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PS2 owners: Oldies but goodies

Posted on August 31, 2009 at 10:29 PM.

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Recently I picked up a copy of NHL Hitz Pro at Gamestop and got around to playing a few games today. Man, I'm impressed! While a game developed by Midway was never going to be a pure sim, I'm really shocked by the direction Midway had taken the Hitz series; it would've been interested to see where it would've led had the game gone on past the 03-04 season.

If you turn down player speed and hit power all the way to zero and max out goalie reaction, you can get a really good game of hockey. Dump and chase works really well in this game and you can cycle if you're fast enough with the pass button. Only thing I wish they had implemented was line changes mid-play. You have to wait for a puck stoppage to change lines and that can be annoying at times.

Anyway, the point of that mini-ramble is that despite being 6 years old, Hitz Pro still holds up in many ways in 2009 and for just $3.99, it's a good deal to be had. It got me thinking as to what other PS2 games out there are a good bargin right now?

Obviously answers would be NFL 2k5, Madden 05, NCAA 04, 06 and MVP NCAA Baseball 06. Anything else out there that I should take a look at?

I'd also throw in action, stealth and platforming games as I like a little change of pace from sports every now and again.

Comments

# 1 superstarshad @ Aug 31

madden 03- 0.99
madden 04- 0.99
madden 05- 0.99
nfl 2k5- 0.99
madden 06- 2.99
madden 07- 4.99
madden 08- 6.99

All of these games are better than madden NFl 10, at a fraction of the cost.

# 2 DJ @ Sep 1

I have 09 on the PS2 and really enjoy it, but I'm actually enjoying 10 on the 360 this year.

# 3 stlstudios189 @ Sep 1

Top Spin, Splitter Cell, Marvel Ult aliance, NBA 2k5, CH 2k7

# 4 trufootball @ Sep 1

God of war 1 & 2. Best acrion adventure games ever made.

# 5 DJ @ Sep 1

Stl. Studios, great call on Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I had forgotten that this game was also released on PS2; it's a game I definitely am interested in.

Trufootball, GOW look awesome and I'm thinking of picking up the PSP version since it's just $9.99 this week at Gamestop.