Just bought myself a Playstation 2

Well I don't have the money for an XBOX 360 or a Playstation 3, and the fact you could get brand new Playstation 2 games so cheap tempted me.

Just bought a brand new fatty Playstation 2, a spare controller, 2 memory cards, GTA 3, Metal Gear Solid 3, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings Return of the King, Lego Star Wars 2, Burnout 3 & James Bond Nightfire.

I'm really excited to get them actually.

Few questions for everyone.. last time I played on a Playstation 2, I had a small box telly. I've now got a 32 inch flatscreen. How will the Playstation 2 handle the telly? Also, is there any recommendations on what games I should buy?

I'm going to complete the games I have before I get some more, but a few good suggestions would be nice!

Well I don't have the money for an XBOX 360 or a Playstation 3, and the fact you could get brand new Playstation 2 games so cheap tempted me.

Just bought a brand new fatty Playstation 2, a spare controller, 2 memory cards, GTA 3, Metal Gear Solid 3, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings Return of the King, Lego Star Wars 2, Burnout 3 & James Bond Nightfire.

I'm really excited to get them actually.

Few questions for everyone.. last time I played on a Playstation 2, I had a small box telly. I've now got a 32 inch flatscreen. How will the Playstation 2 handle the telly? Also, is there any recommendations on what games I should buy?

I'm going to complete the games I have before I get some more, but a few good suggestions would be nice!

McA713

Game suggestions: BLACK, Killzone, Tales of the Abyss, Rogue Galaxy, Dragonquest 8, Splinter Cell Double Agent, Soul Calibur 2 & 3, Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero, Persona 3 & 4, FF 10, Tenchu Wrath of Heaven, Onimusha 2 & Dawn of Souls, God of War 1 & 2, Lord of the Rings the Third Age, Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus, Zone of the Enders 1 & 2 (if you can find them, they are pretty rare), FF 7-2 Dirge of Cerberus, Star Ocean Till the End of Time.....there is just so many more I can't even think of them all.

O and I forgot to suggest Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 1 & 2, DBZ Budokai 3, and DBZ Tenkaichi 3. These games are fun and very good fighting games even if you aren't a DBZ fan.

Thanks for all the recommendations guys! Do you have any idea where I can buy good component cables? I'm pretty new to all this so!

Excellent decision! The PS2 is by far my favorite console ever, mostly because it literely has hundreds of great games for it, and yes, most are very affordable currently. I play my PS2 on a 32" first gen flat screen and it looks great. I've seen PS2s hooked up to TVs with 1080p and they seem to look about the same imo.

Thanks for all the recommendations guys! Do you have any idea where I can buy good component cables? I'm pretty new to all this so!

McA713

Survival Horror: Resident Evil 4 *I am sure I got some of these genres wrongrawsavon

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Hopefully you have a good used game store near you. Gamestop/EBgames are beginning to not sell PS2 games. You will enjoy PS2. composite cables should give you the best picture possible for you 32 inche television. All the games people have mentioned are good ones.

I've been buying my games from Amazon, pretty good prices, new games & normally next day delivery :)

• Kingdom Hearts I and II
• Persona 4
• Klonoa 2
• Devil May Cry series
• Persona 3
• Final Fantasy X and XII
• Okami

as for the flatscreen, i'd recommend component cables. the image is a little sharper, a bit more colorful, and 480p support for some games...downsides: noticable scanlines(cuz most games are 480i), its not a huge problem considering the benefits but it happens almost everytime an image fades to black. it also doesn't support ps1 games, which sucks but you can just switch back to a composite cable.

edit:inmyopinion, ps2 looks best on tube tvs.

My game recommendations:

Action/Adventure:

• Drakan: The Ancient Gates
• God of War 1 & 2
• Grand Theft Auto series
• Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
• Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
• Spider-Man 1 & 2
• Star Wars: Battlefront 1 & 2

Action-RPG:

• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2
• Champions of Norrath
• Champions: Return to Arms
• King's Field: The Ancient City
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2
• X-Men: Legends 1 & 2

Classic Game Compilations:

• Capcom Classics Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
• Mega Man Anniversary Collection
• Mega Man X Collection
• Metal Slug Anthology
• Sega Genesis Collection
• SNK Arcade Classics
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus
• Taito Legends 2 (sooooo many great shoot-em ups on this one)

Fighting:

• Dragonball Z: Budokai series
• Mortal Kombat: Deception
• Samurai Shodown Anthology
• Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
• Street Fighter Alpha Anthology

Platformer:

• Pac-Man World 2

Shoot-Em Up:

• Gradius III & IV (Both games on one release)
• Gradius V
• Raiden III

Survival-Horror:

• Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
• Resident Evil 4

Wrestling:

• WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth
• WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2006

Other:

• Guitar Hero series

There are soooo many.

One somewhat obscure but great, game would be Gladius. Really run turn-based combat with some RPG elements. Underappreciated in my mind.

Action-Adventure

• Grand Theft Auto III trilogy
• Ico
• Okami
• Shadow of the Collosus
• Yakuza 1 & 2

Action RPG

• Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
• Legend of Mana
• Rogue Galaxy
• Star Ocean 2 & 3
• Tales of Phantasia/Destiny/Legendia/Abyss
• Ys VI: The Ark of Naphishtim

Adventure

• Policenauts
• Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love
• Shadow of Memories

Fighting

• Marvel vs Capcom 2
• Soul Blade & Soul Calibur II-III
• Street Fighter II-III & Street Fighter Alpha 2-3
• Tekken 2-5
• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

Hack & Slash

• Dragon Valor
• Drakengard I & II
• Devil May Cry & Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition
• God of War I & II

Platformer

• Prince of Persia trilogy
• Sega Mega Drive Collection / Sega Genesis Collection
• Super Monkey Ball

Racing

• Burnout 1-3
• Gran Turismo 2-4
• Need For Speed Underground 1 & 2

RPG

• Chrono Trigger & Chrono Cross
• Dragon Quest V & VIII
• Final Fantasy IV-IX
• Grandia I & II
• Lunar 1 & 2
• SaGa Frontier 2
• Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne / Persona 2-4 / Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2
• Suikoden II & III

Sports

• Pro Evolution Soccer series
• SmackDown series
• SSX Tricky & SSX 3

Stealth

• Metal Gear Solid 1-3
• Tenchu 1 & 2

Survival Horror

• Project Zero / Fatal Frame 1-3
• Resident Evil 1-4 & Code Veronica
• Silent Hill 1-4

Tactical RPG

• Disgaea
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love
• Tactics Ogre