Unboxing a PlayStation 2 Console 24 Years Later!

[@LGR]

As mentioned in the previous video, I'm currently in a rental situation until my house can be repaired from the hurricane. Could be 6-12 months. But LGR things continue in the meantime, as normally as I possibly can! For a bit of behind-the-scenes here, this episode was _very_ close to not happening at all. This boxed console and my entire PS2 collection was _right below_ where the trees crashed through my home during the hurricane, in the room that became a wet moldy mess. By pure chance I had moved all this PS2 stuff closer to the door for easy access since I was planning on making this video soon... and if I hadn't, then all this stuff would've been where a ton of nasty storm water leaked in through the busted ceiling. It would've been ruined. Crazy how things randomly work out sometimes.

[@JadedWarlock]

Holy crap...

[@lexandermcmittens4498]

Just glad you are safe!

[@RantamA]

Things like this create stories to tell, we grow and we change. I pretty much jumped for that play button when I saw you upload dude, was missing me some wood grainy heaven! All things a side though, props for making it through what can only be an unimaginable/uncontrollable experience in which you survived. As you've said many times, things are just things but, they hold a story.

[@messngretz]

you are here, alive and back at it - that's the most important thing - GREEEEETINGS

[@lexandermcmittens4498]

Also, Katamari Damacy's creator had an exhibit at the Jepson Art Museum in Savannah, GA a few years ago. It was interactive and you could view his drawings and notes on his games. It was absolutely beautiful!

[@krill6969]

Glad to see you back Mr. LGR. Hope everything is going well.

[@LGR]

Thank you, it's good to be back in some form! Things are still extremely odd but it could be far worse.

[@hyrondongle2473]

@@LGRSmart people know to adapt to the circumstances. You are smart! Please go on doing your great work! Take care!

[@stpworld]

@@LGRsometimes I put youtubers on vhs can I use your clips I always give credit and link back to videos used?

[@thetechboyorg]

Vhs tapes? ​@@stpworld

[@Rilch]

@@LGR Maybe time for an oddware episode then ;)

[@LeftyLabs]

My ex-wife and I split up in the summer of 2000. I bought myself my PS2 as a “divorce present”/Christmas present that holiday season. When I started dating the woman who is now my wife, we both had little kids so we would let them play Crash Bandicoot and other kid-friendly games, then watch movies on it when we sent them to bed. I still have that console up in my retro-game room today.

[@A2theC]

Congrats on a long lasting marriage, also a long lasting PS2 👍

[@mastafull]

I keep my N64, PS1, and PS2 in their original boxes, stuffed in the back of a closet. I emulate all those games when I want to play them but I can't bring myself to part with the physical consoles that were such a huge part of my childhood.

[@obeseperson]

Such a good console and you found out exactly why

[@fe4000]

These are awesome memories!

[@TheFalloutCollector]

Funny story about when I got my PS2 as a kid, my grandma had me clean the entire house every time I was over to visit. One random week when I got done she said I did a great job and wanted to take me to Kmart and let me get whatever I wanted. I figured I would call her bluff and asked for a PS2, she said that was fine. When we got there, she actually let me get one! The amount of joy that came over me was overwhelming. I spent the better part of the year seeing so many ads and hearing my friends talk about the games, BUT I FINALLY HAD ONE! However..... she didn't let me get any games, only the console, so I was still limited to my PS1 library for the next month or so before I was able to convince my parents to buy me my first PS2 game. Fond memories booting up that PS2 over and over just to see that boot screen.😊😊

[@zakiaddow89]

What was your first PS2 game?

[@TheFalloutCollector]

@zakiaddow89 If I'm very honest, I can't remember if it was or Twisted Metal Black, or Tekken 4, I got both around the same time just can't remember which came first. I played twisted metal black the most for awhile though. I do remember Christmas 2001 I had 2 games on my list, Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid 2. I had 2 presents under the tree that year that got them both. Those held me well into 2002 played them a ton.

[@FurryWrecker911]

My parents did the same thing with the PS3. We had a PS1 and PS2 prior, but oh man it took a few months of saving up allowances to finally be able to buy our first games for this console that had been gathering dust in the living room since it was unboxed. We were so accustomed to going to EB Games and nicking stuff out of the used bin for 5-10 bucks a disk. Seeing everything at 50-60 a disk was a rough adjustment.

[@ChaosMarx]

That's an awesome memory!

[@oinka720]

LOL way to clean out your poor granny's bank account 🤣

[@xardor]

GTA San Andreas was awesome. I played it hours on hours. It's great to have you back! 😁

[@datacentre81]

Seeing a totally normal non-hurricane video from Clint puts a huge smile on my face!

[@LGR]

You and me both!

