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I'll make another thread before New Year's just to spite you.

>Which PS2 games did you play this year?

just Purse Owner 4, aka Big Bro simulator.

This year was its 10th year anniversary. so yeah…

>>15929811

None because it's garbage

>>15930529

Is there a new version since 2015?

>>15930530

Do it, faggot.

>>15935958

There hasn't been any new PS2 games released since 2012, why would there be?

>>15936160

The last ps2 game was released in 2014 anon.

>>15930529

The problem with these lists is they're supposed to present evergreen games, when they're really filled with memegames, archaic predecessors in long series and seasonal oldies that no longer matter.

Mister Mosquito is fun for 5 minutes on youtube, you shouldn't seriously suggest it to anybody. And none in their sane minds would play Dark Alliance when they have access to the proper Baldur's games on pc.

>>15936220

>to the proper Baldur's games on pc.

dark alliance are different games, also better ones. Mister Mosquito and Ka 2 are very good and unique games. The fun for 5 minutes on youtube is Yoake no Mariko and its sequel. Mister Mosquito is a unique and very interesting mix of stealth and navigation.

The lists are at best meant to give a feel for games worth playing on the platform. When I helped make the Xbox list I made it with the mindset of games you might want to check out and games you seriously should check out to get a feel for the platform. Well aware of the fact that you can play some elsewhere you may still want to know they're present on the platform and may be worth playing for some reason. This seems to be the common approach for these lists, worth checking out, unless stated otherwise. Only thing I'm noticing with this one is it's very incomplete, the PS2 has a ton of games.

Recently playing the Ar Tonelico series after the fan patch made AT2 finally playable.

Also Drakengard. Pretty fucked up stuff, but I kinda like it. Plan to play 1-3 and then Nier and finally the game everyone talked his ==ass== of in 2017.

Happy new one!

>>15936483

Canuckanon, is that you?

>>15936490

yes

>>15936493

Still nothing good of note for pickups where you live? As said before, it's more reason for you to set it up for HDD loading, assuming a fat PS2. Either that, or get used to ordering games online.

Glad I live where I do, at least when it comes to availability and chances for cheap games.

>>15936614

>Unrelated but i ordered some chinese component cables a couple weeks ago and now my games look less terrible on my 4k electric jew

Careful anon, knock-off chink cables tend to be made with thin wiring which can result in a worse picture compared to official or better third party cables.

>>15936688

There's a number of PAL/JP only games on the system. Not sure if they're a case of no publisher having been interested in NA, or more SCEA actively blocking them over standards to push, the way they forced Agetec to shitcan Shadow Tower Abyss.

Been meaning to check that out one, and Swords of Destiny. Haven't heard much about either over the years, but then again, places for discussion that are NA centric don't seem prone to discuss PAL games unless the lack of a NA release is particularly egregious (like Terranigma).

>>15936614

>heavenly guardian is fantastic

Is it? I mostly recall hearing it considered poor compared to Pocky and Rocky.

>>15936721

>PAL/JP exclusives

Found a list:

http://l-lists.com/en/lists/wo9z8c.html

There's a lot more than I thought, mostly sports/shovelware titles as you'd expect. I think I wanted to check out 10,000 Bullets at some point but I can't remember why.

/4am/ should lap up "Furry Tales".

>>15936732

>Code of the Samurai

Still kind of odd we got the crossover clusterfuck it got whored out to, but not the actual game here.

>>15936693

I'm using HDRV ones because I've used their stuff in the past and they were the cheapest good option. Great cables on those, I do recommend them.

help me remember a ps2 game /v/. It's got a castlevania vibe to it but it's all about setting traps. Looks animu, don't know if jap exclusive.

>>15936995

If it's a slim, just clean the laser with the highest % isopropyl alcohol you can find. If you have a fat model, just replace the laser since you have to open the console for access regardless. Not too complex of a repair, even for a beginner.

>>15929811

It was the Wii of its time with a fucking mountain of shovelware and contracted exclusives which ended up multiplatform not much later in time.

Finally got the Psyclone Composite, which is absolute a beast of a quality cable, for some reason I love that cable, it improved the image and colors significantly. I might buy the OG Xbox version of it. Started playing Rygar (After I bought 5 games for $15 in a pawn store, Bloodrayne 2, Midnight Club, Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Legacy of Kain: Defience) yesterday and thought it was going to be a cheap rushed game, boy was I wrong. I liked it so much that I played until late at night and got only about 5 hours of sleep, going to continue today. On the lookout for Rogue Galaxy and Arc the Lad as well as Persona 4 right now with eventually getting the entire FF games and Shin Megami Tensei. I've been enjoying these old games more than the newer ones.

