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35 unusual facts about PlayStation 2


2006 Ginetta Junior Championship season

The 2006 PlayStation 2 Ginetta Junior Championship season was the second season of the Ginetta Junior Championship.

Balloon Bomber

This game was re-released on 3 compilation games, including Taito Legends 2 for PlayStation 2 and Taito Memories Pocket (Japan/Asia) and Taito Legends Power Up (Europe) for PSP.

Berserk soundtrack

Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War Original Game Soundtrack, from the PlayStation 2 game Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Evil War

Capcom Fighting All-Stars

Capcom Fighting All-Stars: Code Holder was a 3D fighting game planned for the arcade and PlayStation 2 that was to be developed by Capcom.

Coltan

An example of uneven power relations was in late 2000, when there was a great demand for the PlayStation 2.

Congo Bongo

Recently, an enhanced remake was released for the PlayStation 2 under the Sega Ages label as Sega Ages 2500 Vol 23: Sega Memorial Collection.

Dive into Yourself

"Dive into Yourself" was used as an advertisement theme for the PlayStation 2 game Sengoku Basara 2 and Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes, while the B-side "Flying Music" was used as the theme song for Harmony with the Earth ID.

Diverse

Two of Diverse's songs from his One A.M. album, "Blindman," produced by K-Kruz, and "Explosive (Caural Mix)," were featured on the soundtrack of Capcom's 2006 game Final Fight Streetwise for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox.

Don't Be Afraid of Love

In 2001, the single "Lo Fi's in Ibiza" was featured in the PlayStation 2 video game Frequency.

Dynamite Headdy

It was later released for the Wii's Virtual Console in July 2007 and has also been included as a part of Gunstar Heroes: Treasure Box Collection for PlayStation 2 and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Game Boy Advance Video

Unlike Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox video game consoles, the Nintendo GameCube cannot output Macrovision gain-control copy distortion signals.

Garnet Moon/Inori

Garnet Moon and Inori were the opening and ending theme for the PlayStation 2 robot action game, Another Century's Episode respectively.

Graveyard BBQ Greatest Hits

On the first volume, the song "Cheat On The Church" won the band the "Be A Guitar Hero" national contest earning it a spot on the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero.

Hana Tsu-Vachel

She was supposed to return in the canceled sequel Fear Effect Inferno for the PlayStation 2.

Jurassic Park: Survival

Jurassic Park: Survival is cancelled action-adventure video game, based upon the Jurassic Park franchise, that was to be released on the PlayStation 2 in the Summer of 2002.

Kevin Haskins

Messy's recent credits include music in The Crow III, What Lies Beneath, 2Gether, NBC’s Third Watch, Things Behind the Sun, Skechers USA, EVE.com, PlayStation 2, The Unreal Tournament sequel, Myst III’s "Exile" single, HBO, Disney, and an award-winning trailer for the Independent Film Channel.

King's Bounty

The 2001 PlayStation 2 title Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff is an enhanced remake of King's Bounty made by 3DO.

League Managers Association

The LMA added their name to a series of football management simulation games, LMA Manager series, for the PlayStation 2, and for 2007 the PC.

Manxmouse

A PlayStation 2 game based on the Nippon Animation anime was released in Japan in 2001 as part of the Anime Eikaiwa series.

Nathaniel James Clarkson

At the start of 2004 Clarkson was commissioned to write a theme tune for PlayStation 2 game Dog's Life.

North West 200

The North West 200 features in Jester Interactive's PlayStation 2 title TT Superbikes: Real Road Racing Championship released at the end of May 2008.

Otocky

Otocky is a precursor of Rez, Tetsuya Mizuguchi's 2002 Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 game exploring similar themes of player action and musical evolution.

Pescarolo Sport

With the aid of investment from Sony and promotion of their PlayStation 2 as well as Gran Turismo 4, Pescarolo were able to find the money to purchase new Judd GV5 V10s, as well beginning their first work in engineering.

Poncotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot 2

Initially the game was designed for the PlayStation 2, with the first trailer showing the new protagonist and a female companion exploring a wintery forest in a Trotmobile before being confronted by larger Trotmobiles, followed by a montage of gameplay elements ranging from downhill combat, fire fighting, loading and unloading ships, and performing in a band.

Range Murata

He still continues to do some work in this area today, having recently done the character designs for the PlayStation 2 game Spy Fiction.

Rank up

The PlayStation 2 SOCOM series is one set of games where ranking up techniques are used by some players, to improve their rank on the games' official online leaderboards.

Rust Epique

Their song,"Can't Stop" was featured in two of the WWE's video games in 2004, WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (PlayStation 2) and WWE Day of Reckoning (GameCube).

Shaun Murray

Shaun Murray is a four-time World champion wakeboarder, and the main character featured in Activision's video game "Wakeboarding Unleashed" (Working title Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder) in 2002, which was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance.

Special Execution Agency

Found only in the PlayStation 2 game, Spy Fiction, the S.E.A. acts like any other intelligence agency: gathering information, conducting covert operations, enlisting special agents, etc.

Synchronicity II

"Synchronicity II" is covered and appears as a playable track on the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.

Takayuki Suzuki

Takayuki Suzuki is featured on the 2001 PlayStation 2 game cover "Jikkyou J-League Perfect Striker 4" together with Shunsuke Nakamura and Atsuhiro Miura

Tekken Tag Tournament

Tekken Tag Tournament was originally released as an arcade game in 1999 before it was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2000.

