So how much
does it cost?
In Australia: AUD 529.00
In Canada and US: USD 299.00
In France: FF 2,990.00
In German: 869 DM
In Japan: JY 39,800.00
In United Kingdom: BP 299.00
What are they in the box?
When you purchase Playstation 2 and open its blue
box, you will get Playstation2 Console, one Dual Shock 2 Controller,
one Audio Video (AV) cable and a plug, also you will find
a manual, a warranty card and a disc driver for its DVD player.
Just make sure, read the operating manual before using your
console.
Note: You need to make sure that what Playstation 2 region
you have before plugging into your electrical outlet at home,
because each region comes with different voltages (ie, US
PS2 is 110-120v, Australia PS2 is 220-240v).
What
can I use PS2 for?
Playing PSX and PS2 games (CD formatted disc 650 Mega Bytes
or DVD formatted disc, single layer 4.7 Giga Bytes), watching
DVD movies and listening to CD Audio (.cda format). Unfortunately,
Video CD (VCD) movies is not supported at the moment. But
who knows it can be later on ;)
Since PS2 can play DVD games and movies, does it have region
protection?
Yes. PS2 can play only particular DVD games and movies regions
as following:
- PS2 US/NTSC plays Region 1 games, Region 0 and 1 movies.
- PS2 JAP/NTSC plays Region 2 games, Region 0 and 2 movies.
- PS2 ASIA/NTSC plays Region 2 and 3 games, Region 0 and
3 movies.
- PS2 AUS|NZ/PAL plays Region 4 games and Region 0 and 4
movies.
Hey, I have a Playsation (PSX) peripherals, can I use that
for my new PS2?
Yes, for the most part like controller and memory card. This
will insure 100% backward-compatibility. However please note
that you can only save your PS2 games in your PS2's memory
card (8 Mega Bytes) and also PSX games in PSX's memory card
(1 Mega Bytes). The PlayStation Multitap does not work on
the PlayStation 2.
Are accessories available for PS2 compatible on different
PS2 models?
Yes, mostly the official ones. However, the Hard Disk Drive
(HDD) for PS2, which can be added into expansion bay, is not
compatible with all PS2 models. Currently it is compatible
with JAP PS2 SCPH 10000, SCPH 15000 and SCPH 18000. Also,
there are any other accessories from third party, which are
not compatible for all PS2 models, such as game enhancers;
GameShark2 and Action Replay2.
So PS2 has a separate HDD, what can it be used for?
HDD can be used for saving your games saves also
for saving games memory, so the games which are compatible
with HDD can have a faster loading time. HDD comes in internal
and external models. Both of them have a built in ethernet
card which can be used for online gaming.
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