[@Broken_robot1986]

What hurricane?

[@The98deville]

​@Broken_robot1986 you're kidding right?

[@Broken_robot1986]

@The98deville yeah

[@randylahey1232]

Then you come along with a hurricane related comment smh

[@brick6347]

It was the DVD that blew me away. That was the future. No more rewinding tapes! Special features! Hard to imagine how space age that felt.

[@rommix0]

Now it's streaming. "All your movie copies are belong to us. Heh heh heh." - Evil Hollywood Execs.

[@vjcodec]

Those DVD menu's were something else. strangely that is now the "vhs" of their era! haha

[@vjcodec]

@@rommix0 hey its that or cd rott

[@KAPTKipper]

Most DVD players cost more than a PS2, it's the reason DVD took off in Japan.

[@damsithm]

Laser blows out quickly but I do like modded matrix fat ps2 I got one it’s amazing It can play pal and ntsc dvds and games basically region free laser been replaced got a ypbpr to hdmi adapter from Amazon works great on my 4k tv

[@absentiaaaaa]

21:37 This part just literally makes me cry. I remember the snowy blizzard of christmas 2005 (snow just wants to kill you in Finnish winters), when our dad connected the PS2 for me and my two little sisters. It was almost midnight, we were under blankets and the hearth was hissing in the corner of our living room. Parents went to sleep, we had the whole night. We had tens of games we haven't ever heard about because we we're 7-10 yo (even Silent hill 2-3 and Fatal frame to think about it hah, nightmares). I will never ever forget the moment when i first saw that starting screen, i will forever treasure that memory.

[@ricksterk7014]

So he got the console for you and 10's of games at the same time 😊 Dad of the year

[@BoxOfFeet]

I have a memory similar to that with my Sega Saturn. It was Michigan winter though, not Finnish. And a few years earlier. When it went on clearance after being discontinued, my grandparents got one for me, and one for my cousin for Christmas. And an assortment of games (I think maybe 7 each?). I lived in front of that TV until I had to go back to school. For me, Christmas is now inseparably linked to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. I feel compelled to play it every year when it starts to snow. It's actually snowing right now.. Croc season is upon us.

[@vainbelmont6645]

With the Silent Hill remake, I feel you so much on this. Fatal frame, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, I had to ask my family to open a light before talking to me to know they're there (played with headphones).

[@funkywonky94]

Core memory right there

[@MattHaynie]

My favorite memory of PS2: At the beginning of Indigo Prophecy your character gets possessed and kills a guy in a bathroom diner. You regain control of yourself, and a cop starts walking towards the bathroom. My heart pounded in my throat as I desperately tried to clean up the mess and hide my crime. I was genuinely freaking out. I didn't know a game could do that to you. I absolutely loved that.

[@alex.starostin]

One the all time best video game openings! Shame that the game turn to shite later with all the supernatural bs

[@danieljl1093]

You're "unboxing consoles" videos are some of my favorites man. PS2 was my world as a kid. This was awesome thank you!

[@DUDEMD]

"...and it...makes me...feel....good" -the best take on Katamari Damacy I have ever heard

[@rommix0]

Also that's what she said :)

[@TehAlekzi]

It definitely felt good playing the Reroll, reminiscing how I played the original when we were visiting relatives. Didn't get very far though as the thumbstick cap snapped from too intensive rolling on my PS3 controller that I used to play PC games with at the time😂

[@TJoseph2]

strange to see a PS2 that isn't scratched and still has the expansion bay cover

[@LGR]

Definitely the cleanest one I've seen myself, that outer shell is pristine enough to eat off of

[@bulletpointmediadotnet]

@@LGR We're going to now need a video of you eating off it. Thanks ;)

[@DulgannForgeflamesGameArchives]

@@LGR Pristine enough to eat off of... in an LGR Foods video, perhaps? 👀👀👀

[@michaelgaskins9573]

The one that I got for Christmas 2003 is pristine because my sister put one of those vinyl skins on it. I removed it a few years ago and was blown away at how clean it looked for 20 years of age.

[@Dave102693]

People have said they put drugs in that bay lol

[@joonglegamer9898]

From a guy who started out with a battery operated Pong TV game in black and white, continued on an Atari 2600, then coded games on a Commodore 64, hearing "24 years later" after that modern newfangled thing Playstation 2 - makes me feel SO old.

[@pdpyoshi]

Wow you've really seen it all.

[@integerofdoom69]

Honestly the best time to be around. Every now will just be, meh.

[@adancein]

God dang I love the chill atmosphere and nostalgia for something I only barely caught a wiff of (N64 and Gameboy color were the last consoles I owned). Just watching, listening, sipping tea. It's great!

