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| |-|SCPH-700xx/7500x=[[File:PS2-Slim-Console-Set.jpg|355px]]
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| |Quote=Live in your world. Play in ours.
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| |Developer=[[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
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| |Release Date=Original:<br><small>JP: March 4, 2000<br>NA: October 26, 2000<br>IND: October 2000<br>EU: November 24, 2000<br>AU: November 30, 2000<br>KOR: February 22, 2002<br>CHN: December 19, 2003<br>BRA: November 20, 2009</small><br>PS2 Slim:<br><small>EU: October 29, 2004<br>JP: November 3, 2004<br>NA: November 25, 2004<br>AU: December 2, 2004</small>
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| |Predecessor=[[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
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| |Successor=[[PlayStation 3]]
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| |Competitors=[[Nintendo GameCube]]<br>[[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]<br>[[Dreamcast]]
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| |Generation=[[w:Sixth generation of video game consoles|Sixth generation]]
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| |Discontinued=JP: December 28, 2012<br>WW: January 4, 2013}}
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| The '''PlayStation 2''' ('''PS2''' for short) is a game console released in 2000 as the successor to the original [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. It competed against the [[Dreamcast]], the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] and the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. It was succeeded by the [[PlayStation 3]] in 2006 and was discontinued in Japan on December 28, 2012 and worldwide on January 4, 2013.
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| The PlayStation 2 was the third-strongest console of its generation, behind the GameCube, but ahead of the Dreamcast.
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| ==Hardware specifications==
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| *CPU: MIPS R5900 Emotion Engine @ 294.912 (fat models) or 299 MHz (slim models)
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| *Memory: 32 MB of RDRAM (system RAM), 4 MB of eDRAM (video RAM)
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| *Storage:
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| **Memory cards: 128 KB ([[PlayStation (console)|PS1]] games only), 8 MB (official), 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 MB (unlicensed)
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| **Hard drives (fat models only): 40 GB
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| *Display: 480i (NTSC), 576i (PAL), 240p, 288p, 480p, or 1080i (the latter two only work with component cables)
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| *Graphics: 150 MHz Graphics Synthesizer
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| *Media: DVD, CD
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| ==Why It Lives And Plays In Your World==
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| #A whopping '''3,847''' games were released for it. On top of that, virtually every game from its generation is playable on (if not exclusive to) the console, outside of Nintendo's and Microsoft's first-party titles and PC-exclusives.
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| #Almost completely backwards compatible with the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], so when the game library of both consoles is combined, the number of games you could play was over '''''<u>6,200</u>'''''! Also, you can increase the loading speed of the original PlayStation games. This helped because a lot of games released after the PlayStation 2 came out were for the original PlayStation.
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| #Remained in production for thirteen years, making it one of the longest-running consoles in gaming history. Even with the release of the [[PlayStation 3|PS3]], the PS2 remained popular into the seventh and eighth generations. New games were released for it even after it had been discontinued. In fact, the console was so popular that the last game on it was '''''Pro Evolution Soccer 2014'', which was released a ''week'' before the [[PlayStation 4]]'s release date!''' However, this version of the game was only released in Europe. This game also had PS3 and PS4 verisons.
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| #Unlike the PlayStation memory card which could only hold about 15 slots of data, the PS2 memory card has a total of 8MB worth of storage capacity, allowing for a large amount of saving files on each. There are also some variations of bigger memory cards, such as a 16MB one.
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| #A hard drive was released for the PlayStation 2 Fat model in July 2001 in Japan and in 2004 in North America, technically making it the first released console to have a hard drive before the release of the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] in November 2001. The hard drive allows you to store a massive amount of game saves, enhanced certain games, and was used in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' to allow the game to get updates from the server. It was also required as part of the Linux on PS2 Kit
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| #A huge number of very good games, many of which were exclusives or started on the PS2 such as:
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| #*''[[God of War (2005)|God of War 1]]'' and ''[[God of War II|2]]''
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| #*''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X-2|X-2]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy XII|XII]]''
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| #*''[[Ratchet & Clank (2002)|Ratchet & Clank 1]]'', ''[[Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando|2]]'', and ''[[Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal|3]]''
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| #*''[[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy|Jak and Daxter 1]]'', ''[[Jak II|2]]'', and [[Jak 3|3]]
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| #*''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4|Pro Skater 4]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground|Underground]]'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2|Underground 2]]'' and ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland|American Wasteland]]''.
