List of PlayStation games incompatible with PlayStation 2
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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][2]
PlayStation games
- Digimon Rumble Arena (Massive slowdown during certain stages, making it unplayable.)
- (The boss battle may end on the first stage, and the progress may stop after the movie is played. There are other places where the same phenomenon occurs.)
- Arcade Party Pak
- Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
- Armored Core - Master of Arena (In "SHOP", some parts may not be displayed. In addition, not limited to this screen, a symptom that the image stops may occur.)
- (After selecting "NEW GAME" and displaying the operation timetable, the image stops when loading from the disc.)
- Dokapon! Ikari no Tetsuken (After the battle is over, the screen may not be displayed normally.)
- Dragon Beat (The picture stops when try to start the game.)
- Fighter Maker
- Final Fantasy Anthology
- Formula One 99 (Sound effects do not sound properly during the game.)
- (If the analog controller is set to analog mode, the progress will stop when loading from the disc. There is no problem in the digital mode.)
- Gallop Racer (Information such as horse name and record is not displayed on the race result display screen after the race is over.)
- Gradius Deluxe Pack (In "GRADIUS II", the speed during the game is slow.)
- Harvest Moon - Back to Nature (The progress of the game may stop without the next screen appearing when switching screens.)
- Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy (The progress of the game stops without the next screen appearing when switching screens.)
- (On disc 2 (bonus disc), when the start button is pressed on the title screen, noise continues to sound after that.)
- Judge Dredd
- (When switching screens or loading from a disc, the symptom that the image stops frequently occurs.)
- (I don't see the animation of the gears in the message window turning.)
- Monkey Hero (After leaving Main Menu, screen stays black)
- Monster Rancher / Monster Farm (The symptom that the image stops on the screen displaying the match result of the league match frequently occurs.)
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Namco Anthology Vol.02 (Arranged version of "King of Kings" may stop progress.)
- Namco Museum Encore (Of the 7 titles recorded, 2 titles, "Wonder Momo" and "Rolling Thunder," are slow in the game.)
- Namco Museum Vol.2 (In "Xevious", the speed during the game is slow.)
- (When loading game data on a memory card and when switching screens after the game is over, the symptom that the image stops frequently occurs.)
- Ongaku Tsukuru - Kanade-Ru 2 (The song data on the memory card cannot be loaded in the "jukebox".)
- (The map display is not displayed properly in the dungeon.)
- (The game progress may stop when the screen is switched.)
- (During the game, when switching screens, the game may stop progressing without the next screen appearing.)
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Street Fighter Zero 2 (The picture may stop when the match begins.)
- (When you win the attacked ship in the game and check the loot you have acquired, the picture stops on the loot explanation screen.)
- (When switching screens or loading from a disc, the symptom that the image stops frequently occurs.)
- (In "Ultimate TIGER" and "TWIN COBRA", the speed during the game is slow.)
- Tomba!
- (When I try to display the screen by selecting "Option", it is not displayed.)
- (After setting items on the schedule screen, the image stops when the execution starts.)
- (BGM and sound effects do not sound normally.)
- (BGM and sound effects do not sound normally.)
- (BGM and sound effects do not sound normally.)
- Wing Commander III - Heart of the Tiger (During video playback, the screen blacks out, an error message is displayed at the top of the screen, and the image stops.)
SCPH-750XX to SCPH-900XX[]
The following games may have issues with the SCPH-750XX, SCPH-770XX, SCPH-790XX & SCPH-900XX "slim", model PlayStation 2, reported by Sony Japan, America and Europe.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
PlayStation games[]
- 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies
- 3X3 Eyes - Tenrinou Genmu (The screen may stop at "Character introduction" in the main menu "Sankei Feast Digest".)
- (Sound effects do not play properly in the title menu, pause menu, and optional "SE test".)
- Actua Ice Hockey 2
- AFL '99
- Air Management '96 (During the game, BGM does not sound properly when the player does not operate directly.)
- Akuji the Heartless
- (BGM is not played properly at an event where "Jill" and "Sleia" have a conversation.)
- (The boss battle may end on the first stage, and the progress may stop after the movie is played. There are other places where the same phenomenon occurs.)
- Arcade Party Pak
- Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
- Area 51 ( PAL Only )
- Armored Core - Master of Arena (In "SHOP", some parts may not be displayed. In addition, not limited to this screen, a symptom that the image stops may occur.)
- (BGM is not played normally on the battle screen.)
- Barbie: Race & Ride
- Broken Helix
- Bubsy 3D
- Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions
- Castrol Honda Superbike 2000
- Cheesy (Password screen cursor moves too fast, making it difficult to input password correctly)
- Chrono Cross (In the ending movie, part of the video is not displayed properly.)
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation
- Crash Bash
- Croc 2
- Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (On the loading screen after selecting a course, the image in the center window may be displayed in half gray.)
- (After selecting "NEW GAME" and displaying the operation timetable, the image stops when loading from the disc.)
- (The screen may not be displayed properly in some scenes during the game.)