[@bayuchandrasukma820]

Im not at all old, but even back then I remember this thing feeling brand new. We already have PS3 and a bit later also PS4, but the PS2 is always a special treat. Rental and Cafe, instant noodles and cup coffee and iced tea, everyone just having fun and being kids. To think that it is just as old as myself (released mere days after I was born), its crazy. To me, it was never an old console. The memory will never be corrupted on mine. Also its nice to see new, normal video man. Happy to see you doing well, and hopefully you'll continue to get better. Much love from Indonesia.

[@xwarped83]

I was in high school when this came out. I ordered one online and left school early on the day it was to be delivered, I got pulled over on my way home and told the cop I had a free period and needed to go home to get my homework.

[@johnnymo4000]

Well played.

[@rickievans1]

Yea i called off sick that day after standing in line to pick mine up

[@machinismus]

Haha that’s awesome

[@Sithedd]

Did not expect to see content so soon but grinders gotta grind. Love it. Glad to see you up and running in any form.

[@LGR]

Less of an urge to grind, more of an "oh god I have so many contractors to pay now" 😩

[@elitesniper923]

​@@LGRneed to release a line of merch for hurricane relief fund. Can be a limited time design.

[@ohareport]

ok so apparently watching a retro-focused channel doing an unboxing of something you remember opening up brand new upon launch is a middle-age rite of passage. ouch, right in the youth.

[@MishraArtificer]

Oh, so *that's* what I was feeling when watching Clint's 10th anniversary retrospective on Skyrim...

[@BoxOfFeet]

Especially when somebody opens it up with care, fully intending to put it back in the box with the little baggies, carefully flipping though the manuals. And I remember just ripping all that junk right open, like an animal. And tossing it all in the trash.

[@hypnotised-clover]

I'm pretty sure it's mostly people in their 20s, not middle aged.

[@rolux4853]

@@hypnotised-cloverthe PS2 came out in the early 2000s, that means you have to be at least born in the early 90s, better the mid 80s to being able to fully enjoy the PS2. People in there mid 20s where born when the PS2 came out, they could not experience it new. Writing this hurts me so much, because I still feel like I’m the age I was when those amazing consoles released. But then I remember it’s already a quarter century later and it hits me right in the feels.

[@hypnotised-clover]

@rolux4853 I was born in the 2000s and my first console was a ps2, which I still have, with the manual, I find your logic flawed.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

So good to see you back. I know quite a few pople who got gateway drugged into gaming becuse of the inckuded DVD player.haha What a time to be alive.

[@catriona_drummond]

An LGR video lowers my blood pressure, my heart rate and relaxes tension of my neck muscles significantly. This one has been no exception. Thank you for soldiering on, given your circumstances. Your production quality has not suffery at all. Time to dig out that PS2 I still have somewhere too.

[@TravisWeir]

GT4 is generally agreed (as far as I'm aware) to be the peak of Gran Turismo. Glad to see it here, and glad to see you back up and running!

[@icky_thump]

Agreed. And like Clint, i never really bothered with any releases afterwards. They lacked the 'charm' that this one peaked with.

[@SlammedZero]

I'll never forget my friends calling me up demanding that I come over to check out the Gran Turismo graphics on the PS2. lol Good times!

[@moloch5801]

GT4: Stage II released a while back, and it's the definitive version of GT4 imo - the same game, but with a few tweaks, fixes and extras.

[@ryank.5960]

I like GT2 and GT7 especially in VR, but GT4 is awesome because it feels like one of those games that pushes the PS2 to the limit

[@RaysGamingChannel2003]

Exactly!

[@ThunderTHR]

First of all, welcome back! Those launch PS2 units (The SCPH-30001 models) are honest to god *lemons.* They are notoriously the most prone to the dreaded 'Disc Read Error' issue, and even when you can get a unit that works, often have the worst load times. I remember my local friend had a launch unit and whilst it could still read discs, it could often take up to MINUTES on end for it to read the disc before it became playable. Not surprised at all that your unit you got there already appeared to be on its way out, though it practically corrupting was not what I expected. The SCPH-39001 models that came out afterwards are (in my honest opinion) the *best* of the original 'Fat' models to go for. They certainly must've over engineered it after the whole 'Disc Read Error' stuff, because honest to god out of those particular models I've owned over the years, they are practically *tanks,* I've never come across a unit of those that DIDN'T work. Still my main unit to this day. Though the fans on these units are often just as loud, if not in some particular cases *louder* than the original units, which is the main downside. The SCPH-50001 models are a lottery, honestly. You either get units that work exceptionally well (such as yours), or you get those where the laser has quickly burnt itself out due to a design flaw with the 'Mechacon' chip that could cause it to crash if it attempts to read a badly damaged disc (or games burnt onto a backup disc if the console were modded) on those particular models (the initial PS2 Slim model SCPH-70001 units suffer from this same problem.) Thankfully the retro modding scene has chips that you can solder onto the boards of these units to address this issue to prevent it from burning out your laser. Its a real shame, because they optimized the load times even greater on these particular units and had relatively quiet fans on them. Still an amazing console nonetheless with SO many fantastic games to play on it.

