Talk:List of PlayStation 2 games

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[edit] Progressive Scan games

I propose we either edit this list or start a new page to show which PS2 games offer progressive scan, and what if any special setup needs to be made to set the game in progressive scan. I have yet to be able to find such a list online. And many times the back of the game clamshell fails to mention that a game is indeed progressive scan compatible. Kona1611 19:03, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

And so I have begun a page (in its extremely infant stage): [now called] List of PlayStation 2 games with HD support. I hope to set it up to show which modes it supports and how to setup the game in progressive scan. Kona1611 19:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC) (revised) Kona1611 (talk) 05:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Company after game in the list

Is this Company thing really a good idea? I think it's rather silly because when you click on the game, it gives you not only publisher information, but developer information as well. And to counter a future argument, titles without articles could have a page containing only that information initially if necessary.

Also, if a user is looking for titles by a specific company, then there should be a list dedicated to video game companies and games should be in the category of their company as well.

Simplicity is the most informative and effective method in explanation. - Blazingluke

The only reason to not include companies would be if they made it harder to navigate, and it doesn't. - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:47, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
Okay, I can go along with that. - Blazingluke 19:05, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Company: Publisher, Licence holder, or Developper?

Which are we using? -Blazingluke 12:10, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Game covers

I have added some game covers to accomply the article. --Thorpe 18:05, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of PS2

You fools are all wondering why their are pictures in the list, and also for GC & PS2.

I did it, because it will make the list look better.

People will recoginze those games
Not just any picture, i added some noticable & popular games, for example Halo 2, but some people/wiki/vistors. Might want to put different pictures(that are not really popular, for example New Legend). And also no multiplatform game picture should be on, like Mortal Kombat, because if the picture is on there, then there should be a picture for GC & PS2 List.
All you have to do is...

  • Put a picture of a famous game list for either ps2, xbox or GC
    • For example, Halo 2, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
  • Delete multiplatform picture games,
    • accpet for special ones, for example Soul Calibure 2

That is all i ask

Thanks:P

>x<ino 17:59, 19 December 2005 (UTC) no need for these becasuse James Bond is 007.

What's the discussion here about, pictures? Pictures are best left in the respective article. This article has already exceeded the article size limit, which is ok since it's a list. Lets not complicate it anymore by adding pictures. Ceros 03:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] why isn't shadow the hedgehog on the list?

why isn't shadow the hedgehog on the list?

dunno but probably because it is multi-platform. If you think that it should be added, then add it yourself! --Oliver Barnard 14:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC) Why isn`t Sonic Unleashed on this list either? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.121.54 (talk) 22:04, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Added the game "Wizardry"

I'll look through my PS2 collection and see what else is missing later on KingZog 08:34, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Include Jampacks?

The list includes at least one Jampack. Jampacks are just crappy demo compilation disks. Do they really belong on this page? There are at least 14 of them by now. I don't really think they belong in the pantheon of games, especially since they are more like marketing tools featuring butchered versions of future or new games. Any consensus? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.146.122.161 (talk • contribs) .

Probably should get rid of them. Thunderbrand 21:05, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree, Jampacks shouldn't be on there. Same goes for any other sample discs, demo discs, etc.

[edit] New York Race

A Game Called the new york race was relased on ps2 and pc any info on it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Slayerx675 (talk • contribs) .

Yes. Here is a link: [1] Thunderbrand 21:05, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alone

I noticed that Alone in the Dark was missing the 'e', which would probably cause problems. Fix'd--Kirbysuperstar 04:54, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whiplash

There is 2 Whiplash games, how can the other be put on?

The one listed is the racing game, but there is also the Whiplash game that featured a rabbit and a weasel and wasn't racing at all.

[edit] Approximate Number of games listed

I hope no one minds. I counted the number of lines on one "page" and multiplied that by the number of "Page Downs" from the start of the list to the bottom. It over estimates the number of games, but I thought a viewer should have some idea of the number titles in english available to the prospective PS2 gamer. I rounded down this number to 1400 and placed it in the first line of the entry. Actually, using Word to count the bullets (sounds violent), asterixs rather, there should be 1418 entries at 09/08/06. I left the ~1,400 though, as this page is under constant revision (beats the 563 on the Xbox games page).

[edit] Game Titles

If a game says "The" in the beginning are we dropping "The" or listing it in the T area? M8gen

I noticed now that The Legend of Spyro is the only game listed alphabetically as "The" besides The Thing which just happens to fit there alphabetically. Ill move spyro and conform to placing it in the L area but keeping "The" M8gen

[edit] List Cleanup.

