PlayStation 2 System Menu Ambience for 2 hours
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2015
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redux, now with just the spinning snowflake like some people asked.
Entirely recorded in one take, no editing
Software:
PCSX2
Audacity
Cheat Engine
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Thank you everyone for all the views. This video unexpectedly got in the UA-cam algorithm and I am floored by the response. I could never dream of having so many views on a video like this. I thought about monetizing but it didn't feel right. I still have a job that I would rather do than UA-cam.
technica I’m curious if you looped this or actually ran the ps2 the whole time. I want to crack a number code about the circles and use it to write music but I want to make sure I start at the right point
@@queenpurple8433 This was not looped. I had PCSX2 recording the video and audio while I was away from my computer. I went for a walk and came back and ended the recording after 2 hrs passed lol
technica thanks for the reply! I’m going to use it to decide time signature and scale degrees of my next song
Actual fucking mad lad for not monetizing this
Ty for this
*Starts up PS2*
*Goes to this screen for about 15 seconds*
WELP MY DISC IS SCRATCHED.
1 minute later:
PLEASE INSERT A PLAYSTATION OR PLAYSTATION 2 FORMAT DISC
Super Sonic88 AAAAHHH
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@tamacat2001 *god fuckING DAMNIT*
Or your ps2 starts making noise from the disc
8 MB: Cant hold your Media, but sure can hold your childhood
why we have expansion bay.
Nitronixus This comment is EXTREMELY underrated.
@@tavenalexander5469 How do i save to hdd?
Tyler DaSilva You’d have to mod your console - either with a mod chip (requires soldering) or Free McBoot (a modded memory card). Open PS2 Loader, a way of loading backups from HDD, will allow you to save to the HDD via virtual memory card
Mammoth Supremacy 55 they could fit better games than most games today in a 8 mb memory card smh
I remember always thinking this was what the inside of my PS2 looked and sounded like. Ah, innocent childhood bliss.
The ocean is in your ps2
Same
@Frogger I believe he's talking about the sounds in the background😂
@Frogger lol ok 😂
Actually this is the inside of a PS2, like the mind of the console
...there is a HUGE difference listening to this on UA-cam vs actually still owning your ps2 and just turning it on.
True
Yeah one requires a big black box and this requires anything.
Very true and pressing 🔳 (square if it doesnt load) to view the display
My GF just brought home her old PS2 and we booted it up to play Burnout 3. I forgot all about this intro until it happened and was instantly hit with a rush of nostalgia.
@@willkriss1497 duuuude, that game is amazing
This gave me a creepy feeling as a child, like I was the last person on earth
Yep, me too. Everyone is talking about feeling nostalgic about this, while i was terified of the system menu when i was home alone.
Yea same
Effin same.
One day as a kid I had that weird dream where I turned on the PS2 and there were various different possible screens. One of them actually played some kind of American commercial/movie which at some part tried to talk to me. Lol
@@soldaluz3116 was it tiny tank
It made it seem like your system was alive in some way.
Yeah the RSoD sure felt like it was about to drag your ass to hell.
I agree with that statement.
Not much consoles have that same feeling anymore. Or I’m just getting old.
Masahiro Sakurai You’re getting old
You're too young
Lightning6475 nah, consoles used to be pretty unique from one another. I'd say the most unique consoles this generation were the Wii U, Vita, and 3DS. All had their own identity. The Switch is just a straight up tablet with the joycon being the only difference.
always had an eerie vibe as a kid. i don’t know how to describe it. the sense loneliness. the endless dark void with alien like orbs circling in perpetual unison. the sounds of waves from another planet crashing for all eternity.
The world to a child. The weight of the world to an old man.
I agree. Its a calm eerieness. Totally unique. The closest thing to the vibe is like silent hill soundtrack even though theyre not the same at all. Or mayybe like certain specific emotions when breaking like the 4th wall on an assassins creed game or something. Or like watching season 1 of bleach. Like theres this spiritual in between realm aspect to it.
That’s what made it so comforting for me
When I was a kid I was kind of scared of the initial bios sound, made me dread having a scratched disc, didn't make my retarded ass put them back in the case though. I also used to get startled awake from the Williams Street Productions outro on some of the shows on adult swim. My asleep brain thought the PS2 monster was coming for me lol
If you want eerie lut an unsupported disc in. The ps2 literally gets angry.
When modern consoles are getting more and more away from atmospheric menus:
*Downgrades, people. Downgrades.*
My ps5 makes some calming background sounds. I have it in right now actually. I don't use a Screensaver though. Hell my favorite was the ps1 honestly. That hits the nostalgia vein
I still have my PS2 and nothing about it shows signs of age.
The Nintendo Switch Menu Sucks. The Only New Thing, Is The Frickin' Switch Online Icon. At Least I Can Still Play Earthbound With Some Annoying Bugs
The CPU of the system was called the Emotion Engine. Sony was right.
Interesting fact
It's so many memories from: Burnout Dominator, NFS Most Wanted, Crash Tag Team Racing, GTA SA, Bully, Def Jam Fight for NY, The Sims 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Midnight Club 3...
That's the most beautiful and meaningful name I've ever heard given to a computer part.
