Great job on this, guys. Great selections too. Everyone did a good job on their submissions. Thanks so much for having me on. It was fun to do and these collabs are great for the community!
Thanks man! And thanks a ton for joining us on this one. It was awesome getting this group together for this project. All in the name of LOVE for the PS2! Cheers to that!
The PS2 is my all-time favorite console. Well, it's tied. Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance are up there too. All 4 being a huge chunk of nostalgia for me, along with having TONS of great games. I've been playing a lot of PS2 lately. One game I think that's at least underrated, if not a hidden gem, is Ultimate Spider-Man. Everyone knows about the main Spider-Man movie games, but I rarely hear about Ultimate Spider-Man. I only just started it recently, and I'm loving it. It plays similar to Spider-Man 2. Web swinging is similar, it's an open world game, there's random events that you can do, there's collectibles scattered around the city, there's races and stuff. But, you also get to play as Venom throughout the story. It also aged better graphically, since it's a more comic book-y cartoony aesthetic instead of trying to be realistic. There's even cameos from other Marvel characters here and there. It's really fun, and anyone that's a fan of Spider-Man should check it out. Also, HOLY HELL, I forgot all about Kinetika. I had that game when I was younger. As soon as I saw the box art, I was like "OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS". Damn....memories, man.
thank you Wes + Rob for always being awesome ... and thank you for always cranking out great content! ... also, i never had a PS2 ... only a Wii U ... but your channel has started turning some gears up in my head ... i think since they both rhyme pretty good ... and for the many other reasons i could list here too ... including winning the "heavily biassed & obviously fixed" console wars, which deserves some big "booooooos"... i will be buying a used PS2 for when i need a break from playing on my beloved Wii U. ps - thank you to all the collaborators as well ... they have all personally told me that they also prefer the Wii U too.
Thanks a ton man! We totally recommend getting a PS2 if you can get a good deal on one. Lots of great games for when you are letting your Wii U take a nap :). Cheers!
Hidden gems = $$$$!! Buy these titles now on ebay before metal jesus calls them hidden gems. They're bound to go up in price sooner than later. Glad I have all of these titles.
Red Star is really f'n good. Not sure how we just heard about it this year but glad we did. And yes, Gabbo is amazing. Seriously love that guy. Such a good dude. Cheers!
Fun fact: every time the word “hidden gem” gets said, metal Jesus gets a $100 royalty. (Kidding) I said it in part 2, but it’s crazy that there are so many good games I’ve never heard of, I have to go check out
@@GamingOffTheGrid I'm already going broke. Have you seen me get a good deal yet? Hell No!!!!! I like to overpay. It makes it more fun. I hate saving money
I heard that pop on that P when you said pumpkin ale, and I had to sit there and repeat it over and over and over until I can replicate it. I don't know why, I'm weird :-)
I remember vividly playing the PS2 for the very first time, my brother and his buddies came over with pizza and one of my brothers friends brought over a PS2, and I had no idea what a PS2 was at the time, and he brought over 2 games that he let me play that day, and they were Crash Wrath of Cortex, and the infamous Grand Theft Auto 3 which I played pretty much that day, and didn't really like Wrath of Cortex (and now as an adult I can say that Wrath of Cortex is a bad Crash game) but running people over was funny, and I never knew why the main character couldn't swim, I never did any of the missions, I just screwed around. At the end of the night though, he brought over some movies, and we watched Freddy vs Jason, and that was my first time watching that movie and I loved it as a kid, still love it now and I watched it for the first time on the PS2. I have so many memories with the PS2 as it was the system I grew up with and I defended the system when the kids at my school had an Xbox and would tell me Halo is better, and I'm like "Sly Cooper is way better than Halo" and yeah man, I wish I could re-experience some of the classics for the first time ever again, but the ps2 has a big booty library, so I'm sure I'll experience some classics for the first time. Happy birthday PS2! *As GOTG looks away, JChip sneaks the ps2 a beer*
LOL! The hours the were spent across the world dicking around in GTA games would be a very interesting number to know. We are both very guilty of that as well :). Cheers!
I didn't even know that there was a second one... or to be precise; I think I knew there were more games in the series but I wasn't sure that the second one was ever released in PAL-area. Apparently it was and now I have to get myself a copy because I absolutely love the first Victorious Boxers.
What a great episode guys! I’ve always been a big fan of Nintendo but I also played a lot on the PS2 back in the day. It was great to see all the RUclips gamer channels. Cheer’s!
