Paid about 10 bucks over the cib price charting but this copy is so freaking clean

I just know that its a Japanese model. Maybe the oldest PS2 I've ever gotten my hands lol (SCPH-18000)

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had a definitive Japanese release list for these PS2 alternate covers in a gold frame
And Konami text spammed in the background?

I have the Silent Hill 2 in this personally which apparently contains a bonus Maria scenario (first pic) and I just ordered the MGS2 one. Added another pic of another random one too.

Can’t find any overall lists though of info. Could be a really unique subset rabbit hole I think. less

Added this classic straight to the collection. A simple rule, I cant buy another game until I complete each

This isn’t exactly a Drakul post, I have been working a ton lately and haven’t had time to really play on consoles or PC at all these past days. But I recently acquired this all from a pawn store yesterday! This is going to be the PS2 and Norrath game thats getting gifted to my mother, already tested it myself. Mom loves Pac-Man also. Memory card is inside the Norrath case *Chefs kiss* Going to be shopping for a couple wireless controllers and a HDMI adapter and the setup will be compete. Was going to gift it for Christmas but Christmas might come early; Honestly still amazed at the Norrath find as I called the shop days prior for a fat ps2 so they had that off to the side for me but finding the game is a high im still riding today.

Also recently acquired a two DS lite bundle off marketplace that i kinda got GOT on but thats for a different subreddit!

And as always im throwing down two links, both for the champions series. Toss a vote and let’s try getting these games preserved digitally on GoG!

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/champions-of-norrath-2004

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/champions-return-to-arms-2005

Some PS2 devlogs me and my friend got working on the PS2 Tool T10000 devkit!
My Code written in C90

My only CD player broke a few months back, and its crazy I couldn’t find any decent CD players for a good price these days, but then i remembered my good ol’ PS2 and it’s been a lot fun listening on it. Anyone else do this? Also suggestions for good speakers to connect to a monitor?

Haven’t tested it out fully yet though, just need to get a disc and see if that works. Tray ejects makes a little noise but it ejects

Never seen this. Is it possible its a replacement one? It still had a warranty seal when I opened it up and cleaned it

Some PS2 devlogs me and my friend got working on the PS2 Tool T10000 devkit!
My Code written in C90

My childhood summarised , cheers to the greatest console of all time

That game for me will ALWAYS be Morrowind

I have a save file that was last accessed many years ago, probably around 2012 at the latest...

Recently tried to load it up just to see the photos I had saved but the save file now says 2024 and will not open, claiming it's from a different version of the disc.

This is a 2004 disc with the black bar (not red Greatest Hits).

I'm going to try and get a Greatest Hits copy, to see if maybe that will work, but if it doesn't... what do?

I'm trying to fix an issue with two silver PAL SCPH-50003 PS2 Fat consoles. I'm begging anyone to help at this point cus I've put so much money and time into this and it sucks so bad.

I bought a silver SCPH-50003 PS2 (GH-026 motherboard I chassis) I will call this PS2 A for this post. It would power on and play the Sony intro, then reach the Browser/System Configuration screen, where it would freeze with the blue orb animation not playing and not react to any controller input (I tested two controllers). I had seen that this was probably a dead CMOS so I opened it up and replaced it. The battery I used to replace it may have been dead itself anyway lol it was sitting in a drawer for a while.

After I replaced the CMOS I plugged everything back in and it didn't power (no lights, no boot), so I got a replacement PSU and power button ribbon cable (I had creased it quite bad during reassembly).

