PS2 Launch Game Memories

[@BradleyBlake84]

Getting my PS2 is something I will never forget. I didn't get it on launch, and when I did get it, it was a used console, but I remember the day like it was yesterday. I went to a used game shop with my parents to spend my allowance on some PS1 games, and after looking around a bit, they discouraged me from buying those and I was totally confused, they told me there in the store that they had a PS2 for me in the trunk that was supposed to be for Christmas (this was close to the holiday) and they hated to see me spend my allowance on older games when I could buy a game for the PS2. Needless to say that was an awesome day.

[@bamkitty9455]

god it seems just like yesterday when the ps2 was the next gen

[@cujohjolyne01]

now ps5 is next gen and ps4 is last gen

[@oliversoderberg299]

I really cant believe the Ps2 Is getting so old! :o I remember walking into game stores and having Ps2 Everywhere ;(

[@frankrossi854]

Hunter Finch think the ps1

[@ElBribri]

2018 and now I have myself 4 fat Playstations 2....best console ever

[@LongLiveTheGamer]

PS2 is my All-time Favorite console. Got it in 2001 and I play it to this day. The PS2's library diversity is just unmatched. Also, the 6th generation was the last of the golden gaming era IMO. I hate all these game installations, patches BS that you have to do these days. Not to mention no manuals, reading manuals were 25% of the joy after getting a new game for me.

[@LordMarluxia11]

WHAT? Where the hell is SSX? That was probably the best looking launch title for the PS2. And it still kicks ass today!

[@armorwolf7934]

Tekken tag is the best looking ssx is the best looking racing game of the launch titles I would say

[@lukegamer5328]

I have SSX released in 2000 too and it's fantastic and SSX tricky is excellent too.

[@GRCFilms]

I watch many different gaming channels, but I always find myself coming back to yours, Pete. I think it has to do with the relatable videos you have. Hearing detailed commentary about great consoles such as the PS2 and the N64, as well as their games, can really be nostalgic. A good nostalgia, of course.

[@MDiPietro16]

I have some very fond memories with my PS2. Unfortunately my original fat one broke. I kept it for years displayed on my shelf because I didn't have the heart to get rid of it, but I've been broke lately so I sold it through Craigslist. I still remember my mom buying it for me in 2001. I bought Surfing H3O with my own money. Not too long after, I bought Crazy Taxi at a Circuit City and then Fur Fighters at Blockbuster. Now I have well over 300+ PS2 games and it's by far my favorite system

[@boomboominroom]

I got my PS2 in 2003 when I was 7. Still have mine and it's still doing good. I still play it till this day.

[@GamersBrainStorming]

Your 18 right?

[@boomboominroom]

GamersBrainStorming Soon to be. Yes.

[@lerbagge]

Wow what a liar.

[@Kai-dg9ev]

I got my PS2 in 2001 and GTA3 was my first PS2 game :)

[@oscardeleon253]

same lol, good memories

[@V1VISECT6]

Got mine on Christmas day, got Dark Cloud, Grand Theft Auto 3, and Gran Turismo 3.

[@Cemoman17]

I had one of those old ones a while ago but my sister tripped on the controller wire and it fell off of the shelf it was on and broke. I started crying because it was the best and probably the only system I had but my mom said she would get me the new slim one that came out and I was happy. She is nice. :)

[@lerbagge]

Buhuu crybabyy...

[@apartida123]

lerbagge go away, we are supposed to be being sympathetic stooped....

[@SSDQ8]

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[@midnightstrike3625]

PS2 was practically my first console, I got it for christmas in 2004 and was hooked ever since. My PS2 games take up over 3/4ths of my collection.

