Revisiting some retro PlayStation 2 games

The PlayStation 2’s massive library of over 2,000 games had me curious for some hidden gems that I might have missed.

Scavenging through my storeroom last week, I came across my old PlayStation 2 (PS2) console. Dusty, obsolete, and forgotten today, the console had been one of my first introductions to home gaming. While arcades were all the rave while I was a young nerd, the PlayStation 2 was one of the first gaming consoles that I had at home. The old hardware brought back memories of playing Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X (the two games we owned) on an incompatible old TV that worked only through a VCR passthrough and displayed only in black and white. Later, as the console market grew in Nepal, more and more games became available with mod chips helping run ‘fake’ Maha Boudha disks, and my library of PS2 games grew as well.