Subj : Re: Playstation 2 retro gaming experience
To   : hollowone
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Oct 09 2025 06:49:31

-=> hollowone wrote to All <=-

 ho> I still have PS2 somewhere in my entertainment room and a few dozens of
 ho> games too, but quite recently as a part of my data preservation effort
 ho> I grabbed all I could find for the platform as ISO backups from the
 ho> net.

 I have a cabin up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and it's a place of
 calm. We have no internet access and no cell coverage. A single land
 line in the house.

 I have my old Nintendo Wii in the den. It's great fun to play the old
 games; I still have a Mii for playing Wii tennis but haven't gotten a
 chance to move up in the ranks in a couple of years.

 We have a couple of japanese language games, you have to sort of guess
 what to do next, with lots of canned applause and ohhhhs depending on
 how well you do.

  Reminds me of of that SNL skit where Chris Farley accidentally
  stumbles onto a Japanese game show and has to guess the rules.



 ho> PS2 emus are solid these days and enhance graphics capabilities
 ho> targeting HD screens too.

 ho> So even tho I have DVD boxes for many of the games, I sentimentally
 ho> started testing them in emulated environment.

 ho> Testing means, If they are still playable and enjoyable after all those
 ho> years.

 ho> And I can tell you, yes they are. Many details must be of course
 ho> forgiven but general principle of great console game that you can enjoy
 ho> offline with all that attention whore crap of the current era is still
 ho> beating many modern games, by a range!

 ho> I played first Ratched and Clank, Puzzle Quest, SSX, Even Call of Duty
 ho> 3 is fun game albeit the fact I always thought it's been the worst from
 ho> first COD games and until World at War showed up COD 2 on X360 was my
 ho> benchmark for WWII game.

 ho> Lots fun and 15h lost in time in last week experimenting with all that
 ho> stuff.

 ho> -h1

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