Ps2
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Overview
Achieve a whole new level of game play with this tell-all hardware guide. You’ll learn how to network your PS2 and challenge your friends online, and get a glimpse into the gaming industry through "sneak peek" sidebars. Packed with inside tips and advice, this book helps you unlock secret levels, discover hidden characters, and maximize your gaming experience.Get Your Game On!
Maximize your PS2 with this mind-blowing guide. Author Brian Underdahl reveals the secrets that unlock the full potential of your game console. Learn all about PS2 specs and networking capabilities—as well as cables, controllers, enhancements, memory cards, games, cheat hardware, and more. Plus—informative sidebars and trivia throughout enhance your understanding and enjoyment. With this book, you'll be able to blow the lid off your game machine.
- Connect the PS2 to a stereo and a big screen TV for enhanced gaming
- Trick out your gaming system, entertainment center—even old gear
- Take advantage of great insider benefits using cheat codes, shark codes, and more
- Unlock secret levels, hidden characters, and more
- Discover all the possibilities offered for multiplayer game options—including online and networked consoles
- Utilize memory cards to transport ongoing or saved games between PS2s
- Maximize your unit's entertainment possibilities—including audio and DVD playback
- Follow online links and magazine game reviews to find the games that best suit your interests
Synopsis
Achieve a whole new level of game play with this tell-all hardware guide. You ll learn how to network your PS2 and challenge your friends online, and get a glimpse into the gaming industry through "sneak peek" sidebars. Packed with inside tips and advice, this book helps you unlock secret levels, discover hidden characters, and maximize your gaming experience.
Get Your Game On!
Maximize your PS2 with this mind-blowing guide. Author Brian Underdahl reveals the secrets that unlock the full potential of your game console. Learn all about PS2 specs and networking capabilities—as well as cables, controllers, enhancements, memory cards, games, cheat hardware, and more. Plus—informative sidebars and trivia throughout enhance your understanding and enjoyment. With this book, you'll be able to blow the lid off your game machine.
- Connect the PS2 to a stereo and a big screen TV for enhanced gaming
- Trick out your gaming system, entertainment center—even old gear
- Take advantage of great insider benefits using cheat codes, shark codes, and more
- Unlock secret levels, hidden characters, and more
- Discover all the possibilities offered for multiplayer game options—including online and networked consoles
- Utilize memory cards to transport ongoing or saved games between PS2s
- Maximize your unit's entertainment possibilities—including audio and DVD playback
- Follow online links and magazine game reviews to find the games that best suit your interests
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewIf you just plug your PlayStation 2 into your TV and start playing, you’re missing much of the power and coolness Sony built into it. Brian Underdahl’s out to show you just how much your box can really do.
That starts with connections. Underdahl calls your attention to the A/V connections that can soup up your games’ reality quotient -- and shows how to connect your PS2 to your PC, so you can play even when Mom (or your little sister) is watching who-knows-what on the tube. You’ll find recommendations on programmable and wireless controllers, wheels and pedals, even light guns (though few PS2 games support them yet).
There’s also plenty of coverage of online gaming and networking (did you know you can hook six PS2s together via an i.Link hub?). Underdahl shows how to get all this stuff for no more cash than necessary -- and even how to use your PC’s hard drive as a huge PS2 memory card (which could also save you a bundle).
Plus, PS2 Blow the Lid Off includes chapters on cheat codes and hardware and on “void your warranty” mods -- with plenty of photos to help minimize the chances you’ll fry your machine. With Underdahl’s help, your PS2 is one hot box -- but you don’t want it quite that hot! Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.