Does anyone know where to get OEM PS2 controllers? Are the Ebay ones legit?

Does anyone here have any knowledge on how the value settings in the service mode of a CRT works? I think my image needs to be moved slightly up and the left vertical seems wavy on one end. TV is the Sony KV-27FS120

>>15936503

>Haunting Ground

Was one of the game I first looked to get, can't believe it's >$200 on ebay.

>>15936979

Trapt? If so that's part of the Deception series.

>>15937002

>>15936995

Or if he doesn't care for disc loading, looking into homebrew loading from an HDD or something. Though that's not apt to help the CD media issue, I suppose.

>>15937019

Standing prices don't necessarily equal what a game actually sells for, and being after Christmas, all the cheaper ones might have gotten bought up. Looking at a resource I use, average it's actually going for is about $120 complete, which is still stupid pricy, but not $200+ tier. Also seems to be one of those games like Blood Will Tell, where the PAL version is much cheaper than NA.

>>15937024

Thats the one thanks.

>>15937002

>>15937024

Cheers. I also forgot to mention the disc tray staggers a bit while opening, its a phat model by the way.

>>15937019

>On the lookout for Rogue Galaxy and Arc the Lad as well as Persona 4 right now with eventually getting the entire FF games and Shin Megami Tensei.

Rogue Galaxy's cheap and easy to find these days. Seen it for about $7 complete lately. Arc the Lad's not as common, and honestly I'm not sure how good the PS2 ones are, but I suppose at the very least they were able to shed Working Designs from the western publishing. All the PS2 SMT and Persona titles (barring base P3) have been reprinted as of now, and should be more or less cheap barring the Raidou games still being $20-30, which does at least beat the $100 and $60 both used to go for respectively (You might also call DDS pricy, if you count both volumes as one game, but if not they're $10-15 each where I am). But I'm speaking as a burger, and I doubt they got the reprint treatment in PAL, for what handful they managed to get.

Can't speak much on Final Fantasy other than that the NA PS2 ones are dirt fucking cheap since the rereleases have killed all demand for those, but you might do the research to see if the newer releases are substantially better anyhow.

Post your recent hauls, lads:

>Ace Combat 4

>Timesplitters

>Champions of Norrath

>Def Jam: Fight for NY

>Gran Turismo 4

Got all of these at a pawn shop for $12, was surprised find games like these right after Christmas.

>>15937117

Only got Okami ($13), Magic Pengel ($20 Christmas money), and Ape Escape 3 (gift, but was priced at $12) lately, but this year honestly hasn't been real bad for PS2 finds on the whole, though I'll admit it slows down as stores get more savvy to online price hikes and I have less to be looking out for anyhow. Could dig up some receipts and see what else was specifically from this year.

>Got all of these at a pawn shop for $12, was surprised find games like these right after Christmas.

Not going to call those games or the price bad or anything, but those aren't exactly ones I consider odd or infrequent to see, aside from Def Jam (good bit of luck there, honestly; also checking, yet another game the PAL version is substantially cheaper than the NA equivalents).

Pawn shops where I am aren't worth a damn for vidya, but as a possible explanation to your surprise, I'd say it's like it tends to be here: Christmas approaching leads to people trading in better stuff they usually might hold onto to be able to afford presents, and in the week afterward, there's also the takeback period. Whether or not this coincides with decent prices or not is a crapshoot and depends on location, but I will say a few holiday seasons back I had a really good year of Yakuza 2 ($12), Metal Saga ($8), Suikoden V ($18), SH: FtNW ($12), and Twilight Princess for the Gamecube ($30), so that was a pretty nice way to stretch $80 due to pricing fuck ups.

>>15937162

>the picture quality seems fine.

>>15936693

>>15937162

>Do I need a USB to memory card device to mod my PS2?

For a FAT you can write the softmod directly to an IDE drive if you have an old computer with IDE connectors or an adapter.

>>15937169

I ain't watching a 40 minute vid of soyboys shilling their sponsored toys.

>>15937174

I'll look into it.

>>15937185

>I ain't watching a 40 minute vid of soyboys shilling their sponsored toys.

