List of PlayStation games incompatible with PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 was designed to be backward compatible with PlayStation games. However, not all PlayStation games work 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 versions of the PlayStation 2. This article provides a list of some of the 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]

PlayStation games

  • Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
  • Arcade Party Pak (Tested on SCPH-75001: Partially incompatible. 720 degrees loads but flickers constantly through all game screens: Unplayable, unless one wants to play through the constant flicker. Klax loads and plays without any obvious issues: Playable. Rampage loads and plays without any obvious issues: Playable, multi-tap not tested. Smash TV is occasionally stuck in a firing direction until X, O, Square or Triangle is pressed and some short duration green enemy jitter occasionally occurs at the very start of the first screen: Playable, dual analog also supported. Super Sprint gets stuck on a flickering blue screen when loading: Unplayable. Toobin' has minor flickering during load transition screens but game screens show no obvious issues: Playable.)
  • 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)
  • Gran Turismo 2 Demo (Graphical glitches with Gran Turismo mode menus).
  • Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game) (Game will freeze during credit sequence if PS2 smoothing is enabled in BIOS)[2]
  • Monkey Hero
  • Mortal Kombat Trilogy (The game will only freeze on a PlayStation 2 if the "BUY IN SCREEN" option is set to "OFF", and if the continue timer runs out. The game also only supports PlayStation controller.)
  • Namco Museum Encore (While not incompatible, two of the games included, Rolling Thunder and Wonder Momo, lag when played on a PlayStation 2 console.)
  • The X-Files Game (Graphical glitches with cursor.)
  • Tomba! (The intro sequence must play for the game to start up properly.)
  • X2 (video game) (Glitches in menus)

SCPH-300XX

This model has problems running these games:

  • Destruction Derby (Game does not recognize memory card.) (PAL Version works fine on SCPH-30004 V3 and V4)
  • Destruction Derby 2 (Game does not recognize memory card.) (PAL Version works fine on SCPH-30004 V3 and V4)
  • Destruction Derby Raw (Game does not recognize memory card. Occasional audio stutters and system hang ups.) (PAL Version works fine on SCPH-30004 V3 and V4)
  • Final Fantasy Tactics
  • Krazy Ivan (Game does not recognize memory card.)
  • Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (Game does not recognize the original Metal Gear Solid game discs)

SCPH-750XX to SCPH-900XX

The following games are incompatible with the SCPH-750XX, SCPH-770XX, SCPH-790XX & SCPH-900XX[3] "slim", model PlayStation 2:[4]

PlayStation games

PlayStation 2 games

References
  1. "PlayStation 2 Backward Compatibility Alert". Archived from the original on 2010-03-10.
  2. "PS2 credits freeze problem solved (PAL)". Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Important notice from SCEJ". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. "PlayStation 2 (MODEL SCPH-75001) Software Compatibility Alert". Archived from the original on 2010-03-09.
  5. "PlayStation 2's Spotty Backwards Compatibility". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. "PS2 SCPH-90004 DECKARD IOP - Driver - You are the Wheelman PS1 / PSX".
  7. "PS2 SCPH-90004 DECKARD IOP - Star Wars Episode 1 Die dunkle Bedrohung PS1 / PSX".
  8. "PlayStation 2's Spotty Backwards Compatibility". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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