Ps2 general

[Anonymous No.9652380]

Time for another ps2 general?

>what are you playing?
>are you having fun?
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
>what will you play next?
>what's your favorite ps2 game?

[Anonymous No.9652383]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Silent Hill 2
>>are you having fun?
Yes
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Sengoku Blade
>>what will you play next?
Silent Hill 4
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Metal Gear Solid 2

[Anonymous No.9652430]

Midnight Club 3, Project Eden
Yes
Don't have any
Armored Core 3 or Ace Combat 04
There are too many good games on the platform.

[Anonymous No.9652439]

>what are you playing?
last ps2 game i played was Code Veronica X which was pretty alright but those classic RE games really were endless rehashes by the time RE3 came out. RE0 makes me want to vomit
>what will you play next?
i mean to start gregory horror or armored core 2 but i never find the drive to start them.
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
guilty gear ac+ (not that i'd ever want to play that version in the +R era)
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Ape Escape 3

[Anonymous No.9652457]

My fav PS2 game

[Anonymous No.9652476]

>>9652457
weirdo

[Anonymous No.9652526]

I just finished Silent Hill 2. I'm really bad at these puzzle and survival kind of games and i found the first one challenging, but this one was so ridiculously easy, I didn't even have to think to solve the puzzles, it kinda made me feel disappointed, even though I really liked the story.
Inb4 just play on hard, I don't like doing that on my first playthrough.

[Anonymous No.9652593]

How do I format an HDD and set up OPL on my phat? I already have FMCB and a SATA network adapter. HDD just came in the mail today.

[Anonymous No.9652606]

Playing Steamboy, surprisingly it controls a lot like Ico. Pretty decent game

[Anonymous No.9652629]

>>9652593
>>9652593
>>9652593

There are a ton of guides on youtube that walk you through everything. If you have a PC I'd recommend using a network cable over LAN and it works really well. I didn't know some games have minor issues, but I have yet to run into them.

[Anonymous No.9652648]

>>9652380

>what are you playing?
Not much of anything, TV and PS2 are just chilling in standby.
>are you having fun?
Not lately, got an upscaler and started playing but got kind of bored even with dozens of PS2 titles on the shelf.
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
That port of Outrun- but its also on PC so..
>what will you play next?
Not sure, I was going back through God of War 2 and 1 again but stopped due to a few really tough rooms I guess I'm too old to hit my head against a wall trying to beat again
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Toss up between something like Fatal Frame 2 or maybe one of the Ratchet & Clank titles

PS2 games are just too damn expensive, and I have to always get even used/ no case copies resurfaced. I'm not a collector, so I don't care about the condition, but having to return shit because some asshole left so many dents in it that it can't be played anymore is so disrespectful. I have no intention of trying to track down Kuon or Rule of Rose. Those prices are ridiculous. PS2 has a great library I'm just not super into sitting down and playing through stuff right now.

[Anonymous No.9652653]

>>9652457
This.

[Anonymous No.9652713]

>>9652593
Format it in ulaunchelf with the hdd utility

[Anonymous No.9652728]

>>9652713
And right after that I have to create a ~1GB partition name +OPL for VMC functionality, correct?

[Anonymous No.9652772]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Poinie's Poin
>>are you having fun?
Yes
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
(field left blank; I have no extensive experience with the library past like 5 games, most of which are shovelware)
>>what will you play next?
probably The Adventures of Cookie and Cream/Kuri Kuri Mix
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
currently Poinie's Poin

[Anonymous No.9652776]

>>9652476
Half Life is a great game anon.

[Anonymous No.9652787]

Every second second hand PS2 game I find at pawn shops and from friends just doesn't work. I don't know if it's because they never got looked after or if my console has just aged that much.

[Anonymous No.9652796]

>>9652787
have you got games that do work?
is the laser on your disc reader failing?

[Anonymous No.9652808]

>>9652796
Lego Star Wars II and GTA San Andreas work, but the other 8 games I have don't or freeze at random times.

>is the laser on your disc reader failing?

Starting to think this, there might be blind spots.

[Anonymous No.9652814]

>>9652808
Is it a slim? I can guarantee 9 out of 10 times it's the ribbon cable.

[Anonymous No.9652816]

>>9652787

get them resurfaced, as long as the scratches aren't too deep they should work just fine. Whole disk assemblies can be bought and are easy to replace manually without much difficulty. Best of luck.

[Anonymous No.9652828]

>>9652814
Yeah it's a slim, I'll look into it.

[Anonymous No.9652870]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Armored Core 2 Another Age
>are you having fun?
yes
>what will you play next?
Armored Core Nine Breaker
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
MGS3: Subsistence

[Anonymous No.9652901]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
persona 3
>>are you having fun?
it's just OK
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
soul calibur III
>>what will you play next?
Naruto Clash of ninja 2
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Resident Evil 4

[Anonymous No.9652974]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Winning Eleven 7, which is PES 3 for those of you on the wrong side of the Atlantic
>>are you having fun?
Yes
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Tekken Tag
>>what will you play next?
Winning Eleven 8
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Winning Eleven 9

[Anonymous No.9652976]

is a slim worth getting when youre restricted to disc or usb1?

