 Athos United States. February 12 2009 09:18. Posts 1523 | Profile Blog |
For 65 bucks including 2 controllers, 2 memory cards, final fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and Final Fantasy XII from my friend Lee (who wanted to make some quick cash).
However, I was wondering if there is any way to get my new (old lol) ps2 hooked up to my 19inch lcd digital display? (My family owns a television, but it is not located in my room, and since my house is small, I'm afraid that my family would be distracted by me gaming in the living room). Various internet sources have suggested two viable options; component cables or getting a tv-tuner for your PC. Since I don't have either option and since I am hesitant into jumping into something without prior experience, I was hoping that readers who have a similar setup would be able to suggest a product that would do the trick for me. Thanks, and I can't wait to play some Final Fantasy.Last edit: 2009-02-12 09:21:03
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 xxsaznpride United States. February 12 2009 09:22. Posts 391 | Profile Blog | |
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 Mutalisk Spain. February 12 2009 09:22. Posts 225 | Profile Blog |
| Do yourself a favour and don't play FFX-2 haha Last edit: 2009-02-12 09:23:43 |
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 ZoW United States. February 12 2009 09:24. Posts 2377 | Profile Blog |
FFX is a great game. Best one out of all the FF series imo, it has such a compelling story. X2 and XII didn't appeal too much to me however.
As for your question, if your graphics card has the RYW plugs, it could be possible, however, I know of no other way to play on a monitor without a TV card or a VGA box.
Also, you are really lucky to get all that for 65 dollars, its probably worth more than that if you trade it in to a store, you should keep it in mind. Your friend probably needs cash for street fighter 4 I bet.
edit: http://www.amazon.com/VGA-Monitor-Input-Convertor-Selector/dp/B000JCLLUW
This should work for you.Last edit: 2009-02-12 09:30:30 |
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| Tsumi Canada. February 12 2009 09:34. Posts 269 | Profile |
On February 12 2009 09:22 Mutalisk wrote:
Do yourself a favour and don't play FFX-2 haha
Agreed.
Final Fantasy X-2 had some nice features (Mainly the job change mid-battle was an interesting aspect that I would have like seen carried over to other titles as well.), but all that aside the game itself is heavily geared towards a female audience and unless you're a girl, die hard FF fan or not; be warned.
Grats on your PS2! have some fun, man. |
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 MoeMoeKyun United States. February 12 2009 09:36. Posts 191 | Profile |
You should have done this 9 years ago when the ps2 came out.
Jkjk, and FFX is beast, X-2 is hard to play through if your not a hardcore FF fan(which i'm not, which is why i haven't beat it yet lol) or your not really intersted in the story. Mostly motivational things lol. |
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 SayaSP Laos. February 12 2009 09:44. Posts 4906 | Profile Blog |
| Man I want a component to dvi box lol |
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 Ingenol United States. February 12 2009 09:44. Posts 633 | Profile |
| Be careful with the converters. They can introduce pretty annoying lag. If your display has any sort of component inputs/S-video I would definitely use them. |
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 OmgIRok Taiwan. February 12 2009 09:48. Posts 1611 | Profile Blog |
Lol yeah dude you got a goodass deal
FF7 for PSX on amazon is $45
FFX probably goes for atleast 40 haha
and it probably depends if your monitor supports the red/white/yellow thingy and has those video out/in things |
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 Piy United Kingdom. February 12 2009 09:59. Posts 1078 | Profile Blog |
lol, me and my roommates are gonna buy a £8 gamecube for some ssbm action 
and the FF games are silly expensive now :0 |
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| .Ix Philippines. February 12 2009 10:35. Posts 241 | Profile Blog |
Just get a CRT TV with Component input. Shouldn't be too expensive these days.
I honestly thought FFX' story sucked massive anus.The sphere grid system was really good though IMO. Also, PS2s are still great for fighting games. |
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 fanatacist Angola. February 12 2009 10:38. Posts 9477 | Profile Blog |
| Get Need For Speed Underground (2 is out I believe as well?), Smash Bros Melee, and Soul Calibur. No questions, just do it. |
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 b3tty Canada. February 12 2009 10:51. Posts 187 | Profile Blog |
On February 12 2009 10:38 fanatacist wrote:
Get Need For Speed Underground (2 is out I believe as well?), Smash Bros Melee, and Soul Calibur. No questions, just do it.
He got a PS2, Smash won't work.
However, PS2 is awesome to have because all the Rock Band / Guitar Hero games and equipment are going down in price now that PS3 is out. So if you're into those rhythm games, score!
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| OmgIRok Taiwan. February 12 2009 10:52. Posts 1611 | Profile Blog |
| Also Tales of Symphonia for ps2 is soooooooooooo much better than the gamecube one. I'm jealous =\ |
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| fanatacist Angola. February 12 2009 10:52. Posts 9477 | Profile Blog |
On February 12 2009 10:51 b3tty wrote:
Show nested quote +On February 12 2009 10:38 fanatacist wrote:
Get Need For Speed Underground (2 is out I believe as well?), Smash Bros Melee, and Soul Calibur. No questions, just do it.
He got a PS2, Smash won't work. However, PS2 is awesome to have because all the Rock Band / Guitar Hero games and equipment are going down in price now that PS3 is out. So if you're into those rhythm games, score! : )
I thought Smash worked on that? Maybe that was my friend's GameCube... Oh well.
Get Star Ocean then and get ready to devote your life to it. |
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 NeVeR February 12 2009 11:23. Posts 589 | Profile Blog |
| PS2 has no good games aside from FFX that are exclusive to it. I pretty much never use my PS2 nowadays, but when I do it's only to play old PS1 RPGs. By the way, if you like old-school RPGs like Final Fantasy 1-10, get Grandia for PS1. Game is so awesome (and hilarious). >_< |
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| Agro_Z United States. February 12 2009 11:28. Posts 101 | Profile |
Wow, you got yourself a great deal! Now go sell everything and buy a ps3 :D! lol jk You're going to need component cables, provided your TV has plugs for them (I believe the colors are usually blue, green, and red?) or composite cables (red, yellow, white, but red isn't technically needed so it's okay if its not there). Obv, it's color to color when you plug them in. Try to find an emtpy slot such as Video 1, Video 2, or a Game channel if you have one. Most Ps2 games can't output HD, so HDMI cable isn't really worth it (does the ps2 even have an HDMI plug?) Composite cables are around $15 and component cables are like $20-30.
As for your gaming bothering your family, just don't play with the sound up too high ;] |
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 GTR . February 12 2009 11:42. Posts 22424 | Profile Blog |
Get Persona 3 FES and Persona 4.
You will lose a month of your life but it will be worth it. |
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Oh, and I only wanted FFX-2 incase I grow really attached to the characters in X. That and so I can say I own all 3 ps2 final fantasys 