@Dillon Howington yep, I m playing the ps2 titles on the ps3 by emulation, but it doesn't e feel the same... The TV is a LCD 16:9 screen, but the CRT TV is more nostalgic, and the disc's, read the manual and the box cover, playing with friends, see the memory card icons... Doesn't feel the same anymore, and I m getting old too 🤡
@Dillon Howington well I just use opl to read the disc's from a pendrive and play without fear of get more disc's scratched
...My dad was a surfer when he was younger.
One time, he spent the night visiting my two brothers and I in San Clemente where we used to live. Once it had gotten dark, he stayed awake for an hour or so on the couch listening to this since our ps2 was on. He later said it sounded just like waves and reminded him of when he used to surf...
I'll never forget that.
(2-2-2020 Edit) Oh my God...I've never had so many thumbs up on a comment in my entire life. I'm so glad you all liked my story. Thank you all so very, very much. But really, I guess we should be thanking my dad, Craig. Love you Dad. Love you guys too.
AtomicF0x
Thanks for sharing this :)
DuskyLore ❤
Thats rad
Existential Deliberation dude
Is that from FFX?
Fun fact: this animation is based on the ps2 clock, so if yours isn't spinning, that means your console clock battery has died
What do you mean by "clock"
@@JoelLinusfor the consoles internal clock to keep track of time it has a secondary source of power to keep it running for a while when it’s powered off and if that dies then the time won’t be right on save files and stuff
If your clock battery has died, it’s best to replace it or at the very least remove it because it could leak like other batteries you may have found corroded after years of being unused. Or at least, so I’ve heard. I have one with a dead batt so lol that’s on my to-do list, now.
@@Warmlemonjuicedo you mean a CMOS battery?
The small clock battery inside a computer is called the "CMOS battery" for people who don't know, pronounced as "SEE-moss".
The pS2 was truly the pioneer in revolutionized hardware and capabilities. It could play dvds, CDs had a webcam, had online game support and a web browser..
@@myoke5516 it had a DVD that allowed you to browse on the web and it had many games that had Online support like mortal kombat deception for example..
@@primexample8912 let’s be real though there was probably only like 2 people who used a ps2 web browser when ps2 was still the current console
@@bls3746 na i played ps2 during its prime and alot of the online games were actually active
@@myoke5516 you had to buy a specific Sony modem to connect your PS2 to the internet, but it existed though not many people got into it as home internet was not as common back then.
For the online connectivity and web browser, the Dreamcast was first and included a modem with the console.
When your memory card is full: *it is time for a sacrifice*
@@someidiot4311 he ment delete some game data
Windows MV I had like 5 memory cards 😂
daamn i hated that so much
*OGGA CHUGGA OGGA CHUUGA*
If your PS2 modded you can copy the savedata via unlaunchelf to usb flash drive or hdd, so your savedata no need to be deleted
20 years of the PS2.
Why u even making this?? This shit gave me anxiety
Imagine getting anxiety from a PS2 ASMR video.
That's sad.
@@DougsDiggers shut yo weeb ass up, you obviously didnt owe a ps2 and didnt know what it feels like when ur dvd not working. Lol
Time sure does fly!
@@sk-xg7re Imagine attacking a profile picture and throwing a temper tantrum on the internet.
That's depressing.
Lol these comments are surprisingly deep and existential
Because that's what the PS2 was somewhat designed to convey.
Hahaha, that's hilarious. I was thinking about the same thing. Everyone here talking about the meaning of life, purgatory, souls, childhood, fears and dreams. LMAO
Because we are adults, and we are trying to connect to that feeling that we are talking about to the others reading. To me this is just scary, but because of these comments, I can travel to people's head and see all the other things it can be.
The nights of being in a dark room and hearing this was absolutely wonderful.
AVE SATANAS
Add a bottle of booze and two packs of cigarettes and you got your average friday night experience back in the day.
I highly recommend doing the same for the 90s BBC2 idents, even if you're not British you'll get something similar from it.
Interesting because it always made me feel so unsettled when it would loop like this
Yeah well, Jesus loves you
It doesn't matter how advanced technology gets; I don't think anything can quite replace the PS2 startup sounds, menu ambience, etc.
Edit: I don’t usually do edits like these, but I didn’t think I’d revisit this a few years later to find 2.3k+. Time flies...
Edit 2: Thanks for the gold!!1
nope :)
except the ps1 start theme XD
Ps2 Xbox and GameCube were the best.
Primse Clod Lveyethan UGH I love the Gamecube sound XD
including the infamous Red Screen of Death?
Wtf am i doing here? My PS2 is sitting 5 meters away.
Mine's 2-3 meters away.
Mine is 0.6 meters above. Meh.
Same here
@@tailsfanteg4712 You must be laying on the floor. 😅
Mines just down the hall
I was born in 1990 and from when I got a ps2 around launch when I was 10, up until I was about 15 i left my ps2 on every night on this menu. Sent me to sleep straight away. My first son was born in 2006 so when he was young I did it to him too and it worked just the same
this was amazing to read, thank you for sharing this
You had your first son at 16? I applaud you, it must've been difficult
@@ipassingthrough kids raising kids
@Reject ツ I'm sure