Gladius is my 2nd fav PS2 game (Dragon Quest 8 being the 1st and one of my all time top games). It is so fun unused to stay up all night playing it. If you don’t have it, it’s a must have!
Fun fact - Guitaroo man was once the most expensive game in the ps2 library before it was reprinted in 2005. It was $150 back when rule of rose was $50
Such a unique game. My buddy growing up bought that game day 1. I was like wtf are you doing. Then we played it all damn night. So fun. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Hi Wes & Robert amazing hidden games episode and Happy 20th birthday Ps2 console and my favorite game is God of war 1&2 & Maximo and thanks y’all for sharing your video with me today 🙏🙏❤️❤️
I'm gonna have to go with Dark Cloud. Nobody ever talks about that one. But it's basically Ocarina of Time meets Actraiser. Definitely one you guys should check out if you like either of those games.
Man, I’m going to have to track down The Red Star, it looks awesome. The beer looks good too, we love us some pumpkin beers but never had the one from Mother brewing, hopefully my beer subscription throws it in there
What a cool collaboration! Will try and check out some of these games! Pacmancase raising the bar with that presentation! I wonder if anyone will mention savage skies in part 2
Aw man, freaking John Riggs stealing my thunder with the Maximo games! Seriously--we need more from that series--bring Maximo back! Cap bragging about not dying or continuing in a game--pfft, that's just Cap!! lol Love that Mike pointed out that ZOE was popularized by the MGS2 demo but that people otherwise missed out on an incredible game if they didn't dive into Zone of the Enders. Mr. Pumpkin is a good one--it's a fun brew to have on hand in the fridge at our place if we don't what that fuller, sweeter Schlafley's Pumpkin. BTW--Lady Laci doesn't like thinking of the PS2 as being 20 years old already. ha!!
Another entry in the Maximo series would be epic! Capcom!!!! Let's go! Hard to believe it's been 20 years. I remember it coming out like it was yesterday. So much hype around it and it was nearly impossible to find one. Cheers to the good ol' PS2!
Wow so you got John Riggs, and Kinsey, but now Metal Jesus? How did you get part of the Metal Jesus Crew? Plus Kinetica is an awesome game! Great pick from Pacmancase!
It was very kind of Kinsey and Riggs to join us for this one. Met both of them a couple of times now. Very kind souls. We're not apart of the crew. Would be awesome as hell if we were but for now we're just the 2 jabronis from GOTG lol! Pacmancase killed it for sure. Great game he picked and he is building a killer channel as well. Thanks for watching man and have a great week. Cheers!
So many of these amazing games i’m reminded that I have. I know exactly what I’m going to be doing for the foreseeable future.....Riding the ps2 train!!!
While although the PS2 has a huge smattering of sports games there were definitely a lot of great games on it as well that several were overlooked, at least at the time. Great videos and I always love the collaborations.
For sure. And on the sports game front.......this was the best generation of sports games in our opinion. From sim stuff to the EA Big and Midway arcade sports genre. It was pretty epic. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
The best console ever! I would have to go with Alien VS Predator Extinction, especially playing as the Aliens, it's such a unique experience! Needs a sequel. (Not a remake! haha)
@@GamingOffTheGrid its only right, you put me on to The Red Star. Super hyped about R-Type Final 2 comin out next year, keep up the awesome content fellas!
Solid game recommendations overall but many of them aren't really unknown to be considered "hidden" as they were re-released multiple times: Katamari Damacy is available for the PS3 as a PS2 Classic and it's also currently available for every console and PC. Zone of the Enders was remastered for PS3 and Xbox 360. Kinetica is readily available for the PS4, via PS2 emulation and runs much better on PS4. Red Star is also available on the PS3 as a PS2 Classic. The Maximo games aren't hidden at all, unless you're a collector who doesn't play or know much about classic video games such as the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise.
Depends on one's perspective. The average PS2 owner likely hasn't heard of or played most of these games. Of course the hardcore crowd has. I can say I never see any of these games out in the wild. I've probably bought over 30 PS2 lots from folks in my time game hunting and none of these games are in their collections. Tons of GTA, Rachet and Clank etc. Thanks for watching and cheers to the PS2!
@@GamingOffTheGrid It's not a matter of hardcore or not. Besides what I previously wrote, most of the games on the video were covered by gaming magazines at the time of release and were available in stores. Anyone who was an adult during the PS2 generation knows that. Just because PS4 games will eventually no longer exist in stores, it doesn't make them "hidden gems". There's a lot or revisionist history on RUclips for the sake of click baits and/or trying to manipulate pricing in the used market in exchange for payed information via Patreon promoted by certain gaming channels (to be clear, not yours), and it's unfortunately misinforming the younger audience into buying games that they think are "rare" when in fact they're not.