[Anonymous No.9652982]

>what are you playing?

Smackdown here comes the pain
>are you having fun?

absolutely!
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2

idk

>what will you play next?

Beatdown fists of vengeance

>what's your favorite ps2 game?

the warriors, PS2 was the only console where the 3D beat ‘em up was a thing and was doing it’s thing. PS1 had fighting force which i feel is overhated but underwhelming, it had potential such a shame it became a metal gear knock off type thing. but back on topic, rockstar kicked ass with bully and the warriors i’m going to try out more of picrel next. it’s crazy because it was doing an small but open world 3D beat ‘em up months before Yakuza and like a year before bully.

[Anonymous No.9652986]

>>9652901
SC III! i don’t really like fighting games but that chronicles of the sword mode was so cool, i get stuck on that bitch Hyle though because i suck

[Anonymous No.9653008]

>>9652986
I went back to SoulCalibur II, because it loads the matches much faster. If you wanna have some fightan' real fast and just jump in the game, you can do that with SCII. SCIII is great, but the loading times between every single battle are atrocious compared to SCII. SCII is already a great, balanced fighting game and graphically is still on point when standing next to SCIII, so I "rolled back" to it and that's my SoulCalibur of choice nowadays. Second one, for faster loading times.

[Anonymous No.9653010]

Should I run OPL from MC or HDD?

[Anonymous No.9653081]

>>9653010
Anything you want to have shortcuts to on the system menu should run from the memory card, I think. In my experience trying to start apps from a system menu shortcut can make the system lock up if the HDD has to spin up first.

If you're concerned about memory card space you shouldn't really be using your FMCB card for game saves anyway. Best to just load up all your homebrew onto one card and use another one for saves (or a virtual card on the HDD)

[Anonymous No.9653089]

>>9653081
I see. Thanks. I definitely wasn't going to use the FMCB card for saves files but homebrew only. I'm fairly certain it is possible to have a shortcut to an elf that's on the HDD but the bit about it maybe crashing if the drive takes too long just convinced me to go the memory card route.

[Anonymous No.9653110]

Got over 3000 dollars worth (in 2000s money) of PS2 games emulated on my Steam Deck and more to come, more than enough to keep busyfor the next few years

[Anonymous No.9653290]

>>9652380

>what are you playing?
kingdom hearts 2.
>are you having fun?
im playing it on critical mode and im surprised how challenging it is and how much depth there is to the combat system. i played the first game earlier and enjoyed it but this game is a huge step up in every way.

>what will you play next?
probably genji - days of the blade
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
shinobi

[Anonymous No.9653406]

>>9653008
>tfw you can fastforward loading on an emulator
Must be hard being a purist

[Anonymous No.9653626]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Soukou Kihei Votoms.
>>are you having fun?
Impossible not to.
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Psyvariar 2 Ultimate Final.
>>what will you play next?
Yoshitsune Eiyuuden Shura.
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Gungriffon Blaze and Armored Core 2, both are my favorite launch titles and it's hard to pick one over the other.

[Anonymous No.9653639]

>>9652593
If you already have fmcb just put the HDD in, go into ulaunchelf, go to MISC, open hdd manager, hit R1, select format. Once it formats you can load your games onto it and start them up with OPL

[Anonymous No.9653642]

>>9652728
If your drive is less than 750GB, make it 768mb, otherwise 1024mb

[Anonymous No.9654101]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Ratchet Deadlocked
>are you having fun?
It's pretty good
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
If shmups count, Mushihimesama, if not, Tekken 4
>what will you play next?
Either .Hack Part 1 or Dark Chronicle
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Tie between Kingdom Hearts 2 and Duelist Of The Roses

[Anonymous No.9655650]

Little confused here. Neither stable OPL 1.1.0 nor the lastest BETA from GitHub come with any of these files except the .elf itself. Will they get created when first launching OPL.

I also have OPL 0.9.3 laying around and it comes in so many variant (VMC, PS2RD, VMC+PS2RD, GSM, GMS+PS2RD, Childproof etc. pp.). What's all that about? Seems 1.1.0 did away with those?

Thanks

[Anonymous No.9655681]

>>9654101
>Tekken 4
Massively based. Compfags can get fucked with a rusty knife, Tekken 4's my favorite Tekken. I still play it regularly.

[Anonymous No.9656090]

>>9652457
I remember losing the game because of a bad save state.

