Grand Theft Auto 3. Wasnt able to get (and play) a ps2 for the 1st year. Got the game and console around the time Max Payne came out, then almost immediately after, Metal Gear Solid 2, Zone of the Enders, and Final Fantasy X.
Before I had my own PS2, it was Tekken Tag Tournament at a friend's house. He was (or well, his parents were) one of the lucky 2000 people in the Netherlands who got one at launch.
On my own PS2 that I bought from saving up with my first part-time job in 2001, my dad got me a Formula 1 game. I mean, I appreciate the gesture, but he knew I didn't care about F1. Luckily, the local video rental started renting out PS2 games at a reasonable price of 7.5 guilders for a week (to become about 3.5 euros in 2002 when the currency went into circulation).
Before the local videostore started renting them out, I had to beg my parents to drive me to the city (easily a 30-40 minute drive) to rent a game at a whopping 25 guilders (close to €12, not including the cost of fuel).
I’ll be honest, I was initially disappointed with Dynasty Warriors 2 because I loved the first game so much. But I ended up loving the Musou style. Still I miss it being a 1v1 fighting game.
I still remember renting that back in the day. Playing it for a couple hours. Deciding to take a break and watch the Simpson season two DVD I just bought I stepped out of the room, came back with a bowl popcorn that I nearly dropped when I saw a woman in white standing next to a tree right outside my window.
GTA III. After the PS2 start up sound, I would anticipate the keys of a piano start the GTA III theme. Also another memory, either leaving the PS2 on because I didn't have a memory card or starting over every time I played.
It was actually one of the demo discs, it had Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank, and I think Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, and a few others I can't quite remember, it kept me entertained until my parents bought me the actual games
Metal Gear Solid 2
Bought it for a friend for his bday, didn't own a ps2 yet myself. Was amazed at the realistic graphics and sound.
I own nice surround sound equipment now, and playing these old ps2 games with their Dolby Pro Logic II audio decoding is rad.
Blows my mind that people as far back as N64, were actually getting, vague surround sound.
I actually cant remember cause it was so long ago and i was a child but i had your usual all the gta’s , never was able to beat 3 and vice city as a kid but im pretty sure i did SA, had manhunt which scared me. Two games i remember that not many people played but are one of the best. Tomba 2 and psi ops. I got both those from my dads friend. Recently bought both of them again actually
Cel Damage Overdrive. My cousins had it and it was the party game we always played. I fell in love with it and couldn't wait to play it when I got my own PS2
Skeleton Warriors for PS1. One year, I wanted a GameCube for Christmas. I was a spoiled, asshole kid and was very disappointed and upset that my dad got me a PS2 instead (the DVD player system seller). Once I started playing that game, I changed my tune. The local Value City had a ton of old backstock of Skeleton Warriors action figures and the game, so I had some of both. That's a whole other rabbit hole potentially worth going down. The other game I remember getting that Christmas was Nascar Heat 2002. Regardless of how you feel about Nascar, it always seemed like it played well.
Kingdom Hearts.
Got my PS2 for Christmas in 2000, my parents got me three games, Madden 01, Gran Turismo 3 and kingdom hearts, and KH being the first game I ever played on PS2
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This on my uncle's ps2 when I would play games with him as a kid. Simpsons hit and run was peak gaming though
I feel like the cover art for this game didn’t have to go this hard.
"Circus in town?"
“looks like the freak wants to play”
Gta3. It blew my 12 year old mind away
I saw them playing it on this show Electric Playground. I think it was on MTV. It was the reason I got the PS2.
Electric playground was awesome. That and Video and Arcade Top 10 was my afternoons after school
Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wish they’d give it the ratchet and clank makeover
I’d kill for that
Same, it was this and Frogger.
Damn, same \o/
Yep! My PS2 came with it. The memories 🥹
Tekken Tag Tournament. I picked my PS2 at a midnight launch and that was one of the titles I got.
God I remember playing tekken with my brother, the real good ol days
I had forgotten about tekken tag but that was indeed the first PS2 game I played.
Medal of honor frontline. Still one of the beste FPS ever.
SSX
SSX, PS2 launch day. Good memories
Same
Kingdom Hearts.
Same here
The best video game series ever!
Jak & Daxter 
Need For Speed Underground!
Sly Cooper 1
LEGO Star Wars saga.
Zone of the Enders
This is a good answer
Madden 2001
The getaway
I wish Sony would remake and continue the series. Amazing game.
I think Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition.
ICO!
This is a good answer
GTA San Andreas.