@@arioca I get that. Fortunately our small channel will have no impact on the market. We are getting tons of feedback in the comments from folks learning of many of these for the first time. Which is the whole point. Cheers!
Myself I like rpg's like final fantasy 12 I also found interesting stuff myself like g-force playing as a 007 as a guinipig is cute but creepy because of all the toasters blenders and everything else seems to come to life on a rampage and it's your job to stop them that's the crazy part of the game and I like it because just crazy enough to enjoy I also found whiplash another crazy game but so stupid it's funny in a good way then I found spinx and the cursed mummy now that's also has some funny parts to it I like the updated version of king's field because they made it analog friendly this time if you look closely at the ps2 library who knows you may find some special games yourself you could enjoy🤔
@@GamingOffTheGrid I spent all summer at flee markets and retro gaming stores looking for consoles. Picked up a sega,nes,snes ps1,ps2, ps3, Xbox 360, n64 and only spent like 300 bucks total.
Whoops, we already did a part 2 :). Damn this was a long time ago. I can't even remember the games that were on the list lol. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
You can get it on ps4 but man I gotta say it is a great gem not sure how "hidden" but it was an amazing game story gameplay battle system all unique and we'll amazing lol
the ps2 has had a lot of games hide and games that have ever been made and sold in public against its super rare now to have a ps2 and lots of games from the ps2 the ps2 has had a lot of games hide and games that have ever been made and sold in public against its super rare now to have a ps2 and a lot of games from the ps2
At least you must have more reserved optical pick up Lens on your ps2,Like my psOne small.I own 4 of it,And 4 back up pick up Lenses.All of them are used.In ps2 I own 4 also as of now 2020,All of them are slim models,1 brand new moded,1 used moded and 2 used umoded.And I have only 1 reserved lens..The pick up block lens is not the hidden gem.But the very most essential, With out it?You would never enjoy your games.And the Unit is useless Ps2 slim model pick up block lens are easy to remove compare to the FAT model that I don't own. My suggestion guys start buying used,Slighttly used units,Even though it's broken,Bought it cheap,it's the Lens your after,Study how to remove the pick up block,And how to install it to another unit like a Heart transplant,if you want your collected games to be played longer that your units lifespan. If you Love your ps2 console so much,Must have a reserved Lens,Because the pick up block's Objective Lens witch is the Blue Lens that you see is only made of plastic.Due to long used of your Unit that blue objective lens will fade it's color due to constant beaming of Red Laser,That comes from Photo diode going thru the blue Objective Lens,Strikes the Game Disc,Then the reflected beam from the disc read data goes back again and to the objective lens and goes to the Photo detector to detect your Game then to the PS2 RAM and that's it. I wish Someone invented the DVD Objective Lens of the PS2 made it to a Glass not plastic.If it's made out of Glass?The Unit can Read 4times longer than the plastic ones.It's a business strategy.That the pick up objective Lens will wear out someday and the whole pickup block assembly is been replaced.Hope this help guys. In 20th birthday of the ps2 that I have my first unit is only in 2013.Only 7 years that I experience having 1,I shouldn't have waited so long for the mark down price of that Console.I miss a lot of Games,Because back then I can't afford a PS2 Fat then the Slim arrived the price still high,Then came this moded HardDisc ,So the Retailers didn't drop the price. So I own only few used games of the PS2. Maybe I will rely on Emulation once I own a Laptop or Highend Android device.And knowing the hidden gems of the 20 year old PS2
Have never replaced one of those. We have a buddy who just recently did though. We'll have to pick a couple up for if we have a PS2 go down. Thanks for the info. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid you can discover and learn more when you replace a pick block lens of the PS2. I am using some pirated copy Disc of the ps2 games,The Pits witch is the burn on the Copied Disc of the Game is slightly burn compare to the Original and Authentic Game. The result is?A slightly defect on the objective lens will fail to read a pirate copy.So i need to hunt for a better pick up block lens,However?If you used Authentic Game Disc on a slightly defect objective lens?It will still work good.But soon it will fail to read Authentic games aswell someday,Like the lenses in your eyes for example,As you go old your vision blurs. Similar to the manufactured pick up block that the objective lens is just made out of plastic,Very disappointing and inevitable. So Copied Games are better to used for testing pick up lens on ps1,psx and ps2. Of course you need your unit mod,To be able to read pirated games and can still read Authentic Games. But the Downside of moded PS2 unit as I experience is the backwards compatibility is disabled. So it can't read PS1 Games anymore There is a temporary remedy on the pick up block lens,There is a two trimmer's underneath the pick up block assembly 1 say's DVD and 1 CD,You can turn the trimmer slightly to the right using a very tiny flat screw driver. The purpose of that is to increase the Laser emission, To be able to read the Disc.But I remind you its only temporary,Eventually the plastic objective lens will inevitably fade it's blueish color and it will fail to Read Disc again after you adjust the Laser emission of the pick up block.Replacing pick up block is still the best option
Great job on this, guys. Great selections too. Everyone did a good job on their submissions. Thanks so much for having me on. It was fun to do and these collabs are great for the community!