- Devil Dice
- Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
- Dokapon! Ikari no Tetsuken (After the battle is over, the screen may not be displayed normally.)
- (The operating speed of the game is generally slow.)
- Dragon Beat (The picture stops when try to start the game.)
- Driver (Slowdowns and pause menu opens randomly with DualShock 1.)[8]
- (The screen after "Gate rush" is not displayed normally.)
- FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
- F.A. Manager
- Fighter Maker
- Final Fantasy Anthology
- Formula One Arcade
- Formula One 98 (Flickering in main menu)
- Formula One 99 (Sound effects do not sound properly during the game.)
- (If the analog controller is set to analog mode, the progress will stop when loading from the disc. There is no problem in the digital mode.)
- Gallop Racer (Information such as horse name and record is not displayed on the race result display screen after the race is over.)
- (The screen may freeze if you take first place on the first course of the "Tomaran Tournament" in the game.)
- Gradius Deluxe Pack (In "GRADIUS II", the speed during the game is slow.)
- Grid Runner
- Gundam: Battle Assault
- Hard Boiled
- Harvest Moon - Back to Nature (The progress of the game may stop without the next screen appearing when switching screens.)
- Heart of Darkness (The Cd cannot be detected by ps2 slim .)
- Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy (The progress of the game stops without the next screen appearing when switching screens.)
- Hissatsu Pachinko Station 9 - Ushiwaka to Lemi (BGM in the game may not sound normally.)
- Hooters Road Trip
- (The screen may freeze at some points during the game. When entering the OPTION screen in the title menu, etc.)
- Hugo 2
- (On disc 2 (bonus disc), when the start button is pressed on the title screen, noise continues to sound after that.)
- Indy 500
- International Superstar Soccer Pro
- In Cold Blood
- Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
- Jampack Vol. 2
- Jigoku Sensei Nube (The screen may not be displayed properly in the movie when the game is started.)
- (When playing with a pachislot controller (SLPH-00098) connected, saving game data may fail. * This symptom does not occur when a normal controller is connected.)
- Judge Dredd
- (Registration may not be performed correctly when changing the "ASCII GRIP V" setting.)
- (When switching screens or loading from a disc, the symptom that the image stops frequently occurs.)
- Krazy Ivan (Each item may blink on the aircraft setting screen after clearing the stage.)
- Lemmings
- (The screen freezes when the game starts.)
- Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
- Lupin the Third Chateau De Cagliostro (The screen freezes when you start the game on Disc 2 or 3 of and replace it with another Disc.)
- Magic: The Gathering Battlemage
- (I don't see the animation of the gears in the message window turning.)
- (When "KEY CONFIG" or "RECORDS" is selected from the title menu, the screen is not displayed normally.)
- Mitsumete Knight R - Daibouken Hen (If you reset the game, the screen may freeze after the logo is displayed immediately after restarting.)
- Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counterattack (In "STAGE 2" during the game, part of the video may not be displayed properly.)
- Monkey Hero
- Monster Rancher / Monster Farm (The symptom that the image stops on the screen displaying the match result of the league match frequently occurs.)
- Moorhuhn 3
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Muppet Monster Adventure
- (Sound effects are not played normally in "SE TEST" on the DISC 1 option screen.)
- Namco Anthology Vol.02 (Arranged version of "King of Kings" may stop progress.)
- Namco Museum Encore (Of the 7 titles recorded, 2 titles, "Wonder Momo" and "Rolling Thunder," are slow in the game.)
- Namco Museum Vol.2 (In "Xevious", the speed during the game is slow.)
- (Characters may not be displayed properly in "penalty shootouts" during the game.)
- Newman Haas Racing
- NFL Gameday
- NFL Xtreme
- NHL 2000
- NHL 2001
- NHL Rock the Rink
- (When loading game data on a memory card and when switching screens after the game is over, the symptom that the image stops frequently occurs.)
- Nuclear Strike
- (The screen may not be displayed properly in some scenes during the game.)
- One
- Ongaku Tsukuru - Kanade-Ru 2 (The song data on the memory card cannot be loaded in the "jukebox".)
- (The map display is not displayed properly in the dungeon.)
- Pink Panther - Pinkadelic Pursuit
- PO'ed
- Premier Manager 99
- (On the "COURSE SELECT" screen, the screen may stop if the course is changed continuously.)
- Rascal / Bubblegun Kid (The operating speed of the game is generally slow.)
- Resident Evil 2 / Bioharzard 2 (After selecting "NEW GAME" in the game, the sound may not be played normally on a part of the movie screen.)
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- Rushdown
- Sentient
- Shadow Madness
- Shadow Master
- (When selecting the character "Pastel" in the game, the character may not be displayed properly.)
- (The game progress may stop when the screen is switched.)
- (The screen freezes after the logo is displayed when the game starts.)
- (During the game, when switching screens, the game may stop progressing without the next screen appearing.)
- Speed Freaks / Speed Punks
- SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
- (The screen freezes after playing the movie when the game starts.)