[@SuperJumpReviews]

i remember the sony website had a count down of the hours left til the PS2 launch. I would sit at the computer every day after school and watch it even though there was like a month left on the counter. lol

[@IAMULTRACAPTAINSEVEN]

Gungriffon blaze is actually one of the most overlooked best mech games ever

[@sinorsaint]

Final Fantasy X. I remember looking at it through a magazine and I really wanted the game. At the time I had a Gamecube (I'm a huge Nintendo fan) but I was also super big on Final Fantasy. My friend brought his Playstation 2 over with FFX and he let me play the first 10 minutes of the game. It blew my mind and I just had to have it. A few weeks later my dad told me that he won a Playstation 2 from a McDonald's contest. I'm never sure if that's true but, hey, I got a Playstation 2 with FFX :D

[@mrbubbles6336]

I remember when my friend first got his ps2 with dynasty warriors 2 with it. I thought it was so amazing, I went out and bought a ps2. I still have both game and ps2 to this day!

[@Dirk93]

I loved Dark Legacy and I'm so happy you saved the best for last, me and my friends always had a blast with that game and spent countless hours on it!

[@ICARUS_I]

Got my PS2 in 2003, and loved it from that point on. My first games were Turok: Evolution, Ace Combat 4, SOCOM 1, and Gran Turismo 3, but the actual reason why I bought it was to play Silent Hill 3 in time for its release, and oh boy was it worth it.

[@jakerussell9084]

Ever grace, summoner,orphan,eternal ring and x-squad was what I got

[@SilentGig1]

Gaunlet Legends for the ps1 was one of my most played co-op games back in the day. Its cool that you got to play the ps2 version.

[@kylegam3broz9]

Thanks for all the great new videos you're putting out Pete. It really brightens up my day to come home after school to see one of your videos in my subscriptions :D

[@Antnie]

Gauntlet is one of my favorites ever. Some of my favorite multiplayer memories come from that game.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

*****, glad to see that you acknowledged the King's Field series. Ever Grace is also made by From Software and shares the same charm. I would love to see you play Eternal Ring. If you don't own Shadow Tower on the PS1, check it out as it's part of the King's Field series.

[@RE-LOOIE]

The PS2 was, is, and probably forever will be my personal favorite console of all time. What a great video, Pete! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing your thoughts on some of the earlier PS2 games and your memories of the system. Some of my favorite games for the system: -Kingdom Hearts -Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando -Jak 1 and 2 -The Warriors -War of the Monsters -007: Nightfire -SW: Battlefront 2 -Enter the Matrix -Sly Cooper -Tekken Tag Tournament ...and many more!!! :D

[@sophusgjerstad3941]

Old memories! Still remember Timesplitters, it was so awesome and still is.

[@xtofficialwebshow3690]

My favorite PlayStation 2 games are Grand Theft Auto 3, Burnout, Midnight Club, The Sims, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex, Gran Turismo 3: A-spec, and State of Emergency. Plus all the awesome DVDs I can watch on it.

[@Jaeger0606]

Remember that racing game by square that came out for ps2? Ughh... never again square, never again. Great video dude, your room is so epic!

[@bravotwozero007]

i remember pre ordering it, picking it up on launch day and having to wait to finish work, got home, set it up and it had a faulty disc drive gutted lol got a replacement and was a great system

[@itssimplyeddieee3941]

2022 🖖 watching this video on KZbin with my PlayStation 5

[@arnesarnautovic3679]

Summoner! I remember me and my friend playing this together. Later I got the PC version too. Never finished it to the end, though. Major nostalgia. Escape from Monkey Island, Hitman (forgot the exact name), GTA games, Tekken TT, Tekken 4, FF10 and many more.

[@The420Northwest]

Pete Dorr's simple love of gaming is what makes him the best gaming channel on youtube along with Gamester81.

[@TheAjBrow2point0]

Pete hearing your opinion on timesplitters was awesome, the timesplitters series specifically future perfect are my favourite shooting games ever.

[@JakeMcaulay]

yesssssssss smuggler's run omg me and my cousin used to have so much fun with that game just jumping off cliffs and fucking around it never gets much love

[@kascnef]

When ps2 came i bought it after xmas and got tekken tag tournament (great fighting game), ssx (great sports game), and that was it. As the years passed, i used my ps2 as both a dvd player (worked better than the oritron budget dvd player i got for xmas that year), cd, and ps2 and ps1 machine. The original model's laser couldn't read dual layer discs anymore so i got the thin model while dad tried to repair it; i got an xbox in 2003 but never played it online because i had to pay for xbox live. Dad still uses the ps2 a lot and it works great, although when it reads dvds the movie skips a lot. Also one of the controllers broke (dual shock 2). Out of all the ps machines that sony churned out, this one remains the best selling Sony console and video game console of all time,even though in January Sony ended production worldwide. Fifa 14 was the last PS2 game.

