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A Reddit user discovered a rare start-up disc for the PS2 network adaptor at a dump, sparking nostalgia. The PS2 network adaptor allowed online play with games like Star Wars Battlefront and Madden ...

Sony wants its next-gen PlayStation 5 to play thousands of PS4 games when it releases this holiday. The PS5's custom SoC, OS, and software architecture environment was built from the ground up with ...

Sony's ultra-powerful next-gen PlayStation 5 could one-up Xbox backward compatibility and support five generations worth of PlayStation games. PS4's lack of backward compatibility was always a sore ...

Dying to play classic games like Viewtiful Joe or Tekken 3 on your PS4? Well, you might just be in luck. A recent rumor has indicated that Sony is working on PS1 and PS2 backwards compatibility for ...

A security software engineer has figured out a way for people to play unofficial games using their PlayStation 2 consoles, and all that is really needed to do so is a game burned onto a DVD disc.

How many of you have come home from an exhausting day of work or class, popped a game into your PlayStation 2, and sat down on the couch only to see "Disk Read Error" on your TV? For many, it's an all ...

We have good news for those of you who've been begging the Official PlayStation Magazine (OPM) for a PS2 demo disc. The magazine has finally shipped its first DVD issue and it comes packed with ...

Bandai Namco announced a new Tales of keychain collection that features replicas of PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 game covers and cases.

the PlayStation 2 was officially announced as $299.99, the same price as PlayStation was slated as in fall 1995. Will it be backward compatible with all older PlayStation games? Yes, the PlayStation 2 ...

The PlayStation 2 remains the highest-selling video game console of all time more than two decades after it released in 2000. But despite its overwhelming popularity at the time, and its lasting ...