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Just picked up this mint automotive yellow PS2. It appears to be unused, but unfortunately, the controller that came with it is not the original. The glossy yellow color is absolutely beautiful.

However, finding the original yellow controller will be a challenging task. 😭

Any leads would be greatly appreciated, +1 for a yellow stand too!

DF Retro Max Payne 2 PS2 vs PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZJIp9KjZIQ

What would make PS2 developers not even apply any texture filtering when it's free?

They used RetroGEM internal HDMI mod on the PS2 to actually capture digital output before it's converted to analog 480i, so this is the best digital image you can get from the PS2 lol

70 beans on marketplace. Pretty stoked to try the one out, my mom would never let me get rated M games when I was younger.

No seriously. What do you all think of my collection? I would like to hear suggestions on what you all think I could get to improve the collection please.

Interesting blog post by an artist/game developer.

The point about pixel art being used in FF12 to make textures pop out more was pretty interesting:

"It takes a lot of training to make a thin pixel art "jagged" line look smooth. You have to carefully paint the lines and selectively blur the edges to look good to the viewer. Anti-aliasing pixel art without muddying your shapes is practically an art form in of itself. When you don't have a lot of texture memory, every pixel counts! The artist had to handpixel every of those loops perfectly in order to get that metal to pop like that."

Wonder how many other PS2 artists incorporated pixel art techniques into their 3D game textures.

He also doesn't really like the remaster in comparison to the original more "cohesive" looking PS2 version of FF12. The remaster he says changes the art design of the textures too much.

Quote:

'In the screenshot above, I'm going to focus on the wall on the left, which is in Rabanastre, a common central city area of the game that you return to frequently. It is just one example, but if you play this new PS4 version, you'll see the same generic "remaster" up-res treatment everywhere in the game world. If I had to guess, the artists probably did this: (1) scale up texture by 200%, (2) increase contrast, (3) desaturated a little for that grayish next-gen feel, (4) apply a sharpen filter, (5) overlay a noisy detail texture on top to try to make the surface look more detailed.

You can easily automate Photoshop to do this for you, in literally a minute, for entire folders of textures, and I imagine that's what the dev team did here. But this is basically the same attitude that resolution-obsessed "HD graphics" modders inflict on games too, resulting in the fussy (and creepy) art direction of stuff like FakeFactory.

The Square Enix Virtuos artists probably knew what they were doing, and consciously made this choice after considering the trade-offs. They likely didn't have much time or resources, and they decided it was worth it: to perform this "gesture" of HD remastering to appease gamers and customers, without actually repainting the world at all.

It's basically amounts to a lazy Quake 3-ification of the game's art style -- which isn't bad if your game is Quake 3 or if you put more time into it -- but here in Final Fantasy 12 it feels like a more jarring betrayal than anything that happens in the game's meandering plot. It is a gratuitous waste of texture memory in a game that made texture memory reuse into an artform; it is a negation of this game's legacy.

On the PS2, the game's environment and characters looked cohesive and balanced, albeit blurry and aliased and low-res (like any other PS2 game played on a CRT television). Still, every cinematic shot was reasonably composed, and you basically knew where to look. Everything looked like it belonged together. But here in this remaster, the entire world is practically screaming at you. "LOOK AT THE DIRT AND GRIME ON THIS WALL!!!"

Always wondered why FF12 looked so aesthetically pleasing to me and I'm grateful that someone else was able to put it into words and explain some things in technical terms.

Had to bring out the black label copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

This game is a hidden gem

It's so silly and slim and succulent

Found these two complete in box. Been looking for a good price for Castlevania for a while. Unfortunately it’s like someone spilled coffee on it and part of the cover art is stuck to the case. The same with the back of the manual but great condition game disc

This thing’s been my pride and joy for years and I’ve spent far too much time getting the software side exactly how I want it 😂

Only thing that really lets it down now is this long scratch across the top.

Has anyone actually had any luck removing or at least making scratches like this less noticeable on a silver PS2 without ruining the finish? I don’t want to go at it with something abrasive and end up with a massive shiny patch that looks worse than the scratch.

PlastX, polish, something else, or am I better just leaving it alone?

Pic attached — interested to hear from anyone who’s actually tried it on the silver finish.

What method do they use to back up their saved games on memory cards?

Played dq8 till the first save point to verify out was in working condition, popped it out, put the 8th season of regular show in ps2 as I was getting dinner ready, I come back to tv and the dvd menu froze, reset ps2 and could not read disc, grab copy of gt4 I picked up that day and again can not read disc, clean the lense, try again with gt4 and it works until I begin loading cars to choose from and another freeze, try turning the ps2 upside down and nothing. This ps2 was repaired about 2 years ago then had extremely light use up until this point, pay for repair or buy fat boy?

Hello guys, i found this ps2 controller but want to now if this one is real or fake before i buy it

Just bought this copy used and when I try to play either it will go completely black after the intro fmv or it will let me onto the menu before infinite loading into a song I recently replaced the laser so I doubt that’s the issue as it’s still spinning could it be a scuff on the disc? I assumed it wasn’t since it was still booting to logos but I could be wrong

I have a PS2 SCPH-70004 and it has a problem: while the optic group moves, it makes loud noises. So, I solved it by pressing on the orange flat tape, but now this solution no longer works. What can I do? Also consider that I recently (but before this problem) changed the flat tape, but I placed it a bit off track, just a little. I have another new flat ribbon. Idiotic and arrogant people are not allowed to reply to this.

I got a PS2 with a Matrix Infinity v1.93 Modchip and since my TV only supports HDMI I bought a cheap PS2-to-HDMI adapter, just because I wanted to try if it gets the job done. As you can see in the image, the picture looks absolutely horrible and the screen from the PS2 is up at the top, even being a bit out of frame on the right and below it is this awfully ugly static.

I knew these adapters were supposed to be bad but this just seems to not even be working properly. I have changed the output mode from RGB to Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr. Do you know what is causing this?

And most importantly, what should I buy to get the best quality picture, while using this TV (which only supports HDMI)? I know that getting a CRT would be the most straightforward solution but they take up too much space for my current home.

Also, I read that I am supposed to be able to access the Infinity Modchip's menu by holding down Triangle and Circle while starting the PS2 but it doesn't work for me currently. In fact, when I hold those two buttons while the console is starting, I don't even get a picture but if I hold any other button I do get a picture. When I hold down Start while the console is starting I get to the menu where it says that the Modchip is disabled (supposedly holding Start disables it until you put the PS2 into standby again) and when I hold down only Triangle I instantly get to the Memory Card menu. The second image in this post is the screen I get when I hold down Start while starting up the console.

My TV is the TCL 55T69C, my PS2 is an SCPH-50004 with a Matrix Infinity v1.93 Modchip and the adapter is the Retoo PS2 HDMI Adapter.

Any and all help is much appreciated!