[@marcocarretero4190]

I went back to playing my PS2 for a while before the PS4 and the nostalgia is way too overwhelming!! My first game was Sly Cooper!!

[@jcchaconjr]

A good friend of mine bought a PS to have lunch, and I bought mine about seven months later. I still have it to this day. It has trouble reading disks when it heats up a little, but other than that it works like a charm. my two favorite games from lunch or SSX and Madden 2001. The most memorable thing about the latter where the blank stares that the players had, LOL. I mean, I don't even think that they blinked!

[@CosmicKangaroo]

I got my original PS2 for christmas back in 2001 with Tony Hawk Underground and Simpsons Road Rage. me and my brother played it nonstop and it held up until 2012 when it broke. It has been replaced by a PS2 slim afterwards

[@evanhutchinson9206]

I got mine in 2004 or 2005 I think, I was 11 or 12, but I used to play a lot at a friends place back in the day. It is my favorite console of all time (excluding PC) along with PS1 and SNES

[@scar-gf5yc]

I’m 10 and I still have it and play it I’ve been play video games my whole life

[@Jeffmorgan83]

My memories of PS2 launch games were Ridge Racer 5, SSX and Dynasty Warriors 2. I also rented a lot of games back then as well... such as Time Spitters, Eternal Ring and Shadow of Destiny.

[@SNESKegaGamer]

Well pete does it again. I have been in a collecting slump and haven't picked up anything for the collection nor gone game hunting in 3 weeks but now Imma have to beef up my PS2 collection. Being that it is one of my favorite consoles

[@EricCarter12]

Yeah I know. The thing is we had a tv in the living room which the family would watch a lot so I would not have time to play games on it, and my parents would not allow me to have a tv in my bedroom because they knew I would never come down. So the only possibility for me to play games was to get a portable console. So I got the DS then eventually the PSP and the 3DS and PS Vita etc.

[@kevinsousa3581]

I was anticipating you talking about SSX. What a fun game. full of style and still so damn good today

[@GraDixFy]

Oh man, I'm 13 and I have had some fond memories of the PS2... Need for Speed Hot Pursuit I think it was, Jak and Dexter, and so much more. I never grew up as a rich kid, so we had this, and to tell you the truth, it's one of my favorite consoles other than the gamecube.

[@derekmyers423]

You're 21 now

[@ryana2684]

PS2 IMO has hands down the best launch games. I LOVED Timesplitters, SSX, Smuggler's Run, Midnight Club, Tekken Tag Tournament, Dynasty Warriors 2 -- all great games!

[@mantiskungfu728]

The thing I remember most is my mom taking me and my brother to wait in line for the release at like 2am... I never made it stayed in bed but when I woke up I was supper happy.. wish I some up...

[@DarkKnight-q2d]

Damn.. this video brought tears to my eyes. I used to play my PS2 every single day until my eyes were bloodshot and my parents would yell at me constantly to stop playing or I'd get bad eyesight. Then all the memories of playing with family and still remember playing those old ATV games and racing with my dad or some other family member. Damn..those were the days.. I miss when people made consoles like this..

[@dragonsneedtobereal]

Starfighter was my first PS2 game as well when I bought it at launch! So beautiful and fun to play. I had no idea how to open the case since I hadn't seen DVDs before so I really damaged the label.

[@boomboominroom]

I'm almost 17, I got my PS2 in 2003. I will never forget that day!

[@samuelwilliams896]

so I've figured out that pete is about 26 and that 13 years ago he got all these games at around the same time. that means he was 13 and freaking had everything. i envy your childhood pete.

[@TANNAMN]

I remember playing FantaVision when i was like 6 or 7 and i enjoyed it

[@Ender424]

Ah definitely remember PS2 launch. I picked mine up at a misplaced toy store located in high end shopping plaza so not a lot of kids went there. Picked up Ridge Racer V and Dead or Alive 2.

