shops that still repair/restore these. Gonna have to learn how to do it myself one day though

[@gmae244]

I left my memory card in my ps2 so I won’t lose it

[@mattwolf7698]

I did the samething with my Gamecube, I never realized that some people apparently removed them.

[@petardimic8647]

I didnt even know it could be removed once plugged in first 10 years after the release.

[@BezoRazo]

Yeah, I thought everyone left them in the console. Why wouldn't you? 🤔

[@cingdyno]

I main IQ lol I still have the memory card stuck in my ps2 till this day. Dang that console is super dusty :)

[@dca-Letsplay]

I always left it in there, when transporting my PS2 anywhere i always put the Memory card somewhere safe in my Shadow the Hedgehog case so it wasn't lost

[@dballs52]

The game cases had holders for memory cards. Never had a problem losing them

[@zimodrako8237]

Dwyne S I've never once used those lol

[@zimodrako8237]

Dwyne S didnt even know what they were for tbh

[@dballs52]

ZEO all im sayin is i haven't touched my ps2 in 10 years and i know exactly where they are, never lost one. It was a good system

[@bbarrett726]

I never lost mine because mine never left the console.

[@Apollo-it8ml]

mine never fit

[@ProJatior]

Still worth owning a PS2 one of the greatest eras for games overall. The 6th gen was such a touchstone.

[@JC-nx9xc]

Damn. That's a memory shocker... I remember leaving console on for days just so I wouldn't lose my place in game.

[@reizak8966]

The MANUALS!! I would take them to school with me and read them over and over again, or just stare at the pictures. The best games always had their manuals in full color. :D

[@kurtisharen]

My favorite one would have to be the one included with "Jak and Daxter". The damn thing unfolds into a massive adventurer's map. Completely pointless and useless as far as teaching you how to play the game, but holy crap that thing was really cool. Didn't have many PS2 games, I think I've only got around ten if I'm making a really generous guess. Was always broke back then. Anyways, my point is that I don't know if doing stuff like that for the manuals was a common thing. Still kind of heartbreaking between the loss of the manuals and not having the published Strategy Guides. I know it wasn't PS2, but the one for Star Fox 64 was pretty amazing with all of the flavor text.

[@MetalMilitiaMan87]

The early Metal of Honor games had introductions in their booklets to set you up for the story in the game, and MOH Rising Sun even had a guide to all the weapons and a guide to the characters in the game including backstories for all of them.

[@petermanfox2535]

The GTA ones were the best in my opinion, they were like magazines or newspapers that made you feel like you were part of the GTA universe.

[@clank2269]

Love Ratchet and Clank manuals. Still playing on ps2 btw

[@josh_hayes6]

Not having a memory card and replaying that 1st level of hit and run at least 100 times.

[@swamdono]

My introduction to FF7 was playing it to the Air Buster boss 3-4 times before my parents bought me a memory card so I could play the rest of it.

[@NateMcCoy1194]

Jesus Lord Almighty I remember that

[@masireleburu]

I used to hate playing Hitman: Blood Money, before I got my memory card but then lost it😂😂

[@trystan2956]

I didn't have one till around the end of ps2s life cycle so I would just play the first three of the onimushas, sly 1 and 2's and god of war 1 and 2's and 007's opening over and over

[@Auden.]

We did that eith hitman blood money

[@ariesgelgonzales2415]

When the loading a game and you wish that game would start af, and the PlayStation2 logo shows up after Sony Computer Entertainment thing. That is the most exciting thing for me for playing PS2

[@VGB004]

Me and a group of friends camped out at Target on a sugar high till 9am when the store opened. I was soo hyped after being the 3rd person in line to get 1, soon as I walked in the door and entered my room I looked at the ps2 box then my bed and outta no where just crashed instead of opening my system... lol.

[@pauloluciomachadodebrito8107]

The Playstation 2 is the best device I ever bought in my life

[@SMOOTHIEGOOSIE]

Paulo Lúcio Machado de Brito yes

[@Freedomlander_101]

Amén

[@Khanage911]

So no ps3 then

[@mistarnoob1495]

That device have brought me thousands of gaming hours. I got 500 on pc, 800 on Ps4 but around 4000 on ps2. Truly great moments. Got 38 ps2 games! All them are great! Hugo, gta, formula, incredible....

[@mitty9109]

Toilet

[@luutoo3649]

When you play a game and someone walks into the controller cord making the ps2 break or lose the save.

[@calum5975]

The controller cord? Just plug it back in. Why did yours break? Do you mean the power cord, if so why do you have that where skmeone can trip on it?

[@KoMoBeats]

Bruh I hate that shit I run through at least two PlayStations a year...

[@boomboominroom]

Man, I always had kids in my house so you can imagine how often that happened...

[@javierbautista9385]

My friend brought his ps2 over for the first and last time. The disc tray was out i went to grab a drink. Ps2 on the ground. Went wireless never looked back

[@iiossua]

Dude, mi ps2 fell to the ground dozens of times due to my little siblins or my mom tripping with the controller wire.

[@JDS07]

I was negative 7 years old when this came out but I only got the PS4 in 2017. So from like 2011 - 2017 I played on my PS2 with my Simpsons Hit And Run, FIFA 08 and many more. 7:17 was the bane of the console though. You wake up, you turn it on and cycle through your cases of disks. You find the one you'd love to play. You insert it and wait in excitement. And you're greeted by that. It ruined my day and I'd always ask my dad to do 'the toothpaste trick' where you use toothpaste and other things and when used on the disc it would work again. I have a display of all my PS2 memories on my desk. And despite the fact I didn't know what the analogue button was and I constantly pressed it (never disabled my analogue sticks though) I had one hell of a time in then 6 years and I've been doing my best to get the parts to the TV I've had since my mum gave me the PS2 which was in the living room when I was 6. The first ever game I played was MotoGP and I remember I thought I was breaking the law for playing Simpsons Hit And Run which was a PEGI 7 when I was 6. Memories :)

[@colegoodwin6577]

Nostalgia blast. I went over to my grandparents neighbors house one time and got to play thrillville with their son for a couple hours. Lost my memory card while I was there and had to ask my grandparents to ask the neighbors if they could find it and they did! Saved all my battlefront 2 games among everything else I had on there.

[@liamgale_]

"The PlayStation2's erea of dominance has long gone" even tho it's still the best selling console of all time, I think that's still a good deal of dominance.

[@LiakkDoesStuff]

LiamGale I think he means that there aren’t very many ps2 sales anymore

[@softandwet7584]

No it isn't

[@mewsterx3679]

@@softandwet7584 still better. No micro transactions or dlcs.

[@kelvinwebley6971]

@@softandwet7584 yh, as the best selling consle atm, thats definitely a dominance move

[@hobbswindrod]

Yea

[@jaycebenson5316]

Suprised that "Checking the memory card & panicking when you see that terrifying Blue Cube" wasn't on the list!

[@TommyWaaves]

Jigsaw trust me the fear and panic was intense

[@wooooowpewpewpewpew311]

Wha- i have my ps2 for most part of my life but i don't remember a blue cube, what was it?

[@mikegee6523]

So crazy the matrix was the first dvd my dad bought when he got the ps2 back in the day

[@bahmat]

Loved the fact that GameShark and Action Replay were available for my PS2 back in the day.