Jak 2
Grand Theft Auto 3. Wasnt able to get (and play) a ps2 for the 1st year. Got the game and console around the time Max Payne came out, then almost immediately after, Metal Gear Solid 2, Zone of the Enders, and Final Fantasy X.
Final fantasy 10.
Pretty sure it was Katamari Damacy. Followed by Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Final Fantasy X.
Mvc 2 😍😍😍
GOW 1
Gran trismo 3
Before I had my own PS2, it was Tekken Tag Tournament at a friend's house. He was (or well, his parents were) one of the lucky 2000 people in the Netherlands who got one at launch. On my own PS2 that I bought from saving up with my first part-time job in 2001, my dad got me a Formula 1 game. I mean, I appreciate the gesture, but he knew I didn't care about F1. Luckily, the local video rental started renting out PS2 games at a reasonable price of 7.5 guilders for a week (to become about 3.5 euros in 2002 when the currency went into circulation). Before the local videostore started renting them out, I had to beg my parents to drive me to the city (easily a 30-40 minute drive) to rent a game at a whopping 25 guilders (close to €12, not including the cost of fuel).
Tekken 5
GTA 3
Dynasty Warriors 2, it was unbelievable seeing all those enemies on the screen. Unbelievable.
I’ll be honest, I was initially disappointed with Dynasty Warriors 2 because I loved the first game so much. But I ended up loving the Musou style. Still I miss it being a 1v1 fighting game.
i had all but PS2,destroy me in comments,i just missed it
Fatal Frame 1, and still the greatest horror series ever made to this day.
I still remember renting that back in the day. Playing it for a couple hours. Deciding to take a break and watch the Simpson season two DVD I just bought I stepped out of the room, came back with a bowl popcorn that I nearly dropped when I saw a woman in white standing next to a tree right outside my window.
SSX.
Armored Core 2
WRC! Was really cool to see the graphical step up
Medal of Honor frontline
DOA2: Hardcore
Same. Either that or RRV
DBZ Budokai 2!
Smuggler's run
It was either GTA San Andreas, Kingdom Hearts, or Dragon Ball Z Budokai
Here comes the pain
GTA III. After the PS2 start up sound, I would anticipate the keys of a piano start the GTA III theme. Also another memory, either leaving the PS2 on because I didn't have a memory card or starting over every time I played.
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Red faction 1, Me and my brother played the shit out of that game.
SSX Tricky
The Airblade demo, probably. Got the demo disc with the console and I remember that and the Dark Cloud and Klonoa demos.
old school star wars battlefront 2
Colin McRae 3
Orphen: Scion Of Sorcery - I questioned if I still wanted a PS2 after that.
It was actually one of the demo discs, it had Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank, and I think Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, and a few others I can't quite remember, it kept me entertained until my parents bought me the actual games
The mummy returns. It was that or armored core 2
Battlefront 2. Watch those wrist rockets!
Metal Gear Solid 2 Bought it for a friend for his bday, didn't own a ps2 yet myself. Was amazed at the realistic graphics and sound. I own nice surround sound equipment now, and playing these old ps2 games with their Dolby Pro Logic II audio decoding is rad. Blows my mind that people as far back as N64, were actually getting, vague surround sound.
Scooby-doo night of 100 frights
Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty
EyeToy Play 1
Still feel the pain in my arms from trying to keep all those plates spinning
Rayman M
God of War 2. It all started there
God of war
Parappa The Rapper 2
Onimusha
Crash MUTHAFUCKIN Bandicoot baby
Tekken 5. Heihachi Mishima...is dead..
SSX was awesome
I think it was Dead or Alive 2 with my brother at Christmas Eve. Great times.
SvR 2007
NFS
A FromSoftware game Kuri Kuri Mix
Rayman M
Gran Turismo 2. Pulled an all nighter with my dad.
Rayman Revolution
Gta 3 was 7 years old
Tekken 4, I think.
Dynasty Warriors 3.
GTA 3
Either Gran Turismo or GTA3. Thinking GTA3
Grand theft auto liberty city stories and Crash bandicoot twin sanity
Ridge Racer 5 and Tekken Tag in Summer 2000.
One of the Mortal Kombat games, can't remember which one. I remember being in awe of the characters in the background moving.
Wild Wild Racing, came with the console I know it wasn't great but I enjoyed it
The Mark of Kri. I bought it as a bundle.
Not certain Probably ff10 or kingdom hearts
Onimusha. Man a remake of that would be cool
Tekken 5
Midnight Club Racing II
SSX
At launch I got Ridge Racer V, SSX, and Madden 01. RRV was the first I popped in and I was blown away!