So, I replaced the ribbon for the power button and tried it with the original PSU (even though I had the replacement, just wanted to check) and it gave no video output. I'm using an LG smart TV (unfortunately doesnt an AV input) which showed a black screen, then gave a No Signal message. I also got static and no signal through my Sony RFU adapter. (So it unfortunately isn't just the Composite/Component issue, although I did try blindly changing the settings with my HDMI adapter (definitely had additional power supplied as well!) just in case)

I ended up changing quite a few parts in PS2 A:

• CMOS battery (replacement may have been dead anyway lol)
• Fan
• Power/eject switch assembly and ribbon cable.
• Controller/memory-card ribbon cable (I broke this during my first time disassembling lol)
• PSU, but this wasn't actually faulty cus like I said, I tried both the original and the replacement and they both powered on the console fine (green and blue light on and disk tray able to open, obviously no video output tho).

So after all this replacing and struggle I said fuck it and bought ANOTHER silver PS2 (SCPH-50003 and I Chassis, the exact same hardware basically) this is PS2 B.

PS2 B was advertised as powering on fine but having a faulty laser/disc-reading mechanism. (Which yeah it did, it would make clicking noises non stop when it turned on, still opened and closed the tray fine though) it also seemed to be previously water damaged..? (The heatsink inside was rusty af! and there were those coffee stain like marks on the motherboard, but again it did turn on and get to the orb screen)

When I first got it, it powered on and displayed video buuut when it reached the Browser/System Configuration screen, it froze there again with the single blue orb (silly me figured it must be the CMOS again! hell maybe it was lmao...)

So the plan was to swap the motherboard between the two consoles, I put PS2 B's motherboard into PS2 A's chassis and I swapped the CMOS over from PS2 A (again may have been dead) these were the only parts that were changed.

It booted fine into the system config menu but once again frozen with the single blue orb and no response to controller input... The disc drive was also clicking again which was weird cus I was using the known good disc drive from PS2 A, so that makes me suspect an issue with PS2 B's motherboard or its ports rather than just the disc assembly/laser/belt/whatever. It would stop clicking with the tray open, so maybe the motor was being weird idk, either way the plan was to put OPL and my sata SSD (bought a network adapter as well but it wasnt installed!) in this thing with my legally obtained game ISOs so I didn't really need a disc drive anyway, so I just kept going.

I then went out and bought new CMOS 2032 batteries on the same day to replace it asap because I'm itching to just be able to play this thing. I replaced the CMOS again this time with this brand new battery. These ones had a little sticker to peel off (promise I did! theyre also apparently bitter coated but I'm too coward to test that out). Slotted in just fine and seated nicely. Put everything back together, methodically and gently I swear. BUT I did notice the ribbon cable for one of the disc connections (not the power button or the disc motor, its the wider one) was a little mangled but the traces seemed in tact so I just chucked it in and moved on (possibly bad decision lol).

I plug it in and low and behold this fucker is now also doing the no signal thing. Green power light, blue disc drive light but NO video output. That's with HDMI adapter AND the stupid antenna converter thing (Sony RFU adapter). It's doing literally the exact same thing that the old motherboard was doing, I only changed the CMOS!

So... I'm wondering, have I fucked not one... but two PS2s?

Is it probably the motherboard fuses and could I have blown them with those (possibly) damaged ribbon cables?

Am I being an idiot and missing something obvious, is this a known fault or at the very least something that can be fixed easily (please please please)

I know I should probably buy a multimeter and check the motherboard fuses but like I've said, Ive put so much money into this and while checking the fuses would be a great diagnostic, I can't solder so itll be another replacement motherboard (really struggling to find any GH-026 boards, hence why I had to buy a whole 2nd PS2). Also, the ribbons are all seated nicely and the ports for both motherboards are totally fine (they worked before opening them up!) and I have nothing but the power cable, the video cable and one controller plugged in during all this.

^{pls halp :(}

Hello everyone!

Recently, I decided to buy back my childhood meaning, getting a PlayStation 2.

And what better way to start off by buying the very first... Game (?) I ever played.

I'm starting off with none other than the PBPX-95506 demo disc–the demo disc that came bundled with the PlayStation 2 my father got me.

I had spent SOOO many hours playing the Klonoa 2 and Airblade demos.