What is play station 2?
Playstation 2
The PlayStation 2 (official abbreviation: PS2 ) is a stationary game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment on March 4, 2000, in Japan. The PlayStation 2 is the second game console from the PlayStation brand. Production was stopped in Japan on December 29, 2012, after more than 12 years.
With around 157.68 million units sold, the PlayStation 2 ranks first among the best-selling game consoles.
Its successor console, the PlayStation 3, was launched in 2006 in Japan and the USA.
Technology
The processor (CPU) of the PS2, the Emotion Engine (EE), is a processor clocked at 294.912 MHz (later versions 299 MHz), which is based on an extended MIPS architecture. The greatest specialty of this CPU is the two completely freely programmable integrated vector processors. They are intended, for example, to carry out such calculations that take over the vertex shaders in current graphics chips. The graphics processor, called Graphics Synthesizer (GS), lacks the corresponding functionality; it is a pure rasterizer. Among other things, the use of a 4 Mbyte integrated memory enables the Graphics Synthesizer high raw output. This memory is located directly on the die of the GS and connected to it with a 2048-bit bus. The lack of support for multi-texturing prevents the PlayStation 2 from displaying more complex texture effects, or it lowers the performance if game scenes have to be drawn several times to superimpose several textures. As a result, very few games use trilinear filtering and many, especially early titles, even run at a lower resolution.
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In addition to the integrated video memory, the PS2 32 MByte RAM (Direct Rambus) serves as the working memory. A CD / DVD combo drive with 24 × / 4 × speed is installed for reading the PS2 games, which can also be used to play DVD videos and audio CDs. The console also supports Dolby Digital and DTS sound coding.
Marketing
The PS2 appeared in Europe on November 24, 2000, in Germany at an introductory price of DM 869. According to Sony, 117.89 million copies were produced by the end of 2006, 47.68 million of them for North America and 44.79 million for Europe, and 25.42 million for Asia. At the beginning of 2011, sales were already over 150 million consoles worldwide.
Games, of which over 400,000 copies had been sold, were sold as a new edition in specially marked packaging under the slogan "Platinum: The Best of PlayStation 2". The most successful PS2 game with 18,140,000 units sold was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, followed by Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and Gran Turismo.
Versions
"Slim" version of the PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is largely backward compatible with the PlayStation, and with a few exceptions, games from the first PlayStation also run on the PlayStation 2. Two options are available to improve the gaming experience with the PS1 games on the PlayStation 2: The loading times can be reduced and the bilinear filtering of the textures can be activated. Both options are only implemented optionally, as they can lead to errors in some games. The control units are also compatible, whereas the PS1 memory cards are compatible, but can and must only be used to save the scores of PS1 games.
In October 2001 Sony announced the European Automobile Color Collection. It was a PlayStation 2 in five different colors (red, yellow, blue, white, and silver), which were produced in a total number of only 2,000 pieces per color. Of these 2,000 pieces, only 666 were intended for European trade. 600 models of this color collection were sold for 50,000 yen (453 euros), 20,200 yen (183 euros) more expensive than the conventional PlayStation 2. Also, one of 66 sets could be purchased, which contained all five color variants and for 250,000 each Yen (2,267 euros) was sold.
A network adapter and a DVD remote control with the infrared receiver that occupies a controller connector are available as extensions. In 2003, EyeToy, a USB camera, appeared. With appropriately modified drivers, it can also be connected to a PC.
The new SCPH-500xx series appeared at the beginning of 2004. This model has a built-in infrared receiver for the optionally available remote control and a new, quieter fan, but the FireWire connection has been omitted. From this series onwards, the PlayStation 2 is also available in the case color Satin Silver.
The PlayStation 2 has a slot for a hard disk on the back, which is connected via the separately available network adapter. The official hard drive kit from Sony was only supported by a few games, but with the release of the unofficially produced software "HDLoader / HDadvance" it became possible to save your PS2 games on a normal PC- IDE hard drives that you can put in the console must install, and so play games directly without the DVD / CD. However, due to the designs of some manufacturers, not all hard drives are suitable for this. Hard drives up to 2 TB can now be used internally. The official PS2 hard drive never came out in Europe and was only available in Japan and the USA. It has a similar benefit as a memory card.
On September 21, 2004, a new PlayStation 2 with the model designation SCPH-700xx was presented (referred to as the slim version). It is over 70% smaller than the old PlayStation 2, has a top loader instead of a front loader, and also has a built-in network adapter that is available separately for the older PlayStation 2 models. With the standard network adapter, however, support for IDE hard disks and the hard disk bay have been eliminated, so the developers of “HDLoader” and “HDAdvance” have released the “USBeXtreme” program. This enables games to be saved and loaded onto external hard drives via the USB port. Due to the old USB 1.1 standard, there is no longer any speed advantage over an original CD / DVD as there is when loading games from a built-in hard drive. The new external power supply helps to reduce heat generation. However, this caused certain problems. Another problem is that some PS1 third-party memory cards are no longer recognized from this model onwards. Because Sony has deactivated the ~ 7.8V pin and the cards can no longer be supplied with power. Memory cards from Sony and higher quality third party memory cards use the ~ 3V pin for power supply.
From the SCPH-750xx series, the PS1 processor MIPS R3000A Custom was replaced by a PowerPC 405 processor with an IOP emulator "DECKARD" to save production costs. This created compatibility problems with PS1 and PS2 games. The fact that the EE and GS were combined in a single chip had nothing to do with the problems. There were already some boards in the SCPH-700xx series in which these were also combined and the compatibility was not restricted. A list of the affected games can be found on the Japanese PlayStation website. However, this only lists the officially confirmed titles, other titles cause problems.
Another version of the PlayStation 2 is called SCPH-770xx (V15 with the model numbers SCPH-770xx a and SCPH-770xx b). [18] In this series, the EE and GS were also combined and delivered with a revised ASIC from 2006, which partially eliminated the compatibility problem of the predecessor SCPH-750xx. Some PS2 games are still not working properly, and PS1 compatibility is just as limited as it was on the SCPH-7500x model because the PS1 CPU is still being emulated. Even in later models like SCPH-790xx and SCPH-900xxx the problems are still present.
In the case of the SCPH-790xx model, apart from the reduction in weight by 300 g, no further changes were made.
Although Sony secured the rights to the name PStwo, this name was never officially used as a device name. Nevertheless, the device is often called that in the vernacular, and current packaging also has a triangle in the corners with the inscription "two". The successor, the PlayStation 3, was released on March 23, 2007, in Europe. Along with the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, it was considered one of the next-generation consoles.
PlayStation 2 SCPH-90000
A white PSX also appeared on the Japanese market, which offers the option of recording television programs, storing them on the integrated hard drive, and burning them to DVD or CD. However, it never made it to the European market as sales were very low.
Another PS2 model (SCPH-900xx) was released in Japan on November 22, 2007. This version is based on the slim version, but the power supply is integrated with the device. The device is available in three colors (black, white, silver). In the meantime, the SCPH-900xx model series in the latest version SCPH-90004 (in black and satin silver).
In addition to the normal and the European Automobile Color Collection version, other special editions of the console have also been released.
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