[Anonymous No.9656275]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Evergrace
>are you having fun?
Yes, it is an incredible, one of a kind game. I replay it every year or so.
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Arcade game that got ported to the PS2? KOF 2002 UM, if that counts. Did UM get an arcade release, or just 2002?
>what will you play next?
Chaos Legion. It looks neat. I don't know much about it.
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Metal Gear Solid 2

[Anonymous No.9656341]

i ordered a MXS4IO or whatever the fuck from aliexpress and it never came. ordered one from ebay and it didn't work. feel like i'm never going to be able to play ROMs on my slim

[Anonymous No.9656351]

>>9656341
The never ending blood feud between the original and slim model of PS2 rages on. To this day it seems like I hear nothing but complaints about the slim, whereas my original model PS2, that I've owned for 15+ years, still works perfectly. Still reads discs without issue, although I rarely actually use discs (HDD hack).

[Anonymous No.9656360]

>>9656351
supposedly it's the drives that go bad first, so that's probably why. but I do wish I still had my fatty

[Anonymous No.9656429]

>>9656351
My 90001 slim's worked great the 13 years I've had it. No complaints. It's beat up from years of use and still plays everything.

[Anonymous No.9656519]

>>9652776
>loved half life so much on pc I bought the ps2 version as soon as I found out about it
>tried to make my normie school friends play it
>no one liked it and one friend started to avoid all my vidya recommendations
still mad about it in 2025

[Anonymous No.9657967]

Is HDLoader still worth installing these days or is OPL all I need if I have a fat with internal SATA drive and modded original network adapter?

[Anonymous No.9657996]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Code Veronica
>are you having fun?
Yes but there is a weird climb in difficulty when you take over as Chris. Hunters are weirdly balanced in this game, they always attack in pairs plus their running speed is faster than yours so its almost impossible to dodge them without taking a hit as you run for the doors. Either way solid RE game.
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
I'm not even sure what qualifies as arcade game when it comes to this console
>what will you play next?
Grandia 2
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
That's a tough one, can't decide between Shadow of Destiny and MGS2.

[Anonymous No.9658025]

>>9657967
hdloader hasn't been worth using for liek 15 years

[Anonymous No.9658059]

>>9658025
Ok thanks.

[Anonymous No.9658087]

been playing all the light games with a sinden

[Anonymous No.9659040]

My friend says my PS2 sounds like a jet engine with the HDD inserted, but I play games off my HDD for sometimes hours and my PS2 remains very quiet, with the fan making just a little more ambient noise than it would otherwise. Not noticeable at all even with my television volume set to low. Maybe his is defective in some way?

[Anonymous No.9659058]

My friend says his PS2 sounds like a jet engine with the HDD inserted, but I play games off my HDD for sometimes hours and my PS2 remains very quiet, with the fan making just a little more ambient noise than it would otherwise. Not noticeable at all even with my television volume set to low. Maybe his is defective in some way?

[Anonymous No.9659157]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
P3FES

>>are you having fun?
The story drags for a while but eventually starts picking up. I wish I didn't have so much of the story spoiled for me already.

>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Don't have one.

>>what will you play next?
Either MGS3 or Resident Evil Outbreak.

>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
That's tough but probably MGS2 since I beat it so many times but I actually played that on Xbox. I didn't have a PS2 as a kid so I didn't get to experience much of the exclusive games.

>>9652808
Easy way to test this is to put in PS1 games or CDs and see if they work. If they work then the DVD laser is dead/dying and you need to replace it. You can try adjusting the potentiometer on the DVD laser but that's a band aid at best and might not work at all. Replacing the laser on the slim model is easy but you need a soldering iron to remove the anti static solder point. See pic related.

[Anonymous No.9659460]

Lads, I'm about to inherit a PS2 from my GF's parents who were planning to throw it out since it hasn't been used in years. Post recommendations for games to pick up. I am already thinking of getting MGS2/3 and Silent Hill 1/2.

[Anonymous No.9659478]

>>9652380
>Shinobi
>yes
>probably the GnG ports on Capcom classics collection
>no idea, i have a lot of shit to play
>Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance

[Anonymous No.9659486]

what do I play?
Im torn between;
MGS3
SotC
Ico

or maybe a Silent Hill entry? Fatal Frame? Hitman?

[Anonymous No.9659489]

>>9659460
Pic rel is underrated, ignore the hate wagon for this game.

[Anonymous No.9659492]

>>9659486
Fatal Frame 1 and 2 have their definitive versions on Xbox. Hitman is better there as well. Can't go wrong with MGS3.

[Anonymous No.9659627]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Played the first Arcana Heart and Samurai Western today
>>are you having fun?
objectively, no
i didn't adapted well to AH controls and got filtered on my third fight
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
kinda hard to tell, i never really cared about the arcade station of the platform , but i like the Sunsoft and Capcom collections, i don't know enough to said if they're good ports, but the titles are nice
>>what will you play next?
probably gonna continue my journey to 1cc Panzer Dragoon
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
if i had to choose one would be God Hand,
the gameplay its amazing
the OST is peak
and the normies hate it

[Anonymous No.9659643]

>>9659460
Ace Combat 4-5-0
If you like racing games, TXR games and Road Trip Adventure if you don't mind something a lot more kiddy. Burnout too of course, almost everyone enjoys that.
Armored Core if you have the mecha 'tism

[Anonymous No.9659663]

>>9652380
PS2 isn't retro

[Anonymous No.9660072]

Maybe a weird question but I wanna paint my (fat) PS2 white and I was wondering if anyone else's entirely repainted their system before. I assume spraypaint + some finish would be a good way to do it (and I have a lot of people I can borrow spraypaint from)

[Anonymous No.9660074]

>>9659663
It is retro because a lot of shit on the system is a direct continuation of stuff they were doing on the PS1 with similar design philosophies and it's also modern b/c it's the GTA machine.