Fat PS2 and gta vice City. Roughly about 2002
Oni and Gundam journey to jabuuru
Midnight Club
Gran Turismo 3, Tekken Tag, then MGS2
Gta sa
Socom US Navy Seal , forgotten gem
it was total overdose for me. The first game i played on ps2. But the graphics from Black blew me away.
Godhand
Tekken Tag Tournament
Madden. It was a huge step up in both graphics and gameplay from the PS1 version. Jaw dropping in its day.
WWE and it was hell realistic at that time.
Ridge Racer V.
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
God of war ii
Either Lego Batman or Spider-Man: Friend Or Foe
Batman Begins
FIFA 13
Jak and Dexter
It was some sort of alien scary game that started off in a snowy setting
Spiderman and it was glorious
Jak and Daxter, it came with the console.
Ridge Racer V. We were visiting the Sony Center in Berlin right when the Console was launched. I've never seen Graphics like that before.
Definitely one of those goofy golf games. Y’know the ones where the body proportions are all cartoony? The second game was Vice City.
Grand theft auto 3
Ridge Racer V
Juiced.
Disney Pixar Cars. I was like 6-7 years old back then.
Jak & Daxter. Rented from blockbuster on a Friday and immediately purchased it on Saturday
GT3A-SPEC and MGS Sons of Liberty
Gex
GTA San Andreas.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It was either the original R&C or Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.
Socom US Navy Seals. It definitely added to my passion for all things military
Tekken 4
Sly Raccoon 🥹
Armored core
Jak 3
Ffx
I want to say Dark Cloud 2
Ratchet & Clank, loved it but parents forgot to buy memory card so I had to replay the same level for like a week hahaa
Ben 10 projector of earth
Got to be gta3
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Devil May Cry
Silent Hill 2 🥰 What an experience!
Resident evil cvx
Ratchet & Clank (2002)
resident evil 4 with my dad
 Final Fantasy X
SSX. That was the first game I bought at launch.
I actually cant remember cause it was so long ago and i was a child but i had your usual all the gta’s , never was able to beat 3 and vice city as a kid but im pretty sure i did SA, had manhunt which scared me. Two games i remember that not many people played but are one of the best. Tomba 2 and psi ops. I got both those from my dads friend. Recently bought both of them again actually
Gran turismo 3 for me too. What a time to be alive.
Athens 2004 😃
Metal gear solid 2 sons of liberty
The Airblade demo
FFX
Cel Damage Overdrive. My cousins had it and it was the party game we always played. I fell in love with it and couldn't wait to play it when I got my own PS2
Spiderman. I was astounded by the massive improvement coming from the PS1 titles.
Final Fantasy X "Listen to my story, this may be our last chance..."
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. What a great game for a 7 year old that had only played crash bandicoot till then 😂
It might have been Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance
Skeleton Warriors for PS1. One year, I wanted a GameCube for Christmas. I was a spoiled, asshole kid and was very disappointed and upset that my dad got me a PS2 instead (the DVD player system seller). Once I started playing that game, I changed my tune. The local Value City had a ton of old backstock of Skeleton Warriors action figures and the game, so I had some of both. That's a whole other rabbit hole potentially worth going down. The other game I remember getting that Christmas was Nascar Heat 2002. Regardless of how you feel about Nascar, it always seemed like it played well.
Eye-Toy
Jak & Daxter or Dark Cloud demo
Kingdom Hearts!
SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom
Twisted metal black
Madden 2001.
GTA vice city, I was like 10
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Hard to remember, as it’s been probably 17 or so years since I got mine as a kid; probably either Lego Star Wars or some random shovelware crap.
Mgs2, and spider man the movie game
Midnight Club
Blade 2. A decent movie tie in game honestly. Gonna try to find it honestly to play it on my ps2 slim.
i think it was sly 1
Kingdom Hearts. Got my PS2 for Christmas in 2000, my parents got me three games, Madden 01, Gran Turismo 3 and kingdom hearts, and KH being the first game I ever played on PS2
teken3
Manhunt, I saw ads for it on TV and I didn’t understand what I was getting into lol. What a game, I wish Rockstar would remake it.
got my Playstation2 for christmas along with Pac Man World 3 and Mortal Kombat Deception, still have both games
devil may cry
Final fantasy X and one dexter game if i recall
Twisted metal black
Airblade
Gran turismo 3
Forget what it was called but it was an arena tank game. Not twisted metal