Features
- Extensive Game Library: Access thousands of titles across every genre—action, RPG, sports, racing, and more.
- Backward Compatibility: Play original PlayStation (PS1) games, preserving your classic collection.
- DVD & CD Playback: Use your PS2 as a home entertainment system—play DVDs, music CDs, and more.
- DualShock 2 Controller: Ergonomic design with responsive analog sticks and pressure-sensitive buttons for precision control.
- Multiplayer Support: Play with friends using up to 2 controllers (expandable with a multitap for 4-player games).
- Memory Card Functionality: Save your game progress with 8MB memory cards (sold separately).
- Sleek & Durable Design: Compact black chassis with efficient cooling and vertical/horizontal placement.
- Expansion Bay: Supports additional peripherals such as the network adapter and internal hard drive for select titles.
- USB & i.Link Ports: Connect accessories like dance pads, headsets, or link consoles for LAN gaming.
Product Description
The 128-Bit Emotion Engine is the first chip of its kind. No other mass-market computer technology on the market comes close to its power. In the PlayStation2, this chip is used as the workhorse of the console. It processes all physics and math calculations.
You may think that your PC has a faster processor, but remember that the Emotion Engine has inherently faster 128-Bit processing and it is just a part of the overall PlayStation2 power. A small note for the really detail oriented: The reason that the speed is 294.912 MHz, is that it must be a multiple of a required processor speed that supports the DVD ROM operations.
This system boasts 32MB of Direct DRAM. DRAM (DynamicRAM) is much preferred over SRAM (Static RAM) because it is able to store data while transferring other data, making it twice as fast as SRAM. The 32MB of main memory is by far the most for any console on the market. In fact, the amount of memory is even more staggering if you remember that the Graphics Synthesizer boasts 4MB of texture memory on its own.
The PlayStation2 also has a Memory Bus Bandwidth of 3.2 GB per second. This means the memory can store and send up to 3.2 Gigabytes per second. This speeds up overall processor performance. This means your PlayStation 2 will basically play all your old PlayStation games (but not make them look any better), all music CDs and all North American DVDs.
Interfaces:
- Controller Port (2)
- Memory Card Slot (2)
- AV Multi Cable Output (1)
- Optical Digital Output (1)
- USB Port (2)
- I.Link (IEEE1394) (1)
- Type III PCMCIA Card Slot.
Specs
General
| Brand Name | Sony |
|---|---|
| GameStop Exclusive | false |