[Anonymous No.9660247]

Anons, I have a question. Ive got a ps2 and usted the mc yo install opentune to boot OPL. Will I have any issues using VMCs to save, since I no longer have a spare hardware.

[Anonymous No.9660268]

>>what are you playing?
Yakuza 2
>>are you having fun?
Lots!
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2?
Virtua Fighter 4
>>what will you play next
I played God of War a few months ago so I'm probably gonna take a shot at the sequel.
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Call me a tranny if you want, but Godhand. Nothing else feels as good.

[Anonymous No.9660495]

>>9652526
Silent Hill 2 really just isn't very well designed as a game, It's not like frustrating or broken or anything but it's over in like 2 hours when you know what you're doing. I honestly prefer the first to it in most ways. It's really the direction, story, tone, atmosphere, symbolism, etc. that people connect with in SH2. And it's pretty good. It's no Blue Velvet. But it's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.9660496]

>>9659663
lmao you still haven't accepted the rule change? jeez

[Anonymous No.9660502]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
finished Bloodrayne
>>are you having fun?
it wasn't very good
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Virtua Racing
>>what will you play next?
Bloodrayne 2 despite my best judgment
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Vice City

[Anonymous No.9660520]

>>9652380
God i love these threads, they're so comfy
>what are you playing?
god hand
>are you having fun?
yeah a lil bit
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
outrun 2006
>what will you play next?
i really wanna try out evergrace, it looks weird and fun
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
i'm gonna be a snowflake and say it's a tie between MGS3 Subsistence and Resident Evil 4

[Anonymous No.9660527]

>>9660520
I'll say this, RE4 on ps2 gets too much shit. Sure its visually a bit inferior to gamecube version but it still looks solid, its not pixelated to shit and you can actually see things plus the framerate is steady and never goes down.

I've replayed it over the years mostly on the ps2 over PC just for the convenience of plug and play and not having to configure anything.

[Anonymous No.9660534]

[Anonymous No.9661456]

Aside from transfer speeds, are there any inherent differences between using HDL Batch Installer (which uses the HDL Dump protocol) and using HDL Game Installer over LAN (which uses TCP). Is there any difference in outcome when the installation process is finished? My PS2 is all set up and ready to go and the reason I'm asking is, I just don't really feel like taking out the HDD repeatedly. I don't intend to add a big batch of games all at once. Doing it over network transfer would be a lot more convenient in that regard (kind of scared of blowing that infamous fuse honestly)

[Anonymous No.9661560]

>>9661456
hdl dump and its variants are incredibly unreliable in my experience. anything except a direct ethernet connection between your pc and the console WILL cause it to fail.

[Anonymous No.9661564]

Played and beat Oni for the PS2. Good game, jank as shit, dark as shit, and the 10 FPS really added to the cinematic experience. God Hand next, yes? It is good, yes?

[Anonymous No.9661590]

>>9661560
So HDL Batch Installer is unrealiable in your experience as well? I thought that's the one tool most people recommend these days (since it's still actively supported as well I'm guessing).

What do you use to transfer games then? I have a docking station connected to my PC at all times that I could easily plug the PS2 HDD into anytime I want to install a game. But my network adapter is also an ethernet capable original. Preferably I'd like to use that method for installation and not take out the thing every time. The connector just seems rather flimsy. Maybe I should just amass all the games first and do it all at once, huh?

[Anonymous No.9661594]

>>9661456
>(kind of scared of blowing that infamous fuse honestly
Never even knew that was a thing, I remove my HDD every now and again to add games but I'm pretty sure the ideal solution is to add everything all at once. Since it's not like you're going to defrag a PS2 HDD without completely wiping everything off of it first it's best to plan out and just put everything you want on it at one time instead of adding games, deleting them, adding more, etc. It sounds a lot less convenient to do it this way, and in a way it is, but it's kind of what PS2 HDDs expect.

[Anonymous No.9661612]

>>9661594
Or you just get a 1TB or 1TB drive and never delete anything. I have I think 50 games on my PS2 HDD and my HDD still has 750+GBs free.

[Anonymous No.9661628]

>>9661590
HDLGameInstaller just werks, it's what I use.

[Anonymous No.9661642]

>>9661564
God Hand is one of the best videogames ever made. In fact you'll start noticing how restrictive your movement options are in most games after playing it.
You can cancel everything into anything else at any frame, and yet the game remains challenging.

