Like many consoles, the PS3 has gone through a few different incarnations of engineering. There were a few different model releases within even the larger console variant.
In order to determine whether your PS3 can play your PS2 games, we will need to take a look at a couple of features including the serial number located on the exterior of the console itself. On your journey to backwards compatibility you have advanced to the next step.
If you see that there are only 2 USB ports on the front of your system, we apologize, but your journey to Sony-approved, legitimate backwards compatibility has come to an end. After verifying that your PS3 has all 4 USB ports, we are then going to be taking a look at the serial numbers of your specific console to determine where along the path of enlightenment, I mean, backward compatibility your console has brought you.
You will be looking toward the end of the serial number for the 4 letters CECHxxx. Once you find that section of the serial number, the letter immediately following the H will tell us where you stand. Hidden category: Incomplete lists from November Tools What links here. Related changes.
Special pages. Printable version. Permanent link. Page information. Browse properties. What links here. This page was last edited on 14 April , at Privacy policy. Yes some input issues [1]. No [1] [2]. Barbie 12 Dancing Princesses. Yes GFX issues [1]. Yes - At various points during gameplay the user's character becomes stuck or teleports to a random nearby location.
Yes - When network gameplay begins, a network error message appears, and the user is disconnected. Yes - Occasionally Virtual Memory Card is not recognized.
Midas Interactive Entertainment. Yes glitchy [2]. Yes - sometimes the gameplay slows down, and some graphics are corrupted like Maria's Car becomes white, and the other car's wheels look strange. Yes [2]. Yes - throughout the title, a random character model shadow graphic appears in the center of the screen. Throughout gameplay, various environment graphics intermittently appear corrupted.
Yes - Gameplay may randomly freeze when exiting into another area causing a black screen freeze before the download data initiates. Online Gameplay has been discontinued in March for the PlayStation 2 platform. No - Not Available in North America. No - At a random point during gameplay, the title hangs. Yes - During various FMV sequences throughout the title, the audio is overlapped by static audio distortion.
The character has no shadow. Yes FMV issues [2]. Yes - Funny bug like in GT3 : when you are viewing the demonstration videos in the license tests, the demonstration cars path are incorrect, the demonstration videos don't display correctly and the cars drive off the track.
Yes - Vertical scan line artifacts are considerably more noticeable than on the 60GB; as well as more pop-ins. Occasionally, weather does not render properly, resulting in graphical glitches such as rain during a sunny day. No - If a save is attempted game will freeze. Only way around this is only works for Growlanser 2 to turn auto save on. Yes - However freezes after opening the secret doorway in Diagon Alley.
Needs a save file past that point OR hold L2 look mode as you press X to open the 'lumos' wall. This should fix it after a few attempts, but save regularly throughout. Yes - Throughout gameplay, the title performs at a significantly slower than normal performance speed. Yes - Throughout Adventure mode, when the title autosaves, it hangs which can be avoided by removing the PS2 memory card from slot 1 and inserting it only to manually save.
The save bug has been fixed in the Greatest Hits version of the game. Method 2. Open the PlayStation Store. You can do this from the PS3, or by logging into store. Open the "Games" section of the store. You'll see a variety of different categories.
Select "Classics. Check the "PS2 Classics" box. This will filter the results so that only PS2 Classics are displayed. Add any games that you want to purchase to your cart. The game selection will vary depending on your region. Purchase the game. Once you're done adding items to your cart, you can checkout.
You'll need either a valid payment method or have money in your PSN Wallet from redeeming a gift card. Download your purchased PS2 games.
Once you've finished the purchase, you'll be able to start downloading the games. You can start the downloads from the purchase confirmation page, or you can open your Downloads list from the Store and start downloading them from there.
Play your downloaded game. Select the game to start playing it. Method 3. Jailbreak mod your PS3. If you have a jailbroken PS3, you can use it to play most PS2 games. See Jailbreak a PS3 for instructions on jailbreaking your PlayStation 3 if you can handle these risks. You'll need multiman, the most common game manager for jailbroken PS3s, installed as well.
This comes with most custom firmware packages. Insert your PS2 disc into your computer. You won't actually be playing the game from a disc on your jailbroken PS3.
Instead, you'll be creating an image file of the disc and then adding the PS2 Classics emulator wrapper to it, allowing you to play it as a PS2 Classic. You'll be doing all of this from your computer, and then transferring the finished file to the jailbroken PS3. Create an ISO from the disc. You'll need to use a disc imaging utility to do so: Windows - Download and install InfraRecorder, a free, open-source disc imaging program.
Mac - Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder. Download the custom firmware tools you need to run ISO files. You'll need two different packages, which you'll be installing on your PS3. Place the downloaded files in the root directory of a USB drive. Place the ReactPSN. All of these should be located on the root of the USB drive not in any folders. This is the slot closest to the Blu-ray drive. Select the file on the USB drive to install it.
You should see it in your Game section after installing don't run it yet. Create a new account on your PS3 named "aa. Log in with your regular account. You don't need to use the newly-created account, just log in with the one you normally use. Launch multiman and select the Retro section. This is where you'll find all of your old games, including PS2 games.
Select the game that you want to play. After the conversion is finished, the game will say "PS2 Classics" before the game title. Select the converted game to load it on your XMB. You'll be returned to the XMB after selecting it. This will load the game that you converted, and it will begin playing. Not Helpful 13 Helpful Not Helpful 5 Helpful
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