[@GUCFan]

Can definitely vouch for the 39001, those are just tanks and won't die. I only have one 50001 and i've done MechaPWN on it but yeah, its definitely having troubles reading PS1 games or audio CD's, i really need to swap the laser on that one to get it to read CD's again. Just hope it won't be a repeat of my sister's PS3 where i swapped the laser and it wouldn't read Blu-Ray's, DVD's or CD's at all and i had to just swap the entire drive out.

[@mistamontiel00]

Totally! I've had 39001 as my primary forever and a lucky 5x I got for Mechapwn as secondary to spin imports

[@3a.m.284]

Hey just a PSA on the insanely long load times on 300001 models. Look into PMAP calibration. It's a lot of work but I did it myself and my PS2 reads discs so fast I don't even see the bios menu pop up it jumps straight into the game, it's pretty wonderful

[@Fearborne]

My 39001 still hates blue discs no matter what you say. Grr.

[@BoxOfFeet]

I still have my launch unit from when I was young. Yeah, it doesn't load any DVD discs anymore. But who uses the disc drive these days, anyway? I'd say the bigger problem for me is that the vibration has died in it. I hear there's a fuse somewhere to replace, I imagine a little surface mount one like the DSLite. But I haven't looked in to it.

[@TheBuefurd]

I was working at Software Etc., which got bought out by Gamestop, as a sophomore in high school when the PS2 came out. I was lucky enough to take one home on the first day. I had the Gran Turismo bundle. What a joyous time it was. I still display my PS2 proudly, and considering the amount of hours I've put through the thing, I'm surprised it's still kicking! Good memories.

[@The_Laser_Channel]

This is what I miss about new console launches.....compare the PS2 to PS1 and it is a REAL upgrade....you saw games for PS2 on Day 1 that were NOT possible on PS1....these days, upgrading from PS4 to PS5 isn't much different than upgrading your computers RAM, GPU and CPU....to play the same games but better quality....4 years of PS5 and how many PS5 "only" games are there? Probably less than the number of games PS2 launched with!

[@chubbycatfish4573]

The PS2 was the first thing I ever bought for myself (that cost more than a few bucks) when I was 17 in 2002. Still have it.

[@metalagent47]

this one feels refreshingly old school LGR

[@kingofcapp]

Yup.

[@dawabbit65]

very 2014

[@InsetSync]

I was literally playing Gran Turismo 4 on a wheel setup when I went to watch the video. What a fantastic game, the unlock requirements forcing you to get intimately familiar with an every-day commuter car and gradually work your way up to sport and tuner car legends. The PS2 has a ridiculously stacked game library. Metal Gear Solid 2 still feels relevant with its themes today. San Andreas is filled with details to make it feel like a realized simulation of a fictionalized California. Glad to see you're doing well, and thank you for your videos.

[@arnox4554]

Gran Turismo 4 was really good. But Forza Motorsport 4 was even better.

[@MattExzy]

The last console I owned was as a kid when I was gifted a Sega Master System in '91 for Christmas. It wasn't until 2007 I bought a PS2 Slim - and that was just to play GT4. I think I grabbed a few other used games, but GT4 was it - my whole reason for the PS2. Still have the console itself, the game, and the memory card with my cars on it. I'll have to dig it out!

[@The_Memos]

it's awesome seeing another LGR video after everything you've been through!

[@LGR]

Happy to hear it, I hope this was an enjoyable one!

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@LGR so did you manage to save any of your items from your house? (anything you consider personal and important?)

[@pinkyUndsoo]

Just "re"discovered your channel again after some time. Terribly sorry about what happened to your house, can't even imagine! Just got surgery and your videos are so cozy, it almost feels like youre inviting all of us. It helps so much with the pain. Thanks so much for keeping us all entertained, even though your situation must be stressful as hell!

[@sutpecna]

Hope you make a quick recovery, get well soon!

[@cursedseagullgames]

Man, time really does fly doesn't it? 25 years since it's release and still remembered fondly by most people who had it, and one of my favorite consoles to emulate to play the old faves.

[@joshuawebb29]

Reminds me of Christmas Day at 10 years old. Parents wanted to hide that they got me a PS2, but I accidentally unwrapped Dead or Alive 2. I've always been thankful to my parents.