[Anonymous No.9661648]

>>9661612
>Or you just get a 1TB or 1TB drive and never delete anything
well yes obviously

[Anonymous No.9661650]

>>9661594
>Never even knew that was a thing
I heard some scary stories. Basically the tale goes like this, even if your PS2 is just in standby mode - LEDs on the front panel still lit up that is - you run a high risk of blowing some tiny fuse inside either your PS2 or your network adapter which you'll then have to replace with some soldering work. Not sure if it's in the console or the adapter right now.

Anyway I just found this
https://israpps.github.io/HDL-Batch-installer/FAQ/FAQ.html
>The old hdl server has been broken for years. OPL replaced internal HDL Server with NBD Server (by @bignaux), the advantage of NBD server is that there's no need to change anything on my program to make it compatible

>Just setup NBD server and the program should recognize the HDD

>if you don´t know how to do it, take a look at the OPL readme
https://github.com/ps2homebrew/Open-PS2-Loader#introduction

I'll look into it. Not in a hurry. Honestly the entire reason I'm being so annoying about this whole thing is that I don't have enough harddrive space left on my desktop right now to download all the games I want on there first. Just all HDDs are pretty much full.

>>9661594
>>9661612
On the topic of deleting games. I read it's not really recommended to delete any games since apparently each game gets placed inside it's very own harddrive partition. Crazy. It's probably best to go as big as you can with the HDD for this reason alone.

[Anonymous No.9661654]

>>9661628
>HDLGameInstaller just werks, it's what I use.
Using it over network though? If so, does it require another tool to be set up to perform that function, e.g. NBD Server?

[Anonymous No.9661671]

>>9661654
Yes, over the network. You run the sever on your PS2 and the client on your PC. Then you pick the games to install.

[Anonymous No.9661705]

>>9661650
>I read it's not really recommended to delete any games since apparently each game gets placed inside it's very own harddrive partition.
Yes, it makes it a pain in the ass to add games back after that, but iirc hdl dump can deal even with split partitions. Haven't noticed any issues yet.

[Anonymous No.9661720]

>>9661705
lol I have another, different problem now and I haven't played a single game yet. In the forums they say it's generally recommended to go with the latest BETA of OPL and so I did. Unfortunately they seemingly introduced some big issues for internal HDD users. So I'm having to revert back to 1.1.0 stable now before having used the damn thing even once. I've never seen such a cluster fuck of a forum like ps2-home in my entire life before and seems indicative of the entire scene if I'm to be honest. But I'm really complaining. It's great that this stuff exists and setting it up is half the fun - yeah, right.

[Anonymous No.9661745]

>>9661720
>ps2-home
You're supposed to be using psx-place (formerly psx-scene)

[Anonymous No.9661749]

>>9661745
Thanks, I've been doing some reading on both.

[Anonymous No.9661906]

>>9652901
>Naruto Clash of Ninja 2
Wait a minute...
That's a Gamecube game!

[Anonymous No.9661921]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Devil May Cry 3
>>are you having fun?
Yes and no.
- No, because I was promised by many people that this game wouldn't just be a mindless button masher. I'm a little over halfway through, and I've been doing nothing but button mashing. I'm on the hardest difficulty.
- Yes, because there's a satisfaction that comes with proving these fuckheads wrong.
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
It's a home console, dummy.
>>what will you play next?
I'm probably going to resume my Silent Hill 2 playthrough after this.
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Tossup between Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil and Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando.

[Anonymous No.9662314]

>>9660072
i have not done it but you're going to want a coat or two of primer before you paint. paint doesn't like sticking to plastic.
maybe even some filler to smooth out the texture on top.

[Anonymous No.9662328]

Started a second playthrough

[Anonymous No.9662334]

>>9662328
I love this game and Evergrace, and I hate everyone.

[Anonymous No.9662336]

>>9661921
Ah, the time honored tradition of a zoomer claiming DMC is a button masher, as he button mashes his way to shitty mission rankings over and over.

[Anonymous No.9662358]

>>9662336

[Anonymous No.9662368]

>>9662358
nobody likes 2 anon

[Anonymous No.9662384]

>>9662368
Neither does anybody like me. What do we do now?

[Anonymous No.9662393]

>>9662358
Wow, great job. You posted a webm from the game universally considered to be the one dogshit entry in the series. You know, the game you weren't fucking playing. I sometimes forget how actually stupid zoomers are.

[Anonymous No.9662397]

>>9662393
u mad bro?

[Anonymous No.9662414]

>>9662397
>gets blown the fuck out
>u-umad?

[Anonymous No.9662715]

>browser 2.0 works when I boot from the HDD with FHDB
>doesn't when I use FMCB from my memory card

[Anonymous No.9663625]

There's a bunch of gladiator games on the PS2 but I feel like one in particular is rather fondly remember by many. I never played it however. Was it Shadow of Rome? Are any of the others worth checking out?

