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LGR - Unboxing a PlayStation 2 24 Years Later

🕑 Added 2024-11-17 22:22:31 +0000 UTC

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Roel Eppink

Hi Clint, I think you should contact YouTuber TronicsFix! He could fix this for you and get a video out of it. Win-win, wouldn't you say?

LevyNeptune

I always really enjoy these videos. Unboxing and going through the game libraries is even more chill than usual.

LGR

That's awesome! I hope you can/have backed up the file somewhere :)

Ryan Kelly

Timely! I’m in the midst of 100%’ing Gran Turismo 3. Finishing off the same save file since high school.

The Enforcer

Ah, the PS2. I still remember getting this in Christmas 2001. Along with a smattering of games, chief of which was GTA 3 and Metal Gear Solid 2. Needless to say, the Christmas break was GUD! And the PS2 was my not only my gateway to DVDs, but also the PS1. I never really played the PS1 during it's heyday as I was a N64 fan. So, getting to go back and play PS1 games was a treat. I did eventually get the Gamecube and Xbox down the line, but the PS2 was my console of choice for years. So many certified bangers for the system.

adcurtin

ahhh, i hope no one goes and bids on the japanese hard drive I'm looking at. those early consoles are weird. and dang, ps2s are cheap in japan. open, but boxed for under $20!

ctrl.alt.rees

The King has returned, the earth is healing 😁

Saul

I did! A huge piece of enjoyment is always the context, and personal perspective and history you add. Goes far beyond the console. Now I’ll pray for the holy grail imo (PS1👀👀)

M.T.

It seems like the stopgap solution is to buy a working controller off ebay and swapping the internals. A year or two back, I tried buying a USB based dual shock clone from ebay but it seems way too cheap and chintzy. Maybe this is an opportunity to put out an APB on the desire to modernize internals of the first 3 Dualshocks.

Duncan

I was quite excited about the launch of the PS2. Then a) I got a launch magazine about it and all the launch games seemed to be FPV shooters b) Nowhere had stock. I ended up buying a Dreamcast, a load of Dreamcast games AND a DVD player for about 2/3rd the price. Years later I got a boxed PS2 slim for £20 at a car boot sale and had fun with the Eye Toy games.

Jeremy M. Beaver

good video

Alyxx the Rat

Proooobably my favourite console. You're absolutely right this console defined our generation. I am proud to own one.

J Ruonti

I've never really been into consoles. But I do have a PS2 just for guitar hero. That was such a thing for me. Never bought any other games for it. But I do agree on the styling. I also almost bought the DVD remote. Kinda wish I did just for reasons.

Chris Horry

Great to see you back on the horse! I know it's still a long road, but this is the first step.

Ezydenias

I bought this console in like 2012 or something. And I ended upo mainly collecting platformer on this system. I barely have enough but platformer, still some of my favourite games are on this system like fur fighters.

Nate Greene

Loved it, loved it, loved it. Somehow I conned my parents into getting me a PS2 and GTA3 as my first game. Ah, memories. I think my most time heavy game was Gran Turismo 4, though. It is a brilliant game, even by modern standards.

Kris Asick

I think the most useful implementation I've ever seen of the pressure sensitivity of the Dualshock 2 buttons is actually with the Gran Turismo games, but not in regards to throttle and braking. When you're tweaking the car stats if you just lightly press the buttons they will tick slowly, but if you press down hard it will tick MUCH faster, thus you can make small or large changes with the same button, just based on how hard you hold it down! Also, I learned to play those games with dual-analog: Left stick for steering, right stick for acceleration and braking, while using the shoulder buttons for manual shifting. :B

Gav Massingham

Yaay! Basically.

Zachary Outen

Id definitely love to see a video on it

LGR

Right? I gotta see what’s possible with modded servers nowadays

LGR

Yep, as mentioned in the previous video I’m in a rental until my house is fixed. Been itching to get back to this asap!

InSyder

Happy to see you are putting some videos out. I thought it would be 6 months to a year before we get your old content. Is this at Parents or Brothers home? Or did you get your own temporary place? Prayers for Carolinas/Appalachia.

LGR

Wow you’re right, 20 years exactly! And yeah it’s good to be back, it’s a useful distraction :)

Zachary Outen

still blows my mind you could play online with ps2, I didn't hook up a console to internet till my xbox one lol

Frederick G.

"Let the legend come back to life." Also, I think I did have that PSM Article. The hype for MGS2 was real, and it's also MGS3's 20th anniversary today! Remember seeing the trailer from a viewfinder in a camcorder at an EB Games in North L.A.. Glad you're still making videos despite the chaos recently.

LGR

Thank you, Seth!

Seth C

Hi LGR! It is so great to see you able to get a video out through the chaos. Congrats to you on that milestone, and my prayers are with you to get your life back with a fair insurance settlement. Being from Louisiana and Florida I thought hurricanes were our thing and when standing in Asheville in my younger years never dreamed that such a thing could happen there, but so glad that you made and most of your collection made it and that you are still with us. Good luck and best wishes to you and everyone in your area :-)

LGR

I'd love to know that as well, event the blue DS2 controller I showed here needs work and new internals would be great

LGR

For real though, argh! Nearly a quarter of a century feels like no time at all

LGR

I hope you enjoy it!

LGR

Doing my best one day at a time :)

LGR

Thanks! Slowly but surely, still handling the mold

OldSchoolStereo

Awesome, can't wait to watch!

M.T.

Something of immediate note, you mentioned the translucent color controllers following a couple years later, but the DualShock 2 was almost identical to the original, so they had the colors pretty early on. On that note though, does anyone know vendors who sell quality reproductions of the internal parts? I still a DS and DS2 in translucent blue, but neither work anymore and I desperately want to hotrod them