[@christopherfujino]

"accidentally"

[@winlover37]

My parents really got me good one Christmas. I was obsessed with Jak 2 and 3, literally went to other people's places just to play it as much as I could. I BEGGED for them. My parents got me the games, but kept it a surprise by nesting them in several boxes, the last one being an empty diaper cardboard box. On Christmas day I unwrapped the box wondering what the hell it could have been, I saw the logo and immediately shouted "YOU GOT ME DIAPERS?", my parents immediately broke down laughing, told me to keep going. Finally got to two DVD sized presents, and lowe and behold! Long ass story but figured you'd get a kick out of it. I still have them to this day!

[@PepperPawbs]

I had the same thing happen to me with the original Game Boy.

[@SinkingStarship]

My brothers and I got a Playstation 2 for Christmas 2001, when I was thirteen. It was our first proper game console after years and years of just playing PC games and parents who refused to get us a console until all of a sudden, to everybody's surprise, they did! What an amazing experience. Playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Final Fantasy X, and Gran Turismo 3 was such a trip, a completely different and cinematic experience compared to our low-budget PC gaming prior to that. I really don't think gaming has hit the heights of the sixth-generation consoles. So many PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox games are still tons of fun today. It'll be fun playing those classics with my kids when they're a little older and ready for games.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

The main thing I miss from this gen, split screen couch co-op. Me and the missus used to buy every game that would have local co-op. You rarely get that experience anymore with new games and consoles. Its all online co-op, which isn't close to being the same when you're not sat together on the same sofa looking at the same screen. Closest thing is co-op on the Switch.

[@davidsentanu7836]

The Wii U was the last multiplayer couch co-op console. Too bad nobody bought it.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

@@davidsentanu7836 Yeah but its understandable why. It was overpriced, underpowered, didn't have enough launch games, didn't get enough 3rd party games and was very poorly marketed. Pretty much every 3rd co-op game available was available on other (better) systems and most of the Nintendo made games have come to the Switch. Which to be fair, as I said, me and the missus do play Switch co-op. And the Switch likely owes its creation to the Wii U's failure.

[@DavidtheBard1]

@@RainMakeR_Workshop I loved the Wii U... and you're totally right

[@markpfeffer7487]

"Laughs in laguna seca" I died lol. Your captions are underappreciated.

[@kewlbuttons1824]

My husband got me Katamari Damacy. He said he saw a preview of it and knew i would love it. He wasnt wrong.

[@LabCat]

I worked in a retail store during the PS2 era. The holiday shortages were crazy. And we had to card teenagers when they wanted to buy San Andreas or Vice City. Now they can just download it on Steam. Heck of a trip down Memory Lane, Clint. I'm glad you're recovering and still committed to preserving computing history.

[@meatpockets]

The HDD + network adapter was a lot of fun. There was a boot CD that turned your PS2 into a FTP server that you can download games to and play off it. When GTA:SA got leaked a month in advance it was a better experience than the retail disc since everything was on the hard drive.

[@imKanda]

Now you can mod the adapter to SATA and store the entire library on a 2TB HDD. Definitely one of the best consoles

[@HKT-4300]

What the hell i never knew HDD loading was possible that early, Neither that San Andreas leaked a month early, i feel like that's not common knowledge at all.

[@antoniocesarscartezzini]

@@HKT-4300 HDDLoader was the original way of loading games from hdd, it was released in 2002. In fact, sony was already bringing lawsuits to the devs as early as 2005, and they also sued shops that used to sell phat ps2s with hdd loader built in around that time as well. Now it has been made obsolete by the current gen stuff, OPL, Neutrino, etc The gta leak is well known to those around back then, but didnt get fame because it was leaked only 2 weeks before the official launch. it was not a beta or anything, it was just a production disc that had been dumped. this used to happen with infamous games. GTA V for the 360 was also leaked early IIRC, but again, very shortly before the official release date

[@TORQUENDB]

Halo 2 also leaked right around the same time as GTA:SA. I remember playing through Halo 2 in French like 3 weeks before the official release. I went to a LAN party the Friday after launch and definitely had an unfair advantage from the extra practice.

[@retroboby007]

I really dig this format of filming the crt tv. Is better then video capturing. Soul Calibur has charector creation too and in GT 4 you can drive even the first Ford cars.

[@CheesecakeMilitia]

We truly have been too spoiled by an abundance of capture card footage these days. Filming a CRT feels nostalgic on KZbin.

[@treetreem]

Also, I love your captions. [chronological laugh] is extremely relatable.

