PS2 Games on the PS3 - OCUK'ers Experiences

FrankJH

FrankJH

FrankJH

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1stly modders if you would like to move this somewhere please do - but I didnt see anything similar as a seperate thread and thought it would be good to create one.

I have tried Motorstorm and like it a lot but wanted some modding action over the weekend so went out and got GT3 for £6, knowing that it was a gamble that it might look horrible on the PS3 and through an HDTV (32" Sammy R41BDX) and that due to compatability list Sony say that it will work but possibly not brilliantly.

I havent played it since it was out on the PS2 (and havent replaced my PS2 since it died a while ago after distinguished service) but remember enjoying both GT3 and GT4 and am waiting for GT4 to arrive from Jersey so thought it was worth the price.

Anyway I think it would be worth everyone compiling their experiences of PS2 games in real life - as the list produced by Sony isnt fully extensive and people might want to know.

GT3 for my money looks as I remember it, the cars look great (no where near the detail or reflections etc of todays standards but certainly enjoyable) no glitching so far in races, playbacks or licences and Im really hoping GT4 is the same.

Its easy to tell the age of the game, the backgrounds look okish but again thats the original detail not really a fault or anything (as far as I remember anyway)

Have no decent means of producing a photo or screenshot but will attemtp to see whether I can save stuff on the pseudo ps2 memory card on the ps3 hdd and see it on my pc network

Edit -( to keep it simple I have added here) - I have just started the rally licence and some of the fencing does seem to "blend" in with the mud much less distinctively than it did on original PS2 hardware, but while its frustrating (and I cant be sure this is even true due to how long ago I played it on PS2) its still highly enjoyable

Please let us all know your experiences of older games
 
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GTA Vice City looks pants via HDMi on HDTV, and has black screen loading issues although it says 100% compatible, borrowed it from a friend to test PS2 games via HDMI, not sue now about getting GOW2
 
I've got Project Zero 3, GT3 and MGS2 coming tomorrow so I will update my post at that time.

EDIT: First two work fine with a few graphical glitches here and there. MGS2 Sons of Liberty won't run at all.
 
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only tried "the warriors" works fine but when mugging people its quite tricky because the controller wont vibrate to show yourve hit the right point with the anologue stick :o
 
Just played God of War, looked rather bad, the jaggies were horrific and it didnt scale at all well

Played great though
 
Tekken 5 played great. Im running my PS3 in SD at the moment, and for some reason Tekken 5 seemed to look a bit better than it did when on the PS2. I dont know if the PS3 does some extra filtering or something, or whether it was just a placebo type effect from running on the new hardware.
 
Have you tried GT4 yet then? Not on the BC list, nor is SSX or SSX Tricky but I'll give them a whirl when I get the chance.

Bearing in mind SSX was a launch title for PS2 I can't understand why it won't emulate correctly :confused:
 
Why cant I find FF VII on the BC list, does this mean it wont work at all? I see most other FF games only have 1 or 2 blocks :(
 
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