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| #*''[[Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus|Sly Cooper 1]]'', ''[[Sly 2: Band of Thieves|2]]'', and [[Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves|3]]
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| #*''[[Persona 4]]''
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| #*''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts 1]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts 2|2]]''
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| #*''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
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| #*''[[Silent Hill 2]]'', ''[[Silent Hill 3|3]]'', and ''[[Silent Hill 4: The Room|4]]''
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| #*''[[Devil May Cry]]''
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| #*''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''
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| #*''[[Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec|Gran Turismo 3]]'' and ''[[Gran Turismo 4|4]]''
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| #*''[[Twisted Metal: Black]]''
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| #*''[[Yakuza]]''
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| #*''MLB 2005''
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| #*''MLB 2006''
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| #*''[[MLB 06: The Show]]''
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| #*''[[Grand Theft Auto III|Grand Theft Auto 3]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|Vice City]]'', and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas]]''
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| #*Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
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| #*Digital Devil Saga
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| #*Persona 3 FES
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| #*Persona 4
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| #Iconic startup screen.
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| #*It's interesting to note that the blocks on the screen represent any game played on the memory card, and as the player goes through in the game, these blocks become towers. If it fills all the way, the towers will be at the startup instead of the blue galaxy.
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| #Similar to how ''[[Crash Bandicoot (video game)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' and ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' were the unofficial mascots for the PS1, ''[[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy|Jak]]'', ''[[Ratchet & Clank (2002)|Ratchet]]'', and ''[[Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus|Sly Cooper]]'' were the unofficial mascots of the PS2.
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| #The first Sony home console '''to have [[Sega]] and their ''[[Sonic Heroes|Sonic]]'' games.''' This is notable due to Sega competing with [[PlayStation|the original PlayStation]] in the late 1990s with their [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Dreamcast]] consoles.
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| #One of the first major consoles capable of playing DVDs, which was a selling point when it was released and it also meant games could be stored in DVD discs, one of the reasons it outsold its competitors is that it was the only console at the time that plays DVDs out of the box, as the original Xbox can only DVDs via an add-on that's sold separately while the Gamecube DVD compatibility is only exclusive to a certain model released only in Japan while the Dreamcast lacked a DVD drive at all.
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| #A second "slim" model was also released. It takes less shelf space, has its own built-in Ethernet port to negate the requirement for network adapters, and uses a top-loading disc drive to ease up the process of ejecting a disc. It is still backwards compatible with the PlayStation games and still plays DVD movies.
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| #Some cases for the games have a small slot to store memory cards.
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| #The DualShock 2 controller is backwards compatible with the PS1, and the earlier DualShock 1 is also forwards compatible with the PS2. Even the original PS1 controller is forwards compatible with PS2 games that don't require the analog sticks.
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| #*Speaking of controllers, the PS2 had so many unique controllers such as the DDR pad, Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw controller and so many more.
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| #Brazilians could '''watch Netflix through a special red disc''' (no longer supported).
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| #Most PS2s can be modded to play games through USB flash drives or burning, force upscaling to higher resolutions (with component cables), or emulate many games from other consoles like the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Sega Genesis]].
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| #*Soft modding a PS2 is fairly easy compared to other consoles and there are various methods of doing so, the easiest being to simply buy a Free McBoot memory card. Hard modding a PS2 however is more difficult than hard modding an original Xbox.
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| #There is a Sony Bravia TV '''with a built-in PlayStation 2''' released in PAL regions in 2010, However, when the television was released, the PS3 Slim was already available in Europe a year ago. | | #There is a Sony Bravia TV '''with a built-in PlayStation 2''' released in PAL regions in 2010, However, when the television was released, the PS3 Slim was already available in Europe a year ago. |
| #One of the earliest consoles to support 1080i through component output. The handful of games that supported this mode include ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]'', ''Tourist Trophy'', and a ''[[Jackass: The Game|Jackass]]'' game of all things. | | #One of the earliest consoles to support 1080i through component output. The handful of games that supported this mode include ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]'', ''Tourist Trophy'', and a ''[[Jackass: The Game|Jackass]]'' game of all things. |