Ok, look at this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brMW6KFue-I&t=17m30s

>>15937141

>Only got Okami ($13), Magic Pengel ($20 Christmas money), and Ape Escape 3 (gift, but was priced at $12) lately, but this year honestly hasn't been real bad for PS2 finds on the whole, though I'll admit it slows down as stores get more savvy to online price hikes and I have less to be looking out for anyhow. Could dig up some receipts and see what else was specifically from this year.

I have never played the original PS2 version of Okami, though I have Okami HD on my PS4 and it's amazing. Never heard of Magic Pengel until now, but it looks pretty cool.

>Not going to call those games or the price bad or anything, but those aren't exactly ones I consider odd or infrequent to see, aside from Def Jam (good bit of luck there, honestly; also checking, yet another game the PAL version is substantially cheaper than the NA equivalents).

AC4 and GT4 are usually common and cheap admittedly. I usually see Timesplitters start at $10 and Champions of Norrath at $25-$30 online. $12 for 5 good games that have their cases and booklets is a steal regardless.

>I'd say it's like it tends to be here: Christmas approaching leads to people trading in better stuff they usually might hold onto to be able to afford presents, and in the week afterward, there's also the takeback period.

Interesting. It's usually the opposite here. The two weeks leading too Christmas the local retro gaming store and all the second hand stores get drained of their stock. Some of that may be due to the fact that bigger pawn shops have 25%-50% off sales before Christmas. Finding deals in my area in general is hard, though. A lot of trust-fund kids and yuppie game collectors that have the time/money to scour all the local second hand stores multiple times week makes it hard when I only have Saturday (when everyone else is out as well). Same thing with CL. I think a lot of this is due to the retro game boom in general, though.

>Whether or not this coincides with decent prices or not is a crapshoot and depends on location, but I will say a few holiday seasons back I had a really good year of Yakuza 2 ($12), Metal Saga ($8), Suikoden V ($18), SH: FtNW ($12), and Twilight Princess for the Gamecube ($30), so that was a pretty nice way to stretch $80 due to pricing fuck ups.

Damn man, that's a nice haul.

>>15937202

I'd been wanting the PS2 version since finding out the PS3, Wii, and PS4 versions were all missing the loading minigames and the original credits theme because Capcom is too fucking cheap to re-license the latter. As for Magic Pengel, yeah, it's not exactly one that's commonly around, but its sequel, Graffiti Kingdom, seems more well known, if also still not especially popular or easy to come across. And yes, the games let you make cockmonsters to fight for you.

>$12 for 5 good games that have their cases and booklets is a steal regardless.

Yeah, I'm not saying that's anything to be complaining about, and honestly better than pawn shops here are apt to have, just that they're not especially ones I would consider to be beyond pawn-shop tier. Mostly because here pawn shops are just a dumping ground of ultra common games, licensing stuff, shovelware, and SPOATS. I honestly barely even bother with them in comparison to other places here, because they always just have a handful of nothing.

>Interesting. It's usually the opposite here. The two weeks leading too Christmas the local retro gaming store and all the second hand stores get drained of their stock.

That is also a facet, but again, it's offset a bit by people making trade-ins due to time crunch. I'll admit it's a matter of store type and luck though, multimedia places might just be more apt to get good stuff in that time of year simply because they offer a wider array of things, and store credit from games doesn't have to still go back out for the trader as more games.

>Finding deals in my area in general is hard, though. A lot of trust-fund kids and yuppie game collectors that have the time/money to scour all the local second hand stores multiple times week makes it hard when I only have Saturday (when everyone else is out as well). Same thing with CL. I think a lot of this is due to the retro game boom in general, though.

It's a matter of patience, perseverance in looking, and no small amount of luck. I try to check Wednesday and Saturday evenings while already out doing errands. A lot of the time there's nothing of interest, but every so often I get something nice I usually didn't expect (not so much as buying on impulse, but just not expecting to ever see at a remotely decent price). Chain I check also has a website as well which lists what stores are reporting having what, but it's also just fun to get out and see for yourself what's where, since there's plenty I wouldn't think to check per day, and some stuff might get in and go back out before it's even in the system. I'm still hoping find a cheap, complete copy of Gotcha Force there. After what I've managed before, I'd like to consider it possible.

>Damn man, that's a nice haul.

Sample of what can happen around here. But more often I'll only come away from a trip with one game, if any, and even that was from two outings during the season.