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PlayStation 2
Also known as PS2
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Home console
- Sixth generation
164 PlayStation 2 games, 2 of them playable free in your browser.
Sony Computer Entertainment released the PlayStation 2 in Japan on March 4, 2000, in North America on October 26, in Europe on November 24 and in Australia on November 30, 2000. Announced in 1999 as the successor to the original PlayStation, it competed with the Dreamcast, GameCube and Xbox in the sixth console generation.
- First released · Japan
- 2000
- Units sold
- 160M
- CPU
- 64-bit
- Games in the library
- 164
- Playable online
- 1%
TIMELINE
2000–2013
- JPJapan
- NANorth America
- EUEurope
- AUAustralia
- KRSouth Korea
- ENDDiscontinued
Games per release year
| Year | Games |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 23 |
| 2005 | 30 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
- CPS-3Capcom CPS-3: Nov 21, 1996 – end not recorded
- NAOMISega NAOMI: 1998 – end not recorded
- GBCGame Boy Color: Oct 21, 1998 – Mar 31, 2003
- NGPCNeo Geo Pocket Color: Mar 19, 1999 – Oct 30, 2001
- PS2PlayStation 2: Mar 4, 2000 – Jan 4, 2013
- WonderSwanWonderSwan Color: Dec 9, 2000 – 2003
- GBAGame Boy Advance: Mar 21, 2001 – 2010
- OpenBOROpenBOR: 2004 – today
- TIC-80TIC-80: Mar 22, 2017 – today
All 36 systems
- Atari 2600Atari 2600: Sep 1977 – 1992
- SpectrumZX Spectrum: Apr 23, 1982 – 1992
- ColecoColecoVision: Aug 1982 – 1985
- Atari 5200Atari 5200: Oct 1982 – May 21, 1984
- VectrexVectrex: Oct 1982 – Feb 1984
- NESNintendo Entertainment System: Jul 15, 1983 – Sep 25, 2003
- SG-1000Sega SG-1000: Jul 15, 1983 – Oct 1985
- MSXMSX: Oct 21, 1983 – 1993
- Amstrad CPCAmstrad CPC: Jun 21, 1984 – 1990
- Master SystemSega Master System: Oct 20, 1985 – 1996
- Atari 7800Atari 7800: May 1986 – 1992
- X68000Sharp X68000: Mar 28, 1987 – end not recorded
- PC EnginePC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: Oct 30, 1987 – Dec 16, 1994
- CPS-1Capcom CPS-1: May 13, 1988 – May 11, 1995
- GenesisSega Genesis / Mega Drive: Oct 29, 1988 – 1997
- PCE CDPC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD: Dec 4, 1988 – end not recorded
- Game BoyGame Boy: Apr 21, 1989 – Mar 31, 2003
- LynxAtari Lynx: Sep 1, 1989 – 1995
- Neo GeoNeo Geo: Apr 16, 1990 – 2004
- Game GearSega Game Gear: Oct 6, 1990 – Apr 30, 1997
- SNESSuper Nintendo: Nov 21, 1990 – Sep 25, 2003
- Sega CDSega CD / Mega-CD: Dec 12, 1991 – 1996
- CPS-2Capcom CPS-2: Sep 10, 1993 – Dec 22, 2003
- Neo Geo CDNeo Geo CD: Sep 9, 1994 – 1997
- 32XSega 32X: Nov 1994 – 1996
- PS1PlayStation: Dec 3, 1994 – Mar 23, 2006
- N64Nintendo 64: Jun 23, 1996 – 2002
- CPS-3Capcom CPS-3: Nov 21, 1996 – end not recorded
- NAOMISega NAOMI: 1998 – end not recorded
- GBCGame Boy Color: Oct 21, 1998 – Mar 31, 2003
- NGPCNeo Geo Pocket Color: Mar 19, 1999 – Oct 30, 2001
- PS2PlayStation 2: Mar 4, 2000 – Jan 4, 2013
- WonderSwanWonderSwan Color: Dec 9, 2000 – 2003
- GBAGame Boy Advance: Mar 21, 2001 – 2010
- OpenBOROpenBOR: 2004 – today
- TIC-80TIC-80: Mar 22, 2017 – today
A bar that fades out means the end date is unknown. Fantasy consoles and game engines are still available.
UNDER THE HOOD
Technical specifications
Processor
295MHz
- CPU
- Emotion Engine
- Core
- MIPS R5900
- Word size
- 64-bit
- Marketed as
- 128-bit
- Graphics Synthesizer — GPU with 4 MB embedded DRAM · 147 MHz
- Vector Processing Unit 0 (VPU0) — vector unit coupled to the CPU (geometry, physics) · 295 MHz
- Vector Processing Unit 1 (VPU1) — independent vector unit (geometry, lighting, clipping) · 295 MHz
- Image Processing Unit (IPU) — MPEG-2 decoder for DVD and full-motion video
- I/O processor (PlayStation CPU, MIPS R3000A) — input/output and PlayStation backward compatibility · 36.9 MHz
Below: N64 93.8 MHz
294.912 MHz; 6,000 MIPS, 6.2 GFLOPS. Its "128-bit" label refers to its 128-bit SIMD instructions; general registers are 64-bit.
Memory
32MB
- Main RAM
- 32 MB
- Video RAM
- 4 MB
- I/O processor RAM
- 2 MB
- Sound RAM
- 2 MB
Below: N64 4 MB
Sound
48channels
- Chip
- Sony SPU2
Two SPU cores with 24 ADPCM channels each, plus a PCM stream; 44.1 or 48 kHz; Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS for video, Dolby Pro Logic II in later games
Sales
160million
- Scope
- Worldwide (as of 2024-11)
- Best-selling game
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas · 17.3 million
Below: PS1 102 million
Media
DVD-ROM
- DVD-ROM
- up to 8.5 GB
Launch price
¥39,800
- Japan
- ¥39,800
- North America
- $299
- Europe
- £299
Family line
- Before
- PlayStation
- This system
- PlayStation 2
- After
- PlayStation 3
THE STORY
About the PS2
The console was built around the Emotion Engine processor, co-developed with Toshiba, and the Graphics Synthesizer GPU. It could play DVD movies as well as games on DVD-ROM and CD-ROM, and it ran almost all original PlayStation games by including the earlier console's processor as its I/O chip. A smaller 'Slimline' model followed in 2004, and the library grew to more than 4,000 titles with 1.54 billion copies sold.
With 160 million units sold, the PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of all time. It stayed in production well after the PlayStation 3 arrived in 2006 and was discontinued on January 4, 2013, one of the longest lifespans of any console; the last new game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, was released in Europe in November 2013.
- The best-selling video game console of all time, with 160 million units sold.
- Built-in DVD drive made it a home video player as well as a game console.
- Backward compatible with original PlayStation games, using the PlayStation CPU as its I/O processor.
- The Emotion Engine CPU was custom-designed by Sony and Toshiba.
- Production ran from 2000 to January 4, 2013, one of the longest lifespans of any console.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is its best-selling game, with 17.33 million units.
THE LIBRARY
164 PS2 games on Back2OldGames
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Release years 2001–2013
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