- Spyro 3 - Year of the Dragon (Very rare frame drops, game is playable.)[9]
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Major sound glitches, minor to major graphical issues, control issues with DualShock 1, sometimes freezes.)[10]
- Street Fighter Alpha 2 / Street Fighter Zero 2 (The picture may stop when the match begins.)
- Street Fighter: The Movie
- Street Racer
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- (When you win the attacked ship in the game and check the loot you have acquired, the picture stops on the loot explanation screen.)
- Syphon Filter 2
- Syphon Filter 3
- (When saving to a memory card, writing may fail.)
- (The screen does not display properly in some scenes during the game.)
- (The screen is not displayed normally on the environment setting screen after selecting "Option" from the title menu.)
- Test Drive 4 (If you make specific settings in "Options" of the title menu, part of the course may not be displayed properly.)
- Test Drive Off-Road / Gekitotsu! Yonku Battle (The screen may not be displayed properly in the ending movie during the game.)
- The City of Lost Children
- The Hive
- The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure
- Three Lions
- (In "Ultimate TIGER" and "TWIN COBRA", the speed during the game is slow.)
- Tomba!
- Transport Tycoon
- (When I try to display the screen by selecting "Option", it is not displayed.)
- (After setting items on the schedule screen, the image stops when the execution starts.)
- Twisted Metal 2: World Tour
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- (The screen may not be displayed properly after the logo is displayed when the game is started.)
- Vandal Hearts II
- Victory Boxing Contender
- Vigilante 8
- (BGM and sound effects do not sound normally.)
- (BGM and sound effects do not sound normally.)
- (BGM and sound effects do not sound normally.)
- VR Sports Powerboat Racing
- Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour
- Warpath: Jurassic Park
- Wing Commander III - Heart of the Tiger (During video playback, the screen blacks out, an error message is displayed at the top of the screen, and the image stops.)
- Worms (The title movie and opening movie at the time of starting the game are not played normally, and the game proceeds to the next scene.)
PlayStation 2 games[]
- AC Milan Club Football 2005
- Arsenal Club Football 2005
- Aston Villa Club Football 2005
- Ai Yori Aoshi - Limited Edition (During the game, BGM may not be played normally or the screen may freeze.)
- ATV Offroad Fury 3
- (The screen may freeze during the race. - SCPH 750XX series only)
- Beyond Good & Evil (The sound effects keep repeating).
- Big Mutha Truckers
- Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
- Birmingham City Club Football 2005
- Chelsea Club Football 2005
- Destruction Derby Arenas
- Duel Masters - Birth of Super Dragon (The screen may stop when the game is played with the character "Kyoshiro Kokujo" equipped with armor. - SCPH-750XX series only)
- ESPN NBA 2K5
- EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers
- EA Sports F1 2001 (The screen may freeze after the logo is displayed when the game is started.)
- F1 2002 (With GT-FORCE connected the screen may stop after the logo is displayed. This doesn't occur when it's connected after the game is started or a DualShock 2 is connected.)
- Fight Night Round 2
- Final Fantasy XI (Requires the PlayStation 2 Hard Disk Drive.)
- Gadget & the Gadgetinis
- Gauntlet Dark Legacy (The screen may freeze after playing the movie when the game starts.)
- Get on Da Mic
- Initial D Special Stage (After skipping the opening movie, the screen may stop immediately after selecting each game mode from the title screen. - SCPH-750XX series only)
- International Cue Club 2
- Hitman - Contracts (It takes some time to create save data.)
- Jak X: Combat Racing
- (When colliding with a wall or guardrail during a race, the sound effect may continue to be played. - SCPH-750XX series only)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- Major League Baseball 2K5
- MX World Tour
- Onimusha: Warlords
- (When colliding with a wall or guardrail during a race, the sound effect may continue to be played.)
- (The screen may freeze during the race. - SCPH-750XX series only)
- Shutokou Battle 01 (When colliding with a wall or guardrail during a race, the sound effect may continue to be played. - SCPH-750XX series only)
- Silent Hill 3
- Simple 2000 Ultimate Series Vol. 22 - Stylish Mahjong Usagi (The screen may freeze on the data save screen after changing the option.)
- SOCOM II: U.S. NAVY SEALs
- SRS: Street Racing Syndicate
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (PAL version works with no issues on slim)
- SWAT: Global Strike Team
- Tekken 5 (If you select "Tekken 3" in ARCADE HISTORY where you can enjoy successive games, the screen may stop after the save screen. - SCPH-750XX series only)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan
- (The screen may freeze on the data save screen after changing the option.)
- Wacky Races Starring Dastardly & Muttley (PAL version works with no issues on slim)
References[]
- ^ "PlayStation 2 Backward Compatibility Alert". Archived from the original on 2010-03-10.
- ^ a b "Important notice from SCEJ". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
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- ^ "SCPH-75003 EU list 1 by Sony" (PDF).
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- ^ "PS2 SCPH-90004 DECKARD IOP - Star Wars Episode 1 Die dunkle Bedrohung PS1 / PSX".
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