[@HermannTheGreat]

I don't know if you were playing online games back then Pete, but my first headset game was Rogue Spear for the PC. Maybe this was 1995, I don't even remember anything other than that it was a blast, and still love the Rainbow Six and Socom games.

[@fleetwoodsucks]

no way did rogue spear come out in 1995, i dont even think rainbow six was that early and spear was the sequel rofl

[@APARAT79]

Rogue Spear was released in 1999 for PC and in 2001 for PS1

[@wickedninja8599]

Got the same PS2 with the online, and everything. It's still working here too. Love it.

[@talkingthunder5042]

Thanks for reminding me of Evergrace! Loved it reminds me of being a kid.

[@matternicuss]

Ah Summoner. My first western RPG. To this day it still has one of my favorite game soundtracks. So atmospheric!

[@Toolzz_sports]

Fantavision is a hidden gem...great video glad your back pete

[@Dirk93]

Smuggler's Run was another game I loved to play back on the PS2 but I was only able to play it at my friend's house at the time because I couldn't afford it back then but I always had a great amount of fun from that game

[@Krioux3]

Other than Smugglers Run and Dynasty Warriors I don't know if I ever played any of these, I was never into the Japanimation/RPG style games back then.

[@Ninten70]

I got Dynasty Warriors 3 and I've been Enjoying it. I also Love Metal Slug Anthology, Yuyu Hakusho: Dark Tournament, Shadow The Hedgehog, The Bouncer and Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. Those are my Favorite PS2 Games!

[@spincontrol7469]

I remember getting a ps2 from blockbuster with crash bandicoot the wrath of vortex

[@MidlifeCrisisMedia]

#1 launch game I remember was Tekken Tag Tournament. Everyone I knew back then had it on Day 1.

[@Boxdude8409]

Man hunting for a PS2 on launch and finally seeing those blue boxes was such a rush

[@SurfcasterX]

I loved my PS2. I didn't get it on launch, but later that year. I miss the days of SOCOM! I played those online so much back then. It's too bad where the series has gone.

[@davidmorrie631]

Timesplitters was so good especial the co-op

[@tyakack]

I played 90 percent of the games in this video. Dynasty warriors was my favorite game to play with friends. I miss the ps2 days but its time to have some new memories with the ps4!

[@bravotwozero007]

il never forget my ps2, had it on preorder for ages, went and picked it up on my lunch break from work, got home and set it up, and got a disc tray error lol was well pissed

[@spicyjuniormint]

I can't remember the first PS2 games I played on my older brother's console, but I do remember playing a ton of PlayStation magazine demo discs. I really wish those still existed for modern consoles.

[@LucRice]

Im 15 and it was my first console I really played a lot and it was that big one

[@ClipWaveMaster]

timesplitter is the best game i've ever played... no game tops it for me.

[@marthazard2]

LOVE GAUNTLET DARK LEGACY!!!! Multiplayer was so fun back in the day, unlocked everything with my buds

[@Round2GamingChannel]

Great video Pete! This takes me back for sure! Thanks for sharing :)

[@bthompson3578]

My parents bought my Ps2 a couple weeks after it came out and i was only a few months old

[@dakotabever3772]

brandon Theforgotten I got my original PlayStation when I was a baby😂😂😭💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@kwivver1]

smuggler's run was the first ps2 game i had, and i absolutely loved it.......i would love to see, dare i say, a remake maybe??

[@PringlesForDinner]

I still remember getting my PS2 at Christmas time in 2000. My cousins and I spent more time that day with the SSX demo that came with it than with Tekken Tag Tournament.

[@soxnpats4lyfe]

my original ps2 still works as well got it for my 9th birthday in 2001. i use my slim just because the laser is wearing out

[@barelybeardedbear]

Keep on posting more vids Pete and we will watch!

[@castjet9898]

I got my first PS2 system on 2017. It was a gifts from a friend, and he gave it yo me because somebody broke my XB360 and he had a PS2 slim just laying around with no real use, so he have it tl me and one of the first games I played on it was NFS:MW, Kingdom Hearts, MGS 2 and 3, and KH and MGS have become into some of my favorite franchises ever.