Thanks man! And thanks a ton for joining us on this one. It was awesome getting this group together for this project. All in the name of LOVE for the PS2! Cheers to that!
The PS2 is my all-time favorite console. Well, it's tied. Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance are up there too. All 4 being a huge chunk of nostalgia for me, along with having TONS of great games. I've been playing a lot of PS2 lately.
One game I think that's at least underrated, if not a hidden gem, is Ultimate Spider-Man. Everyone knows about the main Spider-Man movie games, but I rarely hear about Ultimate Spider-Man. I only just started it recently, and I'm loving it. It plays similar to Spider-Man 2. Web swinging is similar, it's an open world game, there's random events that you can do, there's collectibles scattered around the city, there's races and stuff. But, you also get to play as Venom throughout the story. It also aged better graphically, since it's a more comic book-y cartoony aesthetic instead of trying to be realistic. There's even cameos from other Marvel characters here and there. It's really fun, and anyone that's a fan of Spider-Man should check it out.
Also, HOLY HELL, I forgot all about Kinetika. I had that game when I was younger. As soon as I saw the box art, I was like "OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS". Damn....memories, man.
PS2 is our all time favorite console also! There is so many good games and we find new ones every year! Cheers!
thank you Wes + Rob for always being awesome ... and thank you for always cranking out great content! ... also, i never had a PS2 ... only a Wii U ... but your channel has started turning some gears up in my head ... i think since they both rhyme pretty good ... and for the many other reasons i could list here too ... including winning the "heavily biassed & obviously fixed" console wars, which deserves some big "booooooos"... i will be buying a used PS2 for when i need a break from playing on my beloved Wii U. ps - thank you to all the collaborators as well ... they have all personally told me that they also prefer the Wii U too.
Thanks a ton man! We totally recommend getting a PS2 if you can get a good deal on one. Lots of great games for when you are letting your Wii U take a nap :). Cheers!
Thanks for having me guys! It was a blast and I love the collaboration! Game on dudes!
Thanks for joining man and the epic work. Love your channel dude. Cheers!
Man not only do I have a ton of awesome PS2 games to check out but also a ton of awesome RUclipsrs to check out! Cheers guys!
Lots of homework to do man :). So many great creators came together for this one. We were blessed for sure. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid Homework? No, no...
That's partially why I quit college after earning my Associates Degree. 🍻 Cheers!
Hidden gems = $$$$!! Buy these titles now on ebay before metal jesus calls them hidden gems. They're bound to go up in price sooner than later. Glad I have all of these titles.
In the case of most of these games they are pretty affordable. Our little channel won't move the needle one bit lol.
zone of the enders 1 is an absolute masterpiece one of my first ps2 games, i really wish they would bring it to steam as they did with the second game
Epic series indeed! I personally discovered it after I fell in love with MGS 2. I always felt the games paired together very nicely. Cheers!
I rented it randomly back when Blockbuster existed and I was blown away.
So many great games and so many even better guests here! Awesome video!
Thanks a ton! This was a fun one to put together for sure. Cheers to the PS2!
Love the video and all of the guests! The Red Star looks best out of the bunch for me. I don’t know if I ever told you but Gabbo is an awesome dude!
Red Star is really f'n good. Not sure how we just heard about it this year but glad we did. And yes, Gabbo is amazing. Seriously love that guy. Such a good dude. Cheers!
Fun fact: every time the word “hidden gem” gets said, metal Jesus gets a $100 royalty. (Kidding)
I said it in part 2, but it’s crazy that there are so many good games I’ve never heard of, I have to go check out
LOL! He's the Godfather of Hidden Gems for sure. It's remarkable how loaded the PS2 is. Have a great week man. Cheers!
So many amazing games and people here! Awesome video can’t wait to see more!!!
