Adam Fields (weblog)

This blog is largely deprecated, but is being preserved here for historical interest. Check out my index page at adamfields.com for more up to date info. My main trade is technology strategy, process/project management, and performance optimization consulting, with a focus on enterprise and open source CMS and related technologies. More information. I write periodic long pieces here, shorter stuff goes on twitter or app.net.

3/19/2007

Does your old PS2 play dual-layer DVD games?

Filed under: — adam @ 5:21 pm

I have an old Playstation 2 (30001 series). It has never played dual-layer DVD movies – it plays the first layer, and then freezes. Everyone I know with this model has the same issue with it. It was never a problem, because all of the games on DVD that I had were single layer. But now they’ve started releasing games on dual-layer DVD, notably God of War 2. And, of course, it won’t play on my old player. The official word from Sony is that this is a problem isolated to my machine (which also, incidentally, has stopped playing the purple CD-ROM games too), and they want me to pay $45 for a refurbished machine of the same old model. Before I do that, I’d like to locate some corroborating opinions.

Do you have an older PS2? Can it play God of War 2?

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3 Responses to “Does your old PS2 play dual-layer DVD games?”

  1. foxius Says:

    try Toxic Dual Layer Patcher. my friend was able to God of War 2 with an old PS2 (i’m not sure which model).

  2. adam Says:

    To be clear, I’m less interested in getting that machine to play that specific game than I am in getting Sony to acknowledge the problem.

  3. cadbury Says:

    i’m with you on that adam
    they sell a special features disc with gow2,
    instead of making two single layered dvds?????????
    there is nothing low budget about this game
    they should have put in the extra effort

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