I added the {{clean-up}} template to this article because this list has no references for any game. There should be a reference from a news source (IGN, Gamespot, etc.) or some other third-party site for each game. I know a lot of these games are OLD and any reference to them have probably been taken down, but they still need a reference, even if it's from the Internet Archive. Ceros 03:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Changed to the {{listdev}} template. Development of playstation 2 games will end eventually so it's not correct to say this list will never be completed. Ceros 04:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't see what the big deal is. These lists have been this way for a while, and no complaints about references. If this needs references, the others do as well. Good luck on that huge task. People aren't making mass amounts of hoax articles or anything bad, so there is no issue here that I see. RobJ1981 07:17, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
People were adding a lot of games at List of Playstation 3 games without adding any references. I didn't think it was such a big deal to point out any references. I added references to them anyways and than I found that there were around 57 games that I couldn't find a source for. That's not good for an encyclopedia. How do I know that those 57 games are going on the PS3? What verifiable source is there to confirm this? Leaving speculative information on Wikipedia undermines it's credibility and goes against policy regardless. Check out Wikipedia's list guideline. It tells you that references must be added, and this goes for all lists. Ceros 18:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Here's something that can be useful for this list to use for references. Clicking on each game at that page will provide a developer, a publisher, a release date, and sometimes a picture. I'm not saying that everything at that site is totally accurate, but it's a good start. Eventually, this article should look something like the List_of_Virtual_Boy_games. I point out this list because it's a featured list and it's a list of games for a console. Ceros 05:46, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
first of all i think it would be rediculous to take any games off the list because they are unsourced, when it comes right down to it, the vast majority of ingo on wikipedia is unsourced, however, if you want to add a game to the list SOURCE IT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! its not hard to do. also a table-like organization would be nice. AlexOvShaolin 00:31, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to take down the tag. Sources are really only needed in lists for those consoles (such as the PS3) where pretty much everything on the list is an unreleased game and people are suspucious. What we should work on instead is creating stubs for all of these games so that their own articles can verify their existance. --SeizureDog 08:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Isn't there a way to verify if a catalogue number exists? All PS2 normally carry a catalogue number ie. SLES-56546. If you don't mind, I'll be creating a Wiki account and start adding my known catalgue numbers as a hidden comment in the article until it is allowed unhidden or disallowed completely by the other contributors --193.75.228.252 15:44, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Genres

PS2 and Xbox have the largest selections of games -- however, I believe PS2 trumps it. I think a separate article organized by genre might be helpful. Anakalypsis 02:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PS3 software BC

Would it be useful for a Wikilist like this to also have a column that indicates whether a PS2 game is playable on the software emulator of the most recent PS3 firmware? Do mind that this would mean that each game also needs their catalogue numbers listed (ie. SLES------). This could however make the list rather messy. So what would you think? --193.75.228.252 15:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Listed Publisher

Games released in several regions will sometimes have a different publisher for each. Since the majority of the English Wikipedia's users are situated in North America, I believe the listed publisher should be the one who released NTSC-U/C version of the game in North America. If a Game was not released in NA, then the publisher from wherever the game is from should suffice. This article is meant to be more of a list than a resource for detailed information such as that. Users can easily click on the name of the game to view that kind of international information.- Blazingluke 19:17, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Italics

I no longer believe it is necessary to italicize game titles. It was useful before the list became a table, but now it looks cleaner with regular type. -Blazingluke 15:22, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rating info

Something that may be helpful to users would be to include the ESRB ratings in the table Jcgod 13:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Games with more than one title

Should something be done about games released with a different title in other regions? Examples are Shadow of Memories/Shadow of Destiny, Siren/Forbidden Siren, Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy. I see that Indigo Prophecy is not on this list, but how should this list be standardized in this regard? I mean, should all multiple entries with different names be removed, or should each title have a separate entry? If we opt for the former, how do we decide which title to include in this list? New User 03:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The section "C" is screwed up.

I'm not sure if its on purpose or not but someone put it so under the section "C" the table is screwed up. It shows the developer in ( ) next to the name of the game instead of on its right place on the table. The End 1493 (talk) 03:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] SLUS numbering

Should we add in the serial numbers? since every game & every disc has its own serial number, it might be very useful when refering to specific titles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterhuh (talk • contribs) 00:16, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree, would be a good use of the Added By space... which is pointless. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 21:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The Added By column is worse than pointless. It encourages a violation of Wikipedia guidelines, as discussed at Wikipedia:SIG which includes the following to-the-point remarks: Edits to articles should not be signed, as signatures on Wikipedia are not intended to indicate ownership or authorship of any Wikipedia article. Rather, the edit history takes care of the need to identify edits with users.
In its concept, the Added By column is not much different than the player check-in and shout-out sections which are regularly removed from articles when added. Of course, Wikipedia guidelines can be broken, but there needs to a good reason to do so. Here, there doesn't seem to be a good or even mediocre reason. I recommend the column either be deleted or changed to something else. Serial number sounds like a fine replacement. -- Michael Devore (talk) 22:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)