Thanks again for joining up with us for this passion project. We really appreciate it and need to collab again sometime for sure. Cheers!
Just what I needed....more games to add to my endless library
LOL! After the N64 collection.............it's time for the PS2 :). You'd go broke or go insane trying to tackle that library.
@@GamingOffTheGrid I'm already going broke. Have you seen me get a good deal yet? Hell No!!!!! I like to overpay. It makes it more fun. I hate saving money
I heard that pop on that P when you said pumpkin ale, and I had to sit there and repeat it over and over and over until I can replicate it. I don't know why, I'm weird :-)
LOL! Hey we're weird too! Nothing wrong with that :)
Awesome colab! But man @pacmancase with that huuuuge editing flex at the end! He's killing it! Happy 20th birthday to the PS2! Cheers everyone! 🍻🍻
Thanks man! Pacmancase is great. Big things ahead for his channel. The guy is the complete package for sure. Cheers to the good ol' PS2!
Best anime crossover ever.
Thanks a ton for joining us on this man! We really appreciate it. Hope all is well. Can't wait to get back out your way. It's been too damn long dude.
I remember vividly playing the PS2 for the very first time, my brother and his buddies came over with pizza and one of my brothers friends brought over a PS2, and I had no idea what a PS2 was at the time, and he brought over 2 games that he let me play that day, and they were Crash Wrath of Cortex, and the infamous Grand Theft Auto 3 which I played pretty much that day, and didn't really like Wrath of Cortex (and now as an adult I can say that Wrath of Cortex is a bad Crash game) but running people over was funny, and I never knew why the main character couldn't swim, I never did any of the missions, I just screwed around. At the end of the night though, he brought over some movies, and we watched Freddy vs Jason, and that was my first time watching that movie and I loved it as a kid, still love it now and I watched it for the first time on the PS2. I have so many memories with the PS2 as it was the system I grew up with and I defended the system when the kids at my school had an Xbox and would tell me Halo is better, and I'm like "Sly Cooper is way better than Halo" and yeah man, I wish I could re-experience some of the classics for the first time ever again, but the ps2 has a big booty library, so I'm sure I'll experience some classics for the first time. Happy birthday PS2! *As GOTG looks away, JChip sneaks the ps2 a beer*
LOL! The hours the were spent across the world dicking around in GTA games would be a very interesting number to know. We are both very guilty of that as well :). Cheers!
Victorious Boxers 2 is super hard to find and still cheap. One to run out and buy today.
We're suckers for boxing games. Definitely going to snag a copy.
I didn't even know that there was a second one... or to be precise; I think I knew there were more games in the series but I wasn't sure that the second one was ever released in PAL-area. Apparently it was and now I have to get myself a copy because I absolutely love the first Victorious Boxers.
What a great episode guys! I’ve always been a big fan of Nintendo but I also played a lot on the PS2 back in the day. It was great to see all the RUclips gamer channels. Cheer’s!
Like Maccy D's, I'm lovin it!
Damn it! Why'd you have to bring up McDonald's? I was going to eat healthy today but now you got me thinking :). Cheers!
Gladius is my 2nd fav PS2 game (Dragon Quest 8 being the 1st and one of my all time top games). It is so fun unused to stay up all night playing it. If you don’t have it, it’s a must have!
Haven't played DQ 8! Have always wanted to. Gonna have to track down a copy and give it a go. Hope all is well man. Cheers!
Juluv 81 baby!!!!!!! I’m all over those “strange games”. I guess that makes me strange eh? That’s cool. I’ve been called worse. 😂
Cheers to JLuv! Such a badass person! We're all strange. That's what's so cool about this community.
Great video! The PS2 is one of my favorite consoles! Looking forward to part 2 and seeing what people's hidden gems are?
Thanks man! 10 more solid picks tomorrow :). Cheers to the PS2!
That Namco Shooting Gallery is the shiznit. Deadstorm Pirates is the bomb with high score ranking.
great to see all the ps avengers assemble haha love the collabs
Oh yes! It was an honor getting to work with this group for sure. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
Nice, one more title i need to add to my collection! Ty for the Clip!
The PS2 is loaded. So many good frickin games. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Awesome video! I’m picking up The Red Star ASAP! Cheers 🍻
It's badass man! Behind the scenes we call it The Brown Star. It just makes it more fun for some reason LOL! Cheers!
Some cool games in that list... I don't have any Katamari games which is a shame, they look real fun.
We don't either. Played a couple back in the day but never got around to picking them up. Gonna have to change that :). Cheers!
Some great games in there guys. I’ve heard about some of these games not all of them though. Well done !!