[Anonymous No.9663643]

Been playing intial d special stage and it's AWESOME. funnest racing game of all time

Gonna be playing comfy persona 4 next as well. Luv me ps2

[Anonymous No.9663648]

>>9663643
PSP version was awesome too.

[Anonymous No.9663649]

>>9652593
Make sure you're using an official adapter with the sata mod board or opl performs badly.

[Anonymous No.9663656]

>>9652457
It feels strange to play this port.
At has same feel as playing on bad win xp pc from disc.

[Anonymous No.9663704]

>>9663625
Yeah Shadow of Rome is pretty good. People hate the stealth sections but I don't mind them. It also gave us Dead Rising.

[Anonymous No.9663714]

>>9652380
Armored core 2 another age
GTA Vice City
Thinking about playing Uzumaki Chronicles

[Anonymous No.9663727]

>>9663649
Got that. I'm running SPCH-39004, official MC & network adapter with SATA mod. HDD is a brand new Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM010 which is very compatible according to:
https://ps2drives.x-pec.com/?p=list&v_modelnum=ST1000DM010

So far I have no problems to report. I don't even think the fan is that loud although this particular model is said to be one of, if not the, loudest among all phats - a trade off I was willing to make since it's allegedly the sturdiest revision too. The only slight problem I have on the hardware side is that the disc tray (which I'm not really using) doesn't open and close as smoothly as I would like. It's sort of stuttery even after cleaning. My guess is that the rubber ring is just shot. Should try to find a replacement.

[Anonymous No.9663741]

>>9663727
Side note: Western Digital hard drives seem to have really spotty compatibility with the PS2 in general, which I find rather curious since I've never had anything but positive experiences with them - at least in the PC realm. I wonder why that is. Think I read that at some point in the distant past their connectors wouldn't even properly allign when trying to connect them to a PS2's network adapter. Maybe that was IDE standard though, not sure.

[Anonymous No.9663747]

>>9661906
I mean: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2

[Anonymous No.9663792]

>>9662384
Consider commiting kys.

[Anonymous No.9663843]

>>9652380
>>what are you playing?
Final Fantasy X, on the PS4 though.
>>are you having fun?
Eh, it was my first FF back in the day and I used to like it a lot. Having gone through it now I find it very underwhelming and almost obnoxious to play, and also find FFXII to be a much better game.
>>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
This is a good question, I associate arcade with the DC, do the Katamari games count?
>>what will you play next?
I'll maybe play through the Yakuza, i want to see how they differ from the remakes.
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
A tie between Nocturne and Ico.

[Anonymous No.9663848]

>Nearly completed Vice City on my slim

>Laser disc ends up dying on me. Having to complete on PC instead from start to finish

Feels bad bros

[Anonymous No.9663852]

>>9663848
Could be worse. Could've run into that sand track challenge that you need to complete in a specific order or else it doesn't add to your %. My PS2 save is permanently fucked at 98%.

[Anonymous No.9663861]

>>9663852
Fucked. I thought that only happens on III. I've already did offroad challenges at the early part of the game so I should ve good.

[Anonymous No.9663949]

>>9659460

Jak 1, and Ratchet and Clank trilogy

[Anonymous No.9663957]

>>9663949
>Jak
Garbage. Naughty Dog hasn't made a fun game since Crash.

[Anonymous No.9663971]

>>9663741
Startech sata-ide adapter with ide ribbon extension, and a 2.5" micron/crucial SSD worked with no fuss.

[Anonymous No.9664032]

>>9652380
>playing
Dark Summit and Final Fantasy X
>having fun?
Oh yeah
>Favorite arcade game
No idea
>playing next
No idea. Maybe Valkyrie Profile
>Favorite PS2 game
Devil May Cry, although I played the remaster on PS3

[Anonymous No.9664558]

Is there any other homebrew software that's considered a must-have besides FMCB+wLE and OPL?

[Anonymous No.9664635]

What's the best way to play PS1 games on a phat PS2? Popstarter seems wonky for a lot of games

[Anonymous No.9664697]

>>9664635
>Popstarter seems wonky for a lot of games
It is better than people think due to the ability to freely write tons of different cheats for individual titles. I beat RE1, Xenogears, and MGS1 on popstarter. There's some slowdown here and there, but there was slowdown on the original system too, so it's not terribly jarring. But yes, some popular games still don't work out of the box without specific work arounds or cheats. Like FFVII's battle screens are black, with only the UI being visible.

[Anonymous No.9664786]

>>9664558
There's ESR patcher for burning discs but honestly you should be good with OPL provided you keep it updated.

[Anonymous No.9666270]

Aw man... I can't find good games everything looks boring...

Last thing I was playing was NFS underground 1. And damn, how mad I was... That fucking car kept crashing. I was going straight, and suddenly the car went a few pixels to the side, and crashed.

Looked like FBI was trying to shit on my head.

Ffs Edward. They're the bad guys.