[@drueckglueck9918]

Omg, lgr is back. Hope all is good considering what happened 🥰 This brings back alot of memories. My parrents thought the first playstation was to expensive. So i saved up money to buy one myself, then when the ps2 was announced i skipped it and saved up for the ps2. So it was my first playstation and that felt amazing to own such a powerful gaming console at home. But then it was also my first dvd player, so even later consoles were much more powerful. This is still one i remember as a huge step forward, since i was going from a commondore 64 and a VHS machine. Still remember when i put on gran Turismo and just sad there almost in shock over the graphics.

[@Lupinvej]

God, i love the creative and strange UI/UX of the 2000's.

[@DerekLippold]

Glad that you're back (though I would watch hardware restoration forever also) and I hope that you're doing well. I just wanted to say that you're always such an inspiration and a pillar of the retro community.

[@TheJmccord]

Never been this early! Happy to see you rolling!

[@99bytes]

me neither

[@phenixz1981]

I was one of those crazy people waiting overnight of the launch and got mine on day one. lol such great memories and such a great system

[@shade.927]

Honestly what i love about this channel is the way you carry yourself, your videos are way more relaxed and easy to enjoy than most channels i watch on youtube :)

[@apekatt2007]

I was one of the lucky ones being able to unbox one of these. I worked all summer as a kid to afford one, and also bought Dead or Alive 2, Midnight Club and Smugglers run ❤

[@MammaApa]

My PS2 is currently the only working DVD-player in my household. Although I must admit it is my second unit. The first one the drive eventually gave up. One thing about the vertical stand - when the drive in those are near the end of their life and start to skip you can get a few extra months or years out of it by putting the console vertical. I do have the remote which still works but you give up one controller port by using it as it needs a IR dongle plugged in to function. Whoever chose to make all print on the remote dark dark dark gray on black needs to step on a lego brick. So many times watching movies have I had to try and hold up the remote to the light of the TV to even see what button I was pressing. But full marks for durability!

[@Leddemo]

Aww man that takes me back! And running yourself over at the end gave me a much needed laugh this morning. Seeing as that PS2 box was open, I wonder if it was set up, had issues out of the gate, and was just packed back up and forgotten about. And I played mine on that very TV!!!

[@Joshy05]

Welcome Back Clint! Good to see you doing well. Hope everything with your house goes smoothly.

[@mayw6571]

Welcome back LGR! And here's a hell-yah for the Katamari shout out, it's still one of my all time favorite games of any year or system.

[@bytemevv-4616]

The Duke Nukem voice... _...Was spot on !_

[@SupraTompan]

My best christmas ever, was the 2000 christmas when I got the PS2. Magic times. Internet was still internet too.

[@superscatman4236]

Lol, Curse of the Wolf by Len Kabasinski. Is LGR a Redlettermedia fan? ITS THE CURSE OF THE WOOOOOOOOOOLF!

[@LGR]

_That’s right, Jay._

[@John-Adams]

@@LGR AAAAAAIIIIIIIDDDDDDDSSSSSS

[@UGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH]

@@LGR Love it.

[@Kevin_2435]

Clint! I'm so glad to see you back to kind of posting like normal. This is such a great presentation on a great console. I still remember getting mine for Christmas one year bundled with Gran Turismo 3. My mom didn't even realize that it played DVDs. We used it as a DVD player for many years.

[@dschultz9466]

Sooo glad to see you back at what you love!

[@anonony9081]

The 64 got me into gaming but the PS2 was when I really became a 'gamer'. I remember saving every penny I made for 6 months and I had a calendar leading up to the release date where I marked off each day as they went by. I pre-ordered the PS2 and 5 games and I had to wait until after school that day to pick it up. It was brutal but I loved it so much, it really felt like a next gen console.

[@akubura]

I remember using books so I could stand it vertically because I couldn't afford the stand and then happily rotating my emblem, a small fact that blew my friends mind at the time. Such simple times.

[@akubura]

And before anyone chimes in, I know it could stand by itself technically but with cats about I wasn't going to take that chance haha.

[@SnowyFoxFox]

When you passed over a few understandably iconic shooters and pulled out a Timesplitters game I actually shouted "HELL yeah." You, Sir, are a man of culture.

[@tonypackwood6859]

I'm happy to see you're uploading again I hope everything is going well for you lgr I love watching your stuff

[@coodu]

My man is like teflon, thank you for posting this video and welcome back!

[@xnamkcor]

Fun Fact: There is a Horizontal Stand. It does almost nothing...And what it does do is partially block the air vents.

[@LGR]

Oh no kidding? Ha, that's some delightful silliness

[@hypnotised-clover]

I have only ever seen one once, on a silver fat PS2 for sale at a CEX for like €200, which I thought was absurd for a PS2. As for blocking the air vents, aren't they at the back? The stand is at the base and doesn't obstruct the front or back.

[@diemwing]

The fact that Sony spent R&D dollars on a rotatable PS logo

[@techgeeknzl]

Of course! How else is it going to match the rotatable SONY logo on your home theatre speakers?