Tetra Society of North America

Adapting a PlayStation 2 game controller for an 11-year-old quadriplegic boy.

Towelie

The console in "Towelie" was originally a PlayStation 2, whose name was used during the production of the episode, in its storyboards and scripts.

Yoshiko Kawashima

An eight-year-old Kawashima Yoshiko makes a cameo appearance in the PlayStation 2 game Shadow Hearts: Covenant.


Army Men: Major Malfunction

Army Men: Major Malfunction is a game in the Army Men franchise released by Global Star Software in 2006 for Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles.

Back Blocks

The third track, "Tobikata wo Wasureta Chiisana Tori" served as theme song for the PlayStation 2 game "Star Ocean: Till the End of Time".

Bio-Tonic

Bio-Tonic's song "Rock and Tonic" is part of the soundtrack of Tourist Trophy, a game for the Sony PlayStation 2 by the creators of the Gran Turismo series, Polyphony Digital.

Bistrița

In the PlayStation 2 game Shadow Hearts, Bistriţa (where it is spelled "Biztritz") was a major place and home to the role-playing character Keith Valentine.

Brian Allgeier

In 1999, he joined Insomniac Games as a level designer on the Spyro the Dragon series for the PlayStation and later became design director on the Ratchet & Clank series for the PlayStation 2.

Cameltry

A version of the game is also available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, as part of the Taito Legends 2 collection, and for the PlayStation Portable, as part of the Taito Legends Power-Up collection with the remake version was included in the latter.

Cocoto Kart Racer

Later, the company Eurocenter combined with Neko Entertainment to make the game Cocoto Kart Racer on the mobile device IPhone and IPod Touch from the classic Cocoto Kart Racer for PlayStation 2 which can be seen on the box art above.

Dolby Pro Logic

Pro Logic II system also features a mode designed specifically for video gaming, and it is frequently used in game titles for Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Wii as an alternative to digital surround formats such as Dolby Digital, or DTS.

Gamestation

The chain mainly focused on the sixth & seventh generation of consoles: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, as well as the PC and previous generations of consoles (such as PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance).

Hammerin' Harry

Others were various Japan-only, pachinko machines, as well as home ports of them for Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows-operated PCs and Game Boy.

LarryBoy and the Bad Apple

LarryBoy and the Bad Apple has also been released as a video game on the PS2 and Game Boy Advance platforms, (ever since the LarryBoy and the Bad Apple movie is the first to be only released and available on DVD and never on VHS).

Lord Zedd

Lord Zedd appeared as a boss in the 15th anniversary video game for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and PC, this marks the first time Zedd has been featured in a game since Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition.

Low-definition television

The PlayStation 2 generates 240p/288p if a PlayStation game calls for this mode, as do many Virtual Console emulated games on Wii.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, and PSP, which ties into the "Marvel Nemesis" comic book series.

Masami Kurumada

Saint Seiya videogames have been released for old consoles such as Famicom/NES, Game Boy and more recently for PlayStation 2, the latest released in 2011 for PlayStation 3, and a Saint Seiya Omega game for PSP was released in December 2012.

MaxPlay Classic Games Volume 1

MaxPlay Classic Games Volume 1 is a compilation of video games developed by CodeJunkies and published by parent company Datel for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

Metro Riots

Their song "Modern Romance" is featured heavily in the 2006 video game Urban Chaos: Riot Response for Xbox and PlayStation 2.

Michael Stark

Other roles included Superboy (his only live-action role), Onimusha (for PlayStation 2), Police Academy (the cartoon series) and Noddy (his last voice role for television).

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (MotorStorm Raging Ice in Japan) is the third entry in the MotorStorm series of video games, developed by Bigbig Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Play, The Videogames World

Displayed on 1300 square meters, it showed over 300 videogames starting from the 1961 Space War to the latest hits for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.

SBK-09: Superbike World Championship

SBK-09: Superbike World Championship is a motorcycle racing game developed by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Black Bean Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Windows, and Xbox 360 in 2009.

Segagaga

The game also references things associated with Sony's PlayStation and PlayStation 2 and there is as a strange cameo appearance from Ralph Macchio of Karate Kid fame, who in various mecha-forms,can be fought in one of the R&D departments and persuaded to join your team.

Shaun Butler

Butler has been riding professionally since 1993, and is one of ten professionals featured in the Dave Mirra games on PlayStation and PlayStation 2.

Takahito Eguchi

Eguchi and Matsueda collaborated once again in 2000 on the PlayStation 2 game The Bouncer.

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a historical first-person shooter video game developed by Magic Wand Productions with Kynogon's AI middleware Kynapse, and released on November 30, 2007 by Activision and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.

Top Trumps Adventures: Dogs and Dinosaurs

Top Trumps Adventures: Dogs and Dinosaurs is a video game for the DS, PC and PlayStation 2 consoles, based on the popular Top Trumps card game.

Typhoon Games

Typhoon Games has published several PC games including Yu-Gi-Oh! Online and Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure, and has developed games such as The Impossible Team Online Game and Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue for the PlayStation 2.

Wave Rally

Wave Rally, also known as Jet Ski Riders, is a 2001 Jet Ski racing game developed by Opus Studio Inc. and published by Eidos Interactive exclusively for the PlayStation 2.