[Anonymous No.9666319]

>>9666270
ワット

[Anonymous No.9666323]

>>9664697
RE1 works flawlessly on popstarter, beaten it that way numerous times.
MGS has shitton of slowdowns, even the starting area runs at 15fps and its actually really smooth feeling game on real hardware.

As far as Resi goes, RE2 also works flawlessly. With RE3 I encountered a bug around halfway into the game where the game simply refuses to load further.

[Anonymous No.9666517]

>>9666319
Something messed up with my iso.

The car I'm controlling always mysteriously crashes in the other car, even though they aren't aligned. Something makes the hitbox move, then the sprites and I lose the race after crashing.

[Anonymous No.9666608]

>>9664635
Tonyhax/mechapwn/disc swapping, depends on your model

[Anonymous No.9666625]

>>9664635
https://github.com/MechaResearch/MechaPwn
If you have a SCPH-500xx phat and you're ntsc-u you can use mechapwn and play burned discs perfectly.

Use genuine non cmc taiyo yuden (marked as jvc on the packet) or another brand like verbatim cd-r that doesn't lag on fmvs (might have to test some quality cd-r before you find the right type, as I said the gold standard is no stuttering on the fmvs). First when you get the iso downloaded check the md5 against redump. Use iso burn, set md5 reporting to on in the settings, and compare the burned disc md5 to the original on redump as well.

The games play perfectly this way, well fairly well when it comes to pre 75000x. Popstarter is a piece of shit and waste of time. You're better off emulating at that point.

[Anonymous No.9666698]

What are their must play games on the PS2? Untranslated is fine too.

[Anonymous No.9666731]

>>9666698
IQ Remix
Sky Odyssey
Sky Gunner
Tsugunai Atonement
Extermination
Okage
Mr. Mosquito
Ka 2
Hot Shots Golf games
Parappa 2
Vib Ripple
Dual Hearts
Ico/SotC
All those Wild Arms games
Futari no Fantavision (play this over the original)
Ape Escapes
Bombastic (Devil Dice 2)
Mojib-Ribbon
SPACE FISHERMEN
Hungry Ghosts
Genji
Mawaza
Siren games

[Anonymous No.9666749]

>>9666731
サンキュー

[Anonymous No.9667267]

Can the file system of the PS2 HDD handle images bigger than 4GB if I connect the drive directly to my PC or do they need to be prepared in some way? I assumed it's an issue only for those whore connect a fat32 formatted USB storage medium. But now I'm not sure if should just presume it's simply gonna work. Never saw any mention of it being an issue at least.

[Anonymous No.9667872]

>>9667267
bump

[Anonymous No.9668432]

Just ordered a freemcboot card, tried to make one back in like 2014 and didn't have any luck so gave up on it. Also got a sata network adapter and a 1tb drive. Currently acquiring games in the typical way, buying almost 200 disc's and ripping them myself... made me think though, has anyone (here) used an ssd with a 3.5 shell? I doubt the speed increase would be noticeable since apparently some games run fine over 1.1 usb but I was just curious. Not planning on doing it myself.
I just want to play the Ace Combat games without a black jet. I read they might have some issues with OPL but I'll deal with that when I get there.

[Anonymous No.9668454]

Had been putting another playthrough of pic related off for a while with the purpose of taking notes on art design. Decided to try to beat it on PS2 for the first time since I’ve played through it on PC many times before.

Some of the little differences are kind of grating, but after getting over it I’m definitely enjoying myself as much as I had expected. Fucking love this game.

[Anonymous No.9668457]

>>9668432
From what I've read an SSD will not give you any real performance improvements in games compared to a hard disk. It might help with the speed of some homebrew menus. But that's really only an issue if you've made specific mistakes in the set up process of your drive. Or if you're constantly adding new games one by one and then want to rescan for the new titles instead of doing one big badge. SSDs probably also offer slightly lower temps, power draw and are ofc quieter - but most HDDs aren't that loud anyway.

Just make sure to create the +OPL partition on your HDD right after formatting the drive and don't any games before that. Otherwise OPL menus will allegedly run slower the more titles are placed between MBR and +OPL. Because every game gets put into its own partition. Also, never delete games off the hard drive.

[Anonymous No.9669186]

>>9668432
You are in for a treat, Ace Combat games run exceptionally well on real hardware. 60 fps, sharp visuals (on a crt). Up there with MGS2 and Gran Turismo 4 quality of experience.

[Anonymous No.9669251]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Burnout Revenge
>are you having fun?
Yeah, but 3's still better.
>what's your favourite arcade game on the ps2?
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
>what will you play next?
DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2
>what's your favourite ps2 game?
Kingdom Hearts II

[Anonymous No.9669284]

Anyone interested in underrated PS2 games should check out Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run. Pretty good mix of 3D beat 'em up and vehicle combat. It's kinda like Jak 2 or 3, a little. Probably the best video game with The Rock in it.

[Anonymous No.9670921]

how do you buy a PS2 in 2023 without getting scammed? Or do you just have to take a wallet dicking like that?

