List of PlayStation games incompatible with PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 was designed to be backwards compatible with PlayStation games. However, not all PlayStation games worked on the PlayStation 2. In addition, later models of the PlayStation 2 console could not play all of the games that were released for prior version of the PlayStation 2. This article provides a list of PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games that are not compatible with all models of the PlayStation 2.

All models

These PlayStation games have compatibility issues with all models of PlayStation 2:^[1]

• Arcade Party Pak
• Arcade's Greatest Hits/Atari 2
• Fighter Maker
• Final Fantasy Anthology (Occasional graphic glitches on save/load screen in Final Fantasy V, no issues in Final Fantasy VI; this glitch was fixed in the green label Greatest Hits version released in 2004)
• Monkey Hero
• Jet Moto 2
• Tomba! (You must allow the intro sequence to play for the game to start up properly.)
• X2 (Glitches in menus)
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy (The game will only freeze on a PlayStation 2 if the "BUY IN SCREEN" option is set to "OFF".)
• "Namco Museum Encore" (While not incompatible, two of the games included lag when played on a Playstation 2 console.)

SCPH-30001

This model has problems running these games:

• The Legend of Dragoon
• Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions (Game does not recognize the original Metal Gear Solid game discs)
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• "Destruction Derby Raw" (Game does not recognize memory card. Occasional audio stutters and system hang ups.)
• "Destruction Derby" (Game does not recognize memory card.)
• "Krazy Ivan" (Game does not recognize memory card.)

SCPH-75001

The following games are incompatible with the SCPH-75001, "slim", model PlayStation 2:^[2]

PlayStation games

• 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
• Akuji the Heartless
• Barbie Race and Ride
• Broken Helix
• Driver
• Gundam Battle Assault
• The Hive
• Hooters Road Trip
• In Cold Blood
• Jampack Vol. 2
• Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure
• NFL Xtreme
• NHL 2000
• NHL 2001
• NHL Blades of Steel 2000
• NHL Rock the Rink
• Nuclear Strike
• One
• PO'ed
• Powerboat Racing (VR Sports)
• Poy Poy 2
• Rascal
• Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Minor sound glitches)
• Rushdown
• Sentient
• Speed Punks
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Soviet Strike
• Syphon Filter 2
• Syphon Filter 3
• Tomorrow Never Dies
• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Worms

PlayStation 2 games

• ATV Offroad Fury 3 (Compatible with bugs)
• Beyond Good & Evil (sound glitches)
• Big Mutha Truckers
• Big Mutha Truckers 2
• ESPN NBA 2K5
• Everquest Online Adventures: Frontiers
• Formula One 2001 (video game)
• Fight Night Round 2
• Final Fantasy XI (Requires the PlayStation 2 Hard Disk Drive)
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
• Jak X: Combat Racing (Compatible with bugs)
• Major League Baseball 2K5
• Street Racing Syndicate
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
• Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan

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