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[โ€“] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The nightmare PS2 dirty disc screen, and mainstream multiplayer games without anticheat rootkits

Edit: mainstream

[โ€“] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Oh that boot sound and hoping you'd make it past... Mostly on PS1 but I still had some of it on 2.

Blowing into cartridges before putting them into the console and optionally pushing them to the side or some other voodoo hoping the game would start.

[โ€“] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes! Why can't I play every game like I played Runscape?

[โ€“] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

The nightmare PS2 dirty disc screen

To be fair, PS2's are so damn rock-solid new generations can experience this for many years to come. They just gotta get one.