I went to use my old PS2 the other night after many years. The controllers thumpads had turned into this sticky, rubbery, goo. Gross. I couldn’t play it
Disassemble, clean with isopropyl alcohol, reassemble.
I assume there are guides on youtube.
I cleaned mine with alcohol and it did not help. The material (silicone?) is breaking down so just cleaning it didn’t help that much.
Same result for me. I’m sure I can buy thimbstick caps or something to cover them.
8bitdo makes a Bluetooth adapter for ps1/2 so you can use modern controllers on the old systems.
Oh that sucks. I only had this problem with a Dualshock 1 a while ago, my Dualshock 2s thankfully never got into that state. Maybe it has something to do with how they’re stored? Anyway, you can always replace the thumbsticks if cleaning doesn’t help.
You can clean that with some isopropyl alcohol
Red faction
Gran turismo 3
San Andreas
Red Faction was so cool. Destructible environments were way ahead of their time.
STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD, SIR!!!
ill try to name things most people havent played.
I heavily recommend people to try Downhill Domination. think like snowboard kids or mario kart(specifically mount wario or dk mountain tracks) but on mountain bikes. Silly bike combat with soo many side paths for players to try to forge their own way on winning a race.
Too many to even mention.
Even more than the games, I cherish the memories made with friends.
Driving around different towns to finally find FFX, four people sitting around a 15 inch TV to marvel at MGS2, drag racing our ugly custom cars in NFS Underground, spending a whole summer rocking out and breaking highscores in Guitar Hero…
To me, it was the golden age of video gaming.
The Jak and Daxter series is still in my top 10
My unsung hero of the PS2 was World Poker Tour.
I spent a lot of time playing Texas hold em with internet strangers, which doesn’t sound like a big deal now, but I think back then, most people didn’t even know you COULD connect a PS2 to the Internet.
Didn’t you have to have a module to connect?
That sounds right. I couldn’t remember if I had to buy an add on for that or not.
Mine had an “expansion slot” in the back that the network module would plug into. Was so crazy playing multiplayer SOCOM with voice chat back then
I really loved the “Anchor Man” DVD menu. Solid graphics, great playthrough, simple controls.
I never owned a PS2 when they were still being manufactured and sold. I still do not own a PS2. However, there are some games I actually liked that released on PS2 (I did not list games that were better on other platforms, for example, Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition on PC is still the best way to play SH2):
Metal Gear Solid 3
Kuon
King’s Field 4
CyGirls (I liked Disk 1 more than Disk 2)
Drakengard 1 and 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
Extermination
Lifeline
Ico
A few titles that I never really hear anyone mention:
Mister Mosquito
Wetrix
Steambot Chronicles
Auto Modellista
XIII
And then some of my favourites that everyone knows about:
Burnout 3: Takedown
Smugglers Run
State of Emergency
NFS: Underground
Manhunt
Shadow of the Colossus
SOCOM, specifically the online MP
To name but a few, I don’t want to write an absurdly long list which is just too easy to do.
I still can’t believe Socom was real. A game released in like 2003…where you can fight as the “terrorists”, and if you win the game says “terrorists win”.
This something like 18 months after 9/11.
I cannot believe this game was real. I mean I know it was. I played it. It’s just…what?
My birthday today too, although I’m unfortunately not 25…
I didn’t have a PS2 (Dreamcast and Xbox in my household), but I do remember frequently staying at my cousin’s house and playing NFS, GTA, Simpsons hit and run, and SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom on his
Happy birthday!
Currently playing through Grand Turismo 3 A-Spec again (working through the rally stages, my favorite) and occasionally swapping out for GTA San Andreas. Love the PS2
- Fatal Frame (1-3)
- Katamari Damacy
- Okami
- Devil May Cry
- Kuon
- Kingdom Hearts
- Silent Hill 2-4
- The Suffering
- Rule of the Rose
- Haunting Ground
Just for some of the quality of life features included, Sonic Mega Collection Plus. The gamecube version may have been my first foray into classic Sonic, but eh PS2 is in my opinion the better version if you’re a more casual player like me because savestates.
Also, I need to get onto actually playing them, but I recently got all 3 of the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games on PS2. I played enough on Dolphin that I knew I had to pick it up on PS2 (since I don’t have a gamecube). From the couple levels I played in the first game, definitely a fun game and one I personally have enjoyed.
Also, big shout-out to the only Star Wars Battlefront games I acknowledge existing.
Dbz, played it for hours with friends, still holds up imho.