Thanks man! So dingers on this list for sure. Cheers to 20 years of the almighty PS2!
Fun fact - Guitaroo man was once the most expensive game in the ps2 library before it was reprinted in 2005. It was $150 back when rule of rose was $50
Very interesting. That is one we had never heard of. The Nerd Lair pulled that one out and we were like........Say What? Lol
My recommendation: Mister Mosquito
Such a unique game. My buddy growing up bought that game day 1. I was like wtf are you doing. Then we played it all damn night. So fun. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Love the red star it is a great game . It's very unique wish there were more like it
Cheers to that! So glad it was recommended to us :). Love it. Hard to believe it doesn't get talked about more. Cheers!
Hi Wes & Robert amazing hidden games episode and Happy 20th birthday Ps2 console and my favorite game is God of war 1&2 & Maximo and thanks y’all for sharing your video with me today 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Thanks a ton! God of War 1 & 2 are still our favorite in the series. Epic games. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid you’re welcome Wes & Robert Cheers 🍻
Fun fact: No system in history ever had more shovelware than the PS2!
I'm gonna have to go with Dark Cloud. Nobody ever talks about that one. But it's basically Ocarina of Time meets Actraiser. Definitely one you guys should check out if you like either of those games.
I used to have it but we don't any longer. Definitely need to pick it up again. And you are right, it is criminally underrated. Cheers!
Great video guys, hope to try some of these games soon
Thanks dude! Tons of dingers here for sure and more to come tomorrow :). Cheers!
Man, I’m going to have to track down The Red Star, it looks awesome. The beer looks good too, we love us some pumpkin beers but never had the one from Mother brewing, hopefully my beer subscription throws it in there
It's a badass game for sure. Hard as hell but very rewarding at the same time. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
What a cool collaboration! Will try and check out some of these games! Pacmancase raising the bar with that presentation! I wonder if anyone will mention savage skies in part 2
Thanks dude! And Pacmancase is a hammer! Big things ahead for that guy. Cheers!
That Pacmancase pic looks good.
For sure. Dudes editing was money too. Big things ahead for that guy. Love his work. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
Aw man, freaking John Riggs stealing my thunder with the Maximo games! Seriously--we need more from that series--bring Maximo back!
Cap bragging about not dying or continuing in a game--pfft, that's just Cap!! lol
Love that Mike pointed out that ZOE was popularized by the MGS2 demo but that people otherwise missed out on an incredible game if they didn't dive into Zone of the Enders.
Mr. Pumpkin is a good one--it's a fun brew to have on hand in the fridge at our place if we don't what that fuller, sweeter Schlafley's Pumpkin.
BTW--Lady Laci doesn't like thinking of the PS2 as being 20 years old already. ha!!
Another entry in the Maximo series would be epic! Capcom!!!! Let's go! Hard to believe it's been 20 years. I remember it coming out like it was yesterday. So much hype around it and it was nearly impossible to find one. Cheers to the good ol' PS2!
7:53... says its his fav, but cant even spell the title correctly XD legendary...
Great video.
Thanks for the upload!
Thanks a ton! Glad you enjoyed. Cheers to the good ol' PS2!
Wow so you got John Riggs, and Kinsey, but now Metal Jesus? How did you get part of the Metal Jesus Crew? Plus Kinetica is an awesome game! Great pick from Pacmancase!
It was very kind of Kinsey and Riggs to join us for this one. Met both of them a couple of times now. Very kind souls. We're not apart of the crew. Would be awesome as hell if we were but for now we're just the 2 jabronis from GOTG lol! Pacmancase killed it for sure. Great game he picked and he is building a killer channel as well. Thanks for watching man and have a great week. Cheers!
Best Bloopers ever!!!!! Lmao
LMFAO! We can never remember which blooper go to which video so we have to go back and watch. So much stupidity lol. Cheers man!
I didn’t know Nacho Libre was a gamer!
Don't know who you are referring to but I'm guessing Nacho Libre loves his wrestling games.
Love the video, keep the ps2 videos coming 😍
Were trying lol! We've covered a lot of ground on the PS2. We have a couple more in the works. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid u guys rock 💪
the red star i gotta snag as well, hood video guys super super hood
LOL! Thanks man! Code name for that game is "The Brown Star." Just figured you needed to know that before picking it up :)
Buffy is a good one!
So many of these amazing games i’m reminded that I have. I know exactly what I’m going to be doing for the foreseeable future.....Riding the ps2 train!!!
Not a bad train to be on. We have put some hella miles on our PS2 this year :).
