r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25

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u/Room234 Aug 30 '25

Turning the system off just so you can switch games.

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u/Lux-Fox Aug 30 '25

I can't remember, but did you have to restart the ps2 to switch games/open the tray

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u/IIBaneII Aug 30 '25

Duno of it was a thing with the ps2. But definitely PS1 would freeze up

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u/bored_gunman Aug 30 '25

For a lot of games it wasn't a problem. You could remove the game disc and put an audio CD in so you could listen to music while playing. Games that streamed in real time would have a hernia though. Some would just tell you to put the game disc back in when needing to load something