[Anonymous No.9670958]

>>9669284
Fuck that. Play Headhunter instead. That game is comedy gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKpA_iX2NQk

[Anonymous No.9671007]

>>9670921
Ebay makes the US market seems rather pricey yeah, PAL units are still relatively cheap starting at around 35 eurobucks at the lowest. Realistically you should be prepared to pay up around 50 though for a PAL - in which case it should come with a controller, power and video cables as well at least.

Sometimes smaller bundles with a handful of games aren't the worst either. Of course you don't really want those games but you know, let the pictures decide. You wanna make sure you buy from someone who has a single unit for sale and that it looks to be in good condition. Buying from those mass flippers is always a gamble because usually they don't show pictures of the actual unit you're bidding on. This also means you won't know which hardware revision you're gonna end up with.

[Anonymous No.9671027]

>>9652380
A thread for a proper console. I am starting to play the two matrix games.
>Yes I am having fun
>Arcade game
Probably Die Hard the airport lightgun portion
>Play Next
Gunfighter 2 II Revenge of Jesse James with a gcon45 light gun
>>9652380
>>what's your favorite ps2 game?
Impossible to pick one, at the time playing tombraider, silent hill and resident evil was so much fucking fun

[Anonymous No.9671032]

>>9671007
Any Ps2 that works is going to realistically be 50-100 euro with a controller power supply and leads, less than 50 and its probably broken.

[Anonymous No.9671098]

>>9671032
In August 2021 I still got an okay deal on eBay. Paid 50 euros for a PAL SCPH-39004 in near mint condition. Not a single blemish on it. Came with video, power cables and a pretty worn 1st party controller in silver - none of which I really needed.

[Anonymous No.9671105]

>>9670921
Just go on any classified website? They sold like 150 million of these things it's not hard to find a working PS2 with some controllers and maybe a game for less than 100$. They might only get expensive if you're chasing after a specific model, like the 39k which people think is the best model of fat.

[Anonymous No.9672278]

I honestly don't think I can go back to the ps2 GTA trilogy after playing them on pc for so many years. Vehicles control better with a controller but kb+m destroys it for on foot. The one downside is you can't use auto target to find hidden or glitched enemies. Guardian Angels or any stationary gun mission in Vice City mouse no doubt, but fir a lot of Mike Toreno missions and the air school anything but a controller will make you want to kms yourself.

[Anonymous No.9672839]

>>9667267
the speed limit is the PS2 itself, it's slow to load through USB, disc, and HDD/SSD.
the only way to get a speed increase is to load games from an external drive through the ethernet port.

[Anonymous No.9672890]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Gran Turismo 4
>are you having fun?
yeah
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
Initial D Arcade Stage
>what will you play next?
either Ultimate Spider-man or Qudditch World Cup (no fucking qudditch in legacy, wtf)
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
THPS4 or THUG

[Anonymous No.9672909]

>>9670958
The sections where you just have to ride your bike are trash.

[Anonymous No.9672950]

>>9672909
The entire thing is only fun because it is trash. What do you think "comedy gold" usually signifies? A gleeful trainwreck.

[Anonymous No.9673171]

>>9670958
That clip was just boring, nothing funny about it at all.

Now that Jaws Unleashed game is comedy gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae1OOxuohy8

[Anonymous No.9673189]

>>9673171
Graphics are nice enough but does it control as poorly as every video makes it seem?

[Anonymous No.9673693]

I want a PS2 jrpg but I don't want anything by Square. I'm all Squared out. Also I've played the Xenosaga trilogy and it basically became my favorite shit even more so than Xenogears and Atlus games. Hook me the fuuuuuuuck up /vr/!

[Anonymous No.9673717]

>>9673693
Shadow hearts covenant

[Anonymous No.9673736]

>>9670921
Ask your friends, possibly. A lot of people bought PS2 and most people won't think twice about selling it to you.
>inb4 >friends

[Anonymous No.9673737]

>>9673171
>33 million views
what the fuck

[Anonymous No.9674306]

>>9673693
Rogue Galaxy

[Anonymous No.9674341]

>>9652380
>what are you playing?
Jak & Daxter 1
>are you having fun?
Yeah, it's funny though. The game kind of reminds me of the later Spyro games on the PS1 with all the stuff to do (Though I'm not entirely sure if that's an accurate comparison because that's just based on the demos of them that I played on CTR and Crash Bash)
>what's your favorite arcade game on the ps2
If we're counting Pinball, I guess Funhouse?
>what will you play next?
Not really sure. I bounce around games a lot and tend to get bored easy (I'm the same with books, movies, and tv shows too)
>what's your favorite ps2 game?
It's a toss up between Shaolin Monks and Here Comes The Pain. As soon as I got my hands on a used PS2, those were the first two that I wanted. Played my cousin's PS2 a lot when we stayed over at my grandparent's house and didn't get a chance to own one until a few years ago