List of PlayStation games incompatible with PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 was designed to be backward compatible with PlayStation games. However, not all PlayStation games work on the PlayStation 2. In addition, later models of the PlayStation 2 console could not play all of the games that were released for prior versions of the PlayStation 2. This article provides a list of some of the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games that are not compatible with all models of the PlayStation 2.
All models
These PlayStation games have compatibility issues with all models of PlayStation 2:[1]
PlayStation games
- Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
- Fighter Maker
- Final Fantasy Anthology (Occasional graphic glitches on save/load screen in Final Fantasy V, no issues in Final Fantasy VI; this glitch was fixed in the green label Greatest Hits version released in 2004)
- Galerians (Playable but with severe slowdown and loading related problems)
- Gran Turismo 2 Demo (Graphical glitches with Gran Turismo mode menus).
- Grandia (Random freezing throughout game, will happen at least once during playthrough)
- Legend of Dragoon (Will freeze after defeating certain bosses when going dragoon)
- Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game) (Game will freeze during credit sequence if PS2 smoothing is enabled in BIOS)[2]
- Monkey Hero
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy (The game will only freeze on a PlayStation 2 if the "BUY IN SCREEN" option is set to "OFF", and if the continue timer runs out. The game also only supports PlayStation controller.)
- Namco Museum Encore (While not incompatible, two of the games included, Rolling Thunder and Wonder Momo, lag when played on a PlayStation 2 console.)
- The X-Files Game (Graphical glitches with cursor.)
- Tomba! (The intro sequence must play for the game to start up properly.)
- X2 (video game) (Glitches in menus)
SCPH-300XX
This model has problems running these games:
- Action Bass (Game does not read)
- Destruction Derby (Game does not recognize memory card.) (PAL Version works fine on SCPH-30004 V3 and V4)
- Destruction Derby 2 (Game does not recognize memory card.) (PAL Version works fine on SCPH-30004 V3 and V4)
- Destruction Derby Raw (Game does not recognize memory card. Occasional audio stutters and system hang ups.) (PAL Version works fine on SCPH-30004 V3 and V4)
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Krazy Ivan (Game does not recognize memory card.)
- Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (Game does not recognize the original Metal Gear Solid game discs)
SCPH-750XX to SCPH-900XX
The following games are incompatible with the SCPH-750XX, SCPH-770XX, SCPH-790XX & SCPH-900XX[3] "slim", model PlayStation 2:[4]
PlayStation games
- Akuji the Heartless
- Alice in Cyberland (Compatible, but Alice's karaoke scene runs at the wrong speed)[5]
- Arcade Party Pak (Tested on SCPH-75001: Partially incompatible. 720 degrees loads but flickers constantly through all game screens: Unplayable, unless one wants to play through the constant flicker. Klax loads and plays without any obvious issues: Playable. Rampage loads and plays without any obvious issues: Playable, multi-tap not tested. Smash TV is occasionally stuck in a firing direction until X, O, Square or Triangle is pressed and some short duration green enemy jitter occasionally occurs at the very start of the first screen: Playable, dual analog also supported. Super Sprint gets stuck on a flickering blue screen when loading: Unplayable. Toobin' has minor flickering during load transition screens but game screens show no obvious issues: Playable.)
- Barbie: Race & Ride
- Broken Helix
- Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
- Driver (video game) (Slowdowns and pause menu opens randomly with DualShock 1)[6]
- Gundam: Battle Assault
- Hooters Road Trip
- In Cold Blood (video game)
- Jampack Vol. 2
- NFL Xtreme
- NHL 2000
- NHL 2001
- NHL Blades of Steel 2000
- NHL Rock the Rink
- Nuclear Strike
- One (video game)
- PO'ed
- Poy Poy 2
- Rascal (video game)
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Minor sound glitches)
- Resident Evil 2 (Greatest Hits Version) (On disc 2 Claire, screen turns black and freezes when starting a new game after all cutscenes)
- Rushdown
- Sentient (video game)
- Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf (Major graphical glitches)
- Soviet Strike
- Speed Freaks
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (video game) (Major sound glitches, minor to major graphical issues, control issues with DualShock 1, sometimes freezes)[7]
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- The Hive (video game)
- The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure
- Thousand Arms (Compatible, but has audio glitches that cause songs to occasionally not play correctly)[8]
- Tomorrow Never Dies (video game)
- Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game)
- VR Sports Powerboat Racing
- Worms (1995 video game)
PlayStation 2 games
- ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Compatible with bugs)
- Beyond Good & Evil (video game) (sound glitches - not playable at all with 75004 model)
- Big Mutha Truckers
- Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
- EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers
- EA Sports F1 2001 (Compatible with timing/AI bugs)
- F1 2002 (video game) (Compatible with timing/AI bugs)
- Fight Night Round 2
- Final Fantasy XI (Requires the PlayStation 2 Hard Disk Drive)
- Jak X: Combat Racing (Compatible with bugs) Greatest Hits Version patches said bugs
- Major League Baseball 2K5
- Street Racing Syndicate
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan
References
- "PlayStation 2 Backward Compatibility Alert". Archived from the original on 2010-03-10.
- "PS2 credits freeze problem solved (PAL)". Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "Important notice from SCEJ". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- "PlayStation 2 (MODEL SCPH-75001) Software Compatibility Alert". Archived from the original on 2010-03-09.
- "PlayStation 2's Spotty Backwards Compatibility". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "PS2 SCPH-90004 DECKARD IOP - Driver - You are the Wheelman PS1 / PSX".
- "PS2 SCPH-90004 DECKARD IOP - Star Wars Episode 1 Die dunkle Bedrohung PS1 / PSX".
- "PlayStation 2's Spotty Backwards Compatibility". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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