[@flickeringstreetlight]

56 minutes of LGR, focused on the PS2?! I never clicked so fast before.

[@cybersamiches4028]

Cant thank you enough, I remember reading through this exact magazine back in 1999.

[@vulcanbrady]

This one made me smile. Glad to hear the PS2 collection was saved form the storm! That's a glorious stack of gaming goodness you have there.

[@ramiking745]

Xbox, GameCube, and now the PS2 unboxing. It's so neat to see these unboxings of the consoles from the early 2000s.

[@elgoog-the-third]

Don't forget the Dreamcast!

[@ramiking745]

@elgoog-the-third I keep forgetting about that one as I tend to associate it with the late 90s more than the early 2000s.

[@Boco_Corwin]

I was one of those people who bought the DVD controller. I also bougjt the travel bag and a bunch of other stupid stuff that was upsold to my dumb, 15 year old self. I couldn't find anyone who would pay money for it, even up to 10 yeara ago. Ended up leaving it in a grab bin at an old MMX, along with the bag, third party peripherals and my Game Gear stuff that no one would take.

[@KR-hg8be]

Same, 10 years ago I sold off all my old n64 and ps2 stuff. I got $150 for the n64 but I practically had to give the ps2 away.

[@hypnotised-clover]

The idea of nobody wanting game gear stuff makes this hard to believe.

[@Boco_Corwin]

@hypnotised-clover The travel cases, magnifying peripherals, the thing that converted Master System games, etc. Different times

[@Ben_B_Artist]

13:57 I used the expansion port a fair bit. Maybe not in the way intended...

[@raychev-gtr]

I have two things in mind ☠️

[@Teckno77]

Thanks

[@Crampsam]

The PS2 wasn’t my first console but it’s the first I have great memories of. I got mine for Christmas 2001 when I was 6 years old. As a shy kid who kept to himself, the PS2 was invaluable as a tool for taking me away from my dreary small town English life and letting me live out all sorts of fantasies. I spent hundreds of happy hours with GTA, Simpsons Hit and Run, Timesplitters, Tony Hawk, Jak and Daxter, True Crime, all the Sims spinoffs and the plethora of great Star Wars games. Thanks for this trip back in time Clint. Hope your house is looking better soon. Glad you and your loved ones are safe 🤘🤘🤘

[@mark902]

the ps2 is pinnacle for me. i switched to pc at the end of that era, and even though i've retroactively purchased a wii and ps3... they just never reached the heights of the ps2/ps1 era. for me. i remember those 2010 thrifts with stacks of ps1 and ps2 for dirt cheap. accessories too. i picked up a sealed remote (with dongle) for probably 1.99. even a sealed vertical stand, and _even_ a sealed and useless horizontal stand. it was like a dream back then, the thrifts. like a dream.

[@Foxtrop13]

I really regret selling my PS2, such good console, so many titles, SH3 was incredible good looking on that thing

[@rommix0]

Still cheap to get though. $150 ain't so bad for a used PS2 console.

[@Foxtrop13]

@@rommix0 yep I will probably get one, :v and crt tv for the full experience

[@rommix0]

@@Foxtrop13 For sure.

[@DansBeau]

Finally, the boy is back with nerd stuff.

[@jondoeband2]

You know, the wild part of that collection is that this is still only a FRACTION of the games available.

[@Flip_91FTW]

So glad to see a new video and I sincerely hope things are going as okay as they can be. I enjoyed the video too. The PS2 is so nostalgic for me because not only it had a huge library of games but also it was at the time when my life was just school and videogames and hanging out with friends.

[@ozzie_goat]

I've had my PS2 Slim since I was 7. Best birthday present ever.

[@BSLS123]

Same! Got it in an official PS2 carry bag too

[@MrMegaManFan]

This takes me back. I ordered my PS2 from Sony's website and had it shipped direct to my apartment. I didn't have any PS2 games for it when it arrived so all I could do was unbox it, hook it up, and listen to the launch screen and stare at it in awe. Of course it didn't take me long to figure out I could play PS1 games and DVD movies in it too, but I still went out and bought Madden that night so I had ONE single PS2 game to play!

[@schadenfreude6274]

Of all the games you could have bought, you bought the Gayest American game on PS2. 😂😂😂

[@reiisthebestgirl]

PS2 is my absolute favourite Christmas gift. Such fond memories with it.

[@D9Beats]

Awesome to see you back uploading bro!

[@RyanStanis]

Worked for my uncle for a full summer to buy the PS2 in 2001. Didn't have any money left over for any games lol, but it was also one of the easiest ways to get a dvd player at the time. Eventually amassed a pretty big collection while working at a best buy a few years later, and went modestly hard on the peripherals. DVD remote, Vertical stand, composite cables, and eventually replacing it with a ps2 slim. Watching you unbox this really brought me back!

