Jul 28, 2016 01:29 PM
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The launch of the PlayStation2(PS2) was on October 26, 2000. Masses of people were crowded in little spaces, just camping in line to get their hands on the first batch of PS2's that faithful Thursday. Every single one of them sold out, which was not surprising. Only 500, 000 PS2's hit the USA's stores that day because of a mess up by Sony. There were supposed to be 1, 000, 000. Oh well. Here is my review of the PS2.
I wish I could have back all of the hours I put into playing my PlayStation2. I have had a PS2 since its launch on October 26, 2000. What a great day that was. It was a Thursday and I had school. I woke up around 6 A.M. and me and my step-dad went to the mall to wait outside of Sears to get one of the 4 PlayStation2's they had coming in that faithful Thursday. There were 3 people in front of us so we got the last one after waiting 6 hours in the rain and cold. I even skipped school to boot! Was it worth it you ask? I'll tell you. It was worth every second that I waited.
HARDWARE
The PS2's hardware is great console wise, but lacks when compared to the other 2 consoles of this generation of consoles(GameCube, Xbox). It has 4 MB of Video RAM, which may seem like not much but it really is. The PS2 can play CD-ROM and DVD format games. It has a 128 bit CPU and 32 MB of memory. The PS2 looks cool. It's black and has the PS2 logo on the top of it.
CONTROLLER
The controller is great. It is the same DualShock from the PSX but is now called the DualShock2. I guess that was necessary since it is PlayStation2 after all. The controller set up has a great design. I, and many others, find it to be a great controller for games of all genres. The controller is overall very good and very well made and will last you a long time. The PS2 only comes with 2 controller ports so that's all you will need.
GRAPHICS
The graphics is probably the one area where the PS2 is lacking a bit. The PS2 is the least technologically advanced of the 3 next-gen consoles(Xbox, PS2, GCN) and they definitely have better graphics than PS2 as you can see by most of the games for all of the systems when they are compared. I am not saying the graphics aren't good, because they are good. I'm just saying they aren't the best of the 3 consoles.
SOUND
The sound is great. PS2 supports Dolby 5.1 Surround. Most of the games on PS2 have great music. There are several games for PS2 that support surround sound and there are even speaker systems available that will enhance your PS2 gaming experience. The sound is overall good.
