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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive December 2004: Playstation games
My sister is getting her son a PS2 for Christmas so she has mailed her old PS to us. We know NOTHING about this stuff. Can you still buy accessories (like joysticks) and games for the original PS?
Yes! Target has a lot of them.
Thanks!
I do not think so.
From what I understand, you can't play newer games than your system. A new system can play both old and new games, but a old system can only play old games.
But you can buy PS1 games at places like game stop, EB games and blockbuster. You get a much better price on them that way!
I have a question also sorry Paula for asking on your thread but are there any Playstation 2 games that are more kid oriented ? if you could send me somewhere that has them lol = ) thanks Brandy
Does your sister know that a 3rd Playstation will be coming out very soon?
We have a ton of kids playstation 2 games.
When I did a check on ebay some Authur games and Monopoly also came up.
Thanks Yjja = ) and Paula also = ) The thing is with the playstation 3 coming out it's electronics something better is going to always be coming out every year the retail industry knows what they are doing the know the kids will have to "need" the newest ones so that's why they make them available although my kids are just now getting the "old" playstation two this year for christmas but only because i purchased it for an awesome price..The playstations and stuff are just like the game boy then what game boy advance and then sp and now the nintendo ds well my kids have the game boy advance and i asked them both the other day hey do you want the ds next year and that's it for christmas and they both said yes so we will see lol = ) sorry for rambling = )
Even if the PS3 is coming out soon I still think that it is fine to buy a PS2. We love ours and honestly there are 1000's of games out there. Even after the PS3 comes out there will still be plenty of PS2 games I will be interested in purchasing and playing, and they will probably be cheaper to buy off ebay. By the time I run out of games I want to play on the PS2 the PS3 will probably be cheaper just like what happened with the PS2. I have to give a standing ovation to Sony tho making the games still runnable in later additions of the PS. It would have been very easy for them to make the new platforms not run the old games.
The "new" playstation is not a PS3 right now... it's a slimmer version of the PS2. I'm willing to bet that since they JUST released the Slim it's going to be quite a while until 3 is out here. ALL PS2s can play the old (purple backed) and new (silver backed) games, plus DVDs. Some games for kids... Cool Boarders, Tony Hawk's skating games, Madden football games (the 2005 is down to 20 bucks at Wal-mart.) The new Lemony Snicket game, NASCAR games, NBA 2K5, all the NCAA sports games, Jax and Dexter (I think that's the name of it), Crash Bandicoot, plus all the cartoon character ones mentioned earlier.
I just checked on PS3... it's not even going to be released in Japan until Spring 2006... though it should be interesting to see what Sony comes up with!
Glad you checked that Crys, DH bought a PS2 a few months ago and the saleslady tried to talk us out of it and preordering the newer Playstation (which we didnt even know about at that time). So the only difference is its slimmer? Arent they slim enough?? lol!
LOL Melissa...you could just send me the controllers! LOL
Yes, they fit, and there is a Dualshock controller Sony makes. The Dualshock 1 is made for PS1, but works just fine in the PS2, but is half the price of the Dualshock2 @ Wal-Mart. It'll probably cost you more to buy them on Ebay than it will to buy the $10 Dualshock1 at Wal-Mart. (I only know all this junk because Nate got a PS2 as an Xmas gift from me. I refused to spend 2X as much to get a "slimmer" one, which you can't find in stores anywhere, so I bought a used one, and spent the money I saved on games.)
Oh, duh... I was all confused... you are getting an Original PS, not the 2!! Silly me, disregard last post! New controllers for PS1 are available at Wal-Mart...
I personally would buy the 'real" ps controllers. I have bought the cheepos and they dont last near as long. The original ps controllers that we bought 2 years ago only just died but the generic ones that we bought have not lasted near as long.
PaulaS - You can go to www.ebgames.com and either order online or find a local store. They carry tons of used games for new and older gaming systems. If you have a local buy and sell paper they often have ads from people trying to clear out their old games to make money so they can upgrade to the newest game system. Also try pawn shops and such.
wow..thank you all so much. There is a local eb games ( about an hour away ) so I will check it out the next time we are in Grande Prairie.
So, my sister's package arrives today with the playstation in it. It's just the playstation and no cables, controllers..nothing! I call her up and she said the cables attaching the Playstation to the TV my nephew uses with his XBox, the controllers he kept (which I knew) and she forgot to mail the power cord (will send it later).
Oh goodness. That is a good deal. Now you need a lot of playstation games
Just as a word of warning, I looked at the auction you are bidding on. Have you asked the seller how much to ship? I dont see that anywhere in the auction and they could decide to charge a crazy amount for shipping. I would contact the seller right away and figure that out.
Thanks Kristin. I emailed him for a shipping amount. I'm hoping that since we are both in Canada it won't be too bad.
You might call the EB Games that is near you and see if they are selling any used PS game consoles. If so they should be super cheap. Our Gamestop sells used systems, but I don't know of EB Games does. If they sell them, they should come with controllers.
Checked out Toyz store that sells used stuff. Ouch!
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I did marry a Marine so I guess I should be happy that he didn't buy XBox because I would then hate Halo 2!!!!