PS2 Archives (PS3)

[Strangelove]

http://www.jp.playstation.com/info/release/nr_20120703_ps2_archives.html

The Japanese name for PS2 games downloadable/playable onto the PS3. There's already been some, but they announced a bunch more and made it an official line.

i misread the news as saying that you could play ps2 games on the ps3 now but that's not the case

On the 25th of July, they're going to start with these five on the Japanese store:

Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Complete Edition) - 1200 yen
Kessen - 1500 yen
Contra: Shattered Soldier - 1200 yen
Dragon Force - 800 yen
Siren (Forbidden Siren) - 1200 yen


The next batch will be:
DOA2 Hard*Core - 1500 yen
Castlevania (Lament of Innocence) - 1200 yen
Dynamite Deka (repackaged as 'Die Hard Arcade' outside of Japan) - 800 yen
Gunstar Heroes ~Treasure Box~ - 800 yen
Dark Cloud - 1200 yen


if i didn't already have Siren i would be excited for that, but everyone who doesn't have it should be instead (if it gets an english release) Code: Veronica seems like a strange choice, seeing as they just released the HD version not long ago.

 

[Lex]

DARK CLOUD!! I LOVE THAT GAME!! Oh I want it on the EU PSN store nao.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I still can't figure out how to set up a ps1 memory card to play ff7.
All my old ps2 games all work fine but ps1 games won't save 0.o

 

[Sheva Alomar]

Show me Drakengard, then we'll talk.

 

[Hisako]

And this is why companies dropped backwards compatability,

 

[Geostigma]

Contra: Shattered Soldier

That game was pretty damn good and pretty notorious because it used the blue PS2 disc's that hardly ever worked lol.
So it was hard enough to get it to run, then even harder to play. Gotta hand it to Contra to live up to there pain in the ass legacy xD