Playstation2

Launching in late 2000, Sony's shadowy PS2 stormed the gaming scene and toppled all who stood before it, namely the Nintendo64 and Sega's Dreamcast.  Riding the wave of popularity generated by its predecessor (PSone), the PlayStation 2 quickly began outselling everyone, despite widespread hardware shortages.

A console is nothing without good software, though, and this was one of the system's strongest points.  Many now famous franchises debuted or were revived on the PS2, including Metal Gear Solid, Prince of Persia, and Grand Theft Auto, to critical acclaim and great commercial success.

With its successor the PS3 on the market now, PS2 sales have slowed somewhat, but it remains popular for its relatively low price and huge catalogue of excellent software, containing immensely popular hits like those mentioned above, as well as unique exclusive gems like Ratchet and Clank, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Drakan, and the original God of War games.

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• Maybe, Dragon Quest Will Find A Few More Fans

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 697
  Dragon Quest doesn’t have the kind of reception here as it does in Japan. The series could use a boost and Square Enix might have Walmart to thank for one.
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• Tiny mirrors fuel smartphones with video projectors

  
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• Tiny mirrors fuel smartphones with video projectors

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryTwo new gadgets debuting this week show off the video projection capabilities of the digital light processing chips made by Texas Instruments.The LG eXpo smartphone has a TI-based DLP Pico projector attachment, allowing the $179 phone to show movies, videos or a slide show on a blank wall or ...
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• Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gaming Adapter

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 166
  Lag-free head-to-head or Internet gaming, without stringing wires Converts wired-Ethernet-ready game consoles to Wireless-N network connectivity Works without drivers on Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation2 or 3, and GameCube Dynamically changes channels and radio bands (2.4 or 5GHz) to find the fastest connection ...
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• New video game releases week 49, 2009

  
  Video Games Blogger — Authority: 515
  Here’s the list of this week’s game releases. The most popular titles are: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on DS, The Saboteur on Xbox 360, PS3 & PC, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on Wii, and Colin McRae DiRT 2 on PC. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop and DSiWare titles ...
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• Guy Savage (MGS3) [PS2 - Cancelled?]

  
  Unseen 64: Beta, Unreleased & Unseen Videogames! — Authority: 131
  As we can read at Metal Gear Wikia, Guy Savage is the name of an easter-egg mini game that can be found in Metal Gear Solid 3. This mini-game was directed by Shuyo Murata (MGS3 writer) as stated in the credits. Guy Savage is a basic hack-n-slash game where the player encounters a vast amount [...] >> Discuss ...
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• Sony Japan Celebrates 15 Years of PlayStation

  
  PlayStation LifeStyle — Authority: 614
  Happy sesquidecade! Yes thats 15 years! The PlayStation brand has been around for a good long while now, since about halfway from when the video games industry started until now. Sony Japan has decided to celebrate by crafting a website in the brand’s honor. It is highly interactive and features a nice ...
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• FIFA 10 From £14.99

  
  Cheap Games — Authority: 141
            Every year means new updates of all your favourite sports games, with the most eagerly anticipated being FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer. FIFA 10 has the head start, but to be honest Konami will have to pull something fantastic out of the bag to beat this – its better than ever (and FIFA ...
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• PlayStation 2 Game: Metal Gear Solid - The Essential Collection for $19.78

  
  Uberi.com — Authority: 169
  PlayStation 2 Game: Metal Gear Solid - The Essential Collection for $19.78.  Here is a screenshot for your reference.  Shipping is free on orders over $25.  If needed, use this Filler Tool to pad the order to qualify for free shipping.  Note that at the time of this post, 117 out of 127 user reviews have given ...
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• Games Weather Report of Week 48, 2009

  
  Video Games Blogger — Authority: 515
  What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the hottest right now. Think of it as a games weather report. What follows is a listing of the Top 50 bestsellers per region, for all systems combined. North America’s Top 50: 1. ...
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• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Review

  
  DreamStation.cc — Authority: 118
  Everybody’s favorite marvel super heroes are back for another helping of RPG action. This time the focus is on the Civil War breaking out among super heroes, and you get to choose your side during the war. Anybody who played part 1 already knows just about everything about Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.Marvel Ultimate ...
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• Iron Man 2 – The Video Game

  
  FunnyFunda — Authority: 142
  Iron Man 2 video game is based on the movie of the same name. The game is published by Sega, and was released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, PC and Mobile Platforms. The game coming in April, 2010. Click here to view the embedded video.
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• Flash Site Commemorates Sony PlayStation 15th Anniversary, In Japanese

  
  Ripten Video Game Blog — Authority: 545
  If you happen to read Japanese, or just want to stare at some beautifully illustrated icons dance around in Flash, check out the 15th anniversary website for the PlayStation brand. Congratulations our due to Sony for developing a long lasting line of gaming related hardware as well as bringing us original IPs such ...
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• Happy 15th Birthday to Playstation

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 573
  We’ve celebrated many gaming birthdays recently and now it’s time for Playstation’s cake and song. That’s right, Playstation is now 15 years old. On December 3, 1994 Sony released the Playstation. Sony has since released the PSP and the Playstation 3, not quite achieving the market dominance that the ...
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• Happy Birthday! Playstation is 15 today

  
  Gamer Limit — Authority: 531
  I still remember the day I got my Playstation, what a wonderful moment. Now we’re 15 years on from the birth of a gaming behemoth and it still feels like it was yesterday. So to celebrate, Sony has set up its own Playstation 15th Anniversary Website . Read on for my defining Playstation moment and leave a ...
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• I-Ninja 2 [PS2/XBOX/GC - Cancelled]

  
  Unseen 64: Beta, Unreleased & Unseen Videogames! — Authority: 131
  The original I-Ninja is an underrated action game that was developed by Argonaut Games and released for the Xbox, Playstation 2 and GameCube at the end of 2003. The works on the  sequel were started after few months, but sadly the studio had some economic problems and they had to closed down in october 2004. [...] ...
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• SG Review: Armored Core 3 Portable

  
  Sarcastic Gamer — Authority: 483
  Classic titles being ported to or refined for current-gen platforms do not always work out how we’d all like, especially on the PSP.  On the one hand, I don’t want the majority of my PSP game library to just be cheap ports of old PS2 games. On the other hand there are some great PS2 (and PS1) titles that I ...
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• The Year’s Best, According to Metacritic

  
  Platform Nation — Authority: 515
  For most gamers, review scores are an invaluable tool in determining whether or not a particular game is woth buying.   Metacritic.com is perhaps the most widely used review aggregate site; it assigns and adapts scores from various media outlets into a simple 10 point rating scale.  Since the Holiday season is upon ...
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• New video game releases week 48, 2009

  
  Video Games Blogger — Authority: 515
  Here’s the list of this week’s game releases. The most popular titles are: James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game on multiple platforms and Rogue Warrior on Xbox 360, PS3 & PC. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop and DSiWare titles Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 4, My Zoo, Copter ...
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• The Best PS2 Games Under $10

  
  racketboy.com — Authority: 107
  The next update to the  Cheapest Games series is a look at the Playstation 2’s wonderful library.  There are quite a lot of PS2 games now that are absolute steals considering the quality of the games.  It probably helps keep resale prices down now that the newer PS3s are lacking PS2 backwards compatibility. ...
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