While although the PS2 has a huge smattering of sports games there were definitely a lot of great games on it as well that several were overlooked, at least at the time.
Great videos and I always love the collaborations.
For sure. And on the sports game front.......this was the best generation of sports games in our opinion. From sim stuff to the EA Big and Midway arcade sports genre. It was pretty epic. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
The best console ever! I would have to go with Alien VS Predator Extinction, especially playing as the Aliens, it's such a unique experience! Needs a sequel. (Not a remake! haha)
Have never played that one. It's an RTS game right? Always thought it looked really cool. Cheers to the PS2!
@@GamingOffTheGrid Yeah it's an RTS, rare that a game like that would be console exclusive but for whatever reason it is.
20 games for the 20th anniversary of the PS2 in 2020!!! It's just meant to be!
Yesir! Cheers to 20 years of the PS2 baby!
Damn dude should've went with the next size up with that playstation shirt.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to afford new clothes since the incident......
No one talks about Amplitude. Please check this out, super sick music game.
Never played that one. We've heard tons of good things about it though. Gonna have to track down a copy :). Thanks for watching. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid its only right, you put me on to The Red Star. Super hyped about R-Type Final 2 comin out next year, keep up the awesome content fellas!
Y'all show pacmancase's channel some love. Hes a really good dude with great production value.
Oh yes! We were so glad to have him apart of this collab. His channel is badass indeed. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Ima check out that kinetica.
It's a fun one for sure. We recently grabbed a copy as well. Cheers!
Solid game recommendations overall but many of them aren't really unknown to be considered "hidden" as they were re-released multiple times: Katamari Damacy is available for the PS3 as a PS2 Classic and it's also currently available for every console and PC. Zone of the Enders was remastered for PS3 and Xbox 360. Kinetica is readily available for the PS4, via PS2 emulation and runs much better on PS4. Red Star is also available on the PS3 as a PS2 Classic. The Maximo games aren't hidden at all, unless you're a collector who doesn't play or know much about classic video games such as the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise.
Depends on one's perspective. The average PS2 owner likely hasn't heard of or played most of these games. Of course the hardcore crowd has. I can say I never see any of these games out in the wild. I've probably bought over 30 PS2 lots from folks in my time game hunting and none of these games are in their collections. Tons of GTA, Rachet and Clank etc. Thanks for watching and cheers to the PS2!
@@GamingOffTheGrid It's not a matter of hardcore or not. Besides what I previously wrote, most of the games on the video were covered by gaming magazines at the time of release and were available in stores. Anyone who was an adult during the PS2 generation knows that. Just because PS4 games will eventually no longer exist in stores, it doesn't make them "hidden gems". There's a lot or revisionist history on RUclips for the sake of click baits and/or trying to manipulate pricing in the used market in exchange for payed information via Patreon promoted by certain gaming channels (to be clear, not yours), and it's unfortunately misinforming the younger audience into buying games that they think are "rare" when in fact they're not.
@@arioca I get that. Fortunately our small channel will have no impact on the market. We are getting tons of feedback in the comments from folks learning of many of these for the first time. Which is the whole point. Cheers!
Myself I like rpg's like final fantasy 12 I also found interesting stuff myself like g-force playing as a 007 as a guinipig is cute but creepy because of all the toasters blenders and everything else seems to come to life on a rampage and it's your job to stop them that's the crazy part of the game and I like it because just crazy enough to enjoy I also found whiplash another crazy game but so stupid it's funny in a good way then I found spinx and the cursed mummy now that's also has some funny parts to it I like the updated version of king's field because they made it analog friendly this time if you look closely at the ps2 library who knows you may find some special games yourself you could enjoy🤔
I just picked up a ps2 at a flee market for like 5 bucks it was great
Damn! That is a nice score for sure. Enjoy that bad boy. Such a great console. Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid I spent all summer at flee markets and retro gaming stores looking for consoles. Picked up a sega,nes,snes ps1,ps2, ps3, Xbox 360, n64 and only spent like 300 bucks total.
Damn dude! That is killer. The stuff is out there. You just gotta put in the work and it can be found. Very nice! Cheers to the grind!
EXTREME G RACING 3
LEGION OF EXCALIBUR
GAUNTLET LEGACY
Happiness!
Thanks a ton for joining us man! Much love! Happinessssss!!!!
invite me for part 2 ! 😂
Whoops, we already did a part 2 :). Damn this was a long time ago. I can't even remember the games that were on the list lol. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Klonda 2 once again is mine
We got to get our shit together and play that game! Have an awesome week and cheers to the PS2!