[@Mixonne_]

2017 or 2007

[@fireheartis1]

The only memory I actually had of the PS2 is that my nephew used to own one and we played it quit a bit together. I only recently picked up a PS2 of my own because at the time we could only afford one console. My wife and I got the GameCube because it was the cheapest and had some great games for it. It's funny because my nephew had the PS2, we had the GameCube, and my brother had the Xbox Classic. So even though we all could only afford one console we could play at each other's house and enjoy all of them at different times lol.

[@supersnappahead]

Its funny to think that Pete was like....12 when the PS2 came out. You had alk those games at launch? You really lucked into some well off and generous parents, bro.

[@BraydenRoqs]

i am 16, and my original ps2 still works :)

[@RazgulTheKind]

I played Smugglers Run on the Gamecube and loved it, never played the PS2 version though.

[@JustinPinedaMedia]

I still game on PS2 to this day. So many awesome RPGs on it.

[@MadroxMonoxide777]

Damn, 13 years ago? I feel so old now.

[@andrewwebsterphillips]

I can only begin to imagine how many total hours of gaming my PS2 has been through and I still play it regularly to this day.

[@marthazard2]

i'm 22 and i've been playin ps2 since it first came out dawgs

[@mattsimpson1697]

Such good memory's of dynasty 2 and the summoner loved them games, was waiting for you to mention the bouncer! Not the best game but went down very well with me and my mates!

[@theemperorofindia1403]

I got a fat PS2 when I was 4, my first game on it was Ratchet and Clank 2, that was 11 years ago... :/

[@EMCEEHRAS]

I have a limited edition PS2 Blue Gloss console :) Less than fifty were sold

[@EMCEEHRAS]

Nah man I actually won a competition back in 2001 or sometime around then

[@mathijspiebes876]

EMCEEHRAS i have a blue ps2 big version i live in europe is it rare?

[@EMCEEHRAS]

Yeah it is! If it's like a glossy blue that has sparkles in the paint, it's rare

[@KevinArcade]

I remember being a young teenager and watching the launch event in Japan on TV. I was so impressed.. Sadly it took me a few years after that before I got my PS2, but I still own it to this day.

[@fortawesomm]

I remember playing this when I was a kid. Played mostly Tony Hawk, Lego games, and Transformers

[@OwtDaftUK]

I had a'lot of those games too early on with my PS2 my first 2 were Smugglers Run and Time Splitters.

[@SonicFan2525]

I love the PS2! My old original fat one sadly died though. Even so, some my best gaming memories are on that system.

[@BrianKelly1979]

Awesome memories! I too got put on to Theme Park from the Sega Channel. I was never any good, but it was fun enough that I did pick up the psone version too. Maybe I need to break that out again!

[@SatoshiDesu]

Gauntlet was so amazing, I also played Jester :3

[@itsasadbunny]

I got the ps2 slim when it first released back in 2004 and now its gonna be 10 years old in may!!!

[@extendedplayarcade]

love your videos dude! amazing collection

[@Ostnizdasht206]

I remember playing Dragon Ball Z Budakai, Oni, and Armored Core 3 when i first got my PS2.

[@TheBestDayEver3]

Again -- I have to reiterate; it's awesome to have you back Pete!

[@IGamingStation]

I remembered this thing. Honestly, I didn't even remember PS2 having a slim model til I researched it. I do however remembering seeing one probably in a store or at a friend's house when I was young. I don't remember what games I played on the system though. xD

[@HolyWhisp]

I know this topic gets covered a lot, but the disparity between the amount of solid RPG's available on the PS1+PS2 compared to the 3rd Generation of consoles just depresses me. I've recently gone back to my PS2 and played the Shadow Hearts trilogy, Dark Cloud, Journey of the Cursed King, Baldurs Gate, Kingdom Hearts series, Valkyrie Profile, Rouge Galaxy (amazing hidden gem) and perhaps the most enjoyable of them all, Wild ARMs 4. I seriously hope the PS4 resurrects the console RPG.