[@cypresscustoms]

The PS2 launch was epic at my GameStop. This location was a rather high volume store so it was said they got an allocation of around 100+ launch day units. The day that Sony told them how many they would have on launch day the store opened up a presale. You could buy the console and be put on a pick up list for the midnight release. All accessories and games would be first come first serve. They only allowed 50 people to get on this list and I happened to get the number two slot. Everyone that prepaid past this list would have to get in a line outside the store to get a chance to get a console that night. The fifty on the list did not have to worry about the line so we all showed up and hung out with no stress and chatted about gaming and life stuff. Hundreds of people showed up. The ended up blocking off a large portion of the parking lot and bringing in more police officers to keep it from getting to crazy. At around 11:30 the manager got on a bull horn to get the first 50 in a line before midnight. We all lined up to cheers from the crowd and a few other employees started asking us what accessories we were planning on buying with the console. At midnight the manager announced on the bullhorn “It’s time! “ and everyone went crazy! I will never forget that crowd reaction. Amazing to be in the middle of it all. The first four of us got let in the store and we all had an employee to help each of us. I got my console, extra controller and three game and walked out with the guy in front of me. We were greeted by an officer that then walked us to our cars and I left on an adrenaline high that I thought would never end. Good times.

[@Serenova]

11:00 I'm sitting here watching this and I thought "Wait.... I don't think my PS2 has that port?" And I went and looked and lo and behold it doesn't! Mine only has the 2 USB ports in the front there under the memory card and controller ports..... but no firewire! Makes me think this unit is a later model because I got mine for the holidays in 2000, so it was an OG first version. Still works too! Husband currently has it hooked up to the DDR pads he built, but it's still chugging with zero signs of stopping!

[@janjohansson2567]

firewire port was actually removed in the newer versions (it was used very rarely). if you don't have the firewire, you probably have a quieter fan and a built in receiver for the remote

[@fechaqui9513]

its the opposite, the more ports and things it got the older it is, yours isnt older than the one in the video

[@phraggers]

18:15 "I've got a few.." *proceeds to unload his warehouse :o

[@BakiX]

You know you have a damn fine PS2 collection when you see Chulip in the line up! What a weird and unique title~ really nice collection and glad to see you back LGR 👍

[@fizzletits3561]

Glad to see you smile post-trauma. Thanks for being so easy to love and extra informative. Love from Alabama

[@Early2000sPs2games]

First I clicked on this instantly Simpsons hit and run on ps2 was the Goat

[@elone3997]

I'm still watching but just wanted to say that yup, it's one of the best looking consoles ever. It just looks serious, almost like a server rack or something. Totally iconic!

[@naivett]

I was in the 5th grade and desperately wanted a PS2. We got a gamecube for Christmas in 2001 and I was so jealous of my friends that had a playstation. I always felt like I missed out, so thanks for the unboxing!

[@HeelBJC]

It brings so much joy to see you having fun on a retro console. Thank you for sharing this in the midst of the disaster.

[@matheusihl]

Good to see you back Clint 😄I hope that you're doing well! soon everything will be back to normal

[@ricolthewildcat]

I had this PS2 console when I was a kid since I fist got it for Christmas since 2002. Cool video!

[@ciprianstefan8159]

It was the dream back in the day. I ended up swapping mine after 10 years for an xbox 1 because the modding community was way more active since it was basically a direct x machine. Love the content you make. Good luck!

[@FebruaryWashington]

Feels like watching a friend actually play the console, being excited to play unforgettable experiences. This video felt so analog. Thank you Clint! ❤

[@dityo_r]

And with this video, you have just completed the 6th generation game console unboxing experience! Congrats, Clint! (and a warm welcome back from all of us)

[@cacomeat7385]

We had that EXACT same TV growing up, this video really hit all the right notes for nostalgia as the PS2 was my first console.

[@Robikscube]

Would love a video where you just play a bunch more of these PS2 games! Loving it so much!

[@LastofAvari]

11/10 video! Glad things slowly going back to normal at your place.

[@evil0724]

So good to see you back on track! Enjoying your video with a cup of hot coffee in winter feels great.

[@AshleyGatton]

Truthfully i never been excited about seeing a KZbin video but here i am and glad you Posted. You The Man!!

[@The-mind-of-Orin]

Hey man it’s The Mind Of Orin here I just want to thank you for inspiring me to be a tech KZbinr I’ve been watching your videos since 2020 and I’ve learned a lot about retro tech keep it up it’s good to see someone with similar interests thank you for being a role model 😀