@@GamingOffTheGrid it starts off easy and kinda kid like but it gets better after a few levels
Damn, I'm old
LOL! Join the club. Hard to believe it has been 20 frickin years :). Thanks a ton for watching. Cheers!
How does no one talk about the greatest RPG on ps2... Rogue Galaxy lol
Man, we have never played that one. We'll have to keep our eyes out for it. Cheers!
You can get it on ps4 but man I gotta say it is a great gem not sure how "hidden" but it was an amazing game story gameplay battle system all unique and we'll amazing lol
the ps2 has had a lot of games hide and games that have ever been made and sold in public against its super rare now to have a ps2 and lots of games from the ps2 the ps2 has had a lot of games hide and games that have ever been made and sold in public against its super rare now to have a ps2 and a lot of games from the ps2
Very interesting. We aren't aware of the underground scene for the PS2. Would be cool to check some of that stuff out. Cheers to the PS2!
At least you must have more reserved optical pick up Lens on your ps2,Like my psOne small.I own 4 of it,And 4 back up pick up Lenses.All of them are used.In ps2 I own 4 also as of now 2020,All of them are slim models,1 brand new moded,1 used moded and 2 used umoded.And I have only 1 reserved lens..The pick up block lens is not the hidden gem.But the very most essential, With out it?You would never enjoy your games.And the Unit is useless
Ps2 slim model pick up block lens are easy to remove compare to the FAT model that I don't own.
My suggestion guys start buying used,Slighttly used units,Even though it's broken,Bought it cheap,it's the Lens your after,Study how to remove the pick up block,And how to install it to another unit like a Heart transplant,if you want your collected games to be played longer that your units lifespan.
If you Love your ps2 console so much,Must have a reserved Lens,Because the pick up block's Objective Lens witch is the Blue Lens that you see is only made of plastic.Due to long used of your Unit that blue objective lens will fade it's color due to constant beaming of Red Laser,That comes from Photo diode going thru the blue Objective Lens,Strikes the Game Disc,Then the reflected beam from the disc read data goes back again and to the objective lens and goes to the Photo detector to detect your Game then to the PS2 RAM and that's it.
I wish Someone invented the DVD Objective Lens of the PS2 made it to a Glass not plastic.If it's made out of Glass?The Unit can Read 4times longer than the plastic ones.It's a business strategy.That the pick up objective Lens will wear out someday and the whole pickup block assembly is been replaced.Hope this help guys.
In 20th birthday of the ps2 that I have my first unit is only in 2013.Only 7 years that I experience having 1,I shouldn't have waited so long for the mark down price of that Console.I miss a lot of Games,Because back then I can't afford a PS2 Fat then the Slim arrived the price still high,Then came this moded HardDisc ,So the Retailers didn't drop the price. So I own only few used games of the PS2.
Maybe I will rely on Emulation once I own a Laptop or Highend Android device.And knowing the hidden gems of the 20 year old PS2
Have never replaced one of those. We have a buddy who just recently did though. We'll have to pick a couple up for if we have a PS2 go down. Thanks for the info. Cheers!
@@GamingOffTheGrid you can discover and learn more when you replace a pick block lens of the PS2.
I am using some pirated copy Disc of the ps2 games,The Pits witch is the burn on the Copied Disc of the Game is slightly burn compare to the Original and Authentic Game.
The result is?A slightly defect on the objective lens will fail to read a pirate copy.So i need to hunt for a better pick up block lens,However?If you used Authentic Game Disc on a slightly defect objective lens?It will still work good.But soon it will fail to read Authentic games aswell someday,Like the lenses in your eyes for example,As you go old your vision blurs.
Similar to the manufactured pick up block that the objective lens is just made out of plastic,Very disappointing and inevitable.
So Copied Games are better to used for testing pick up lens on ps1,psx and ps2.
Of course you need your unit mod,To be able to read pirated games and can still read Authentic Games.
But the Downside of moded PS2 unit as I experience is the backwards compatibility is disabled. So it can't read PS1 Games anymore
There is a temporary remedy on the pick up block lens,There is a two trimmer's underneath the pick up block assembly 1 say's DVD and 1 CD,You can turn the trimmer slightly to the right using a very tiny flat screw driver.
The purpose of that is to increase the Laser emission, To be able to read the Disc.But I remind you its only temporary,Eventually the plastic objective lens will inevitably fade it's blueish color and it will fail to Read Disc again after you adjust the Laser emission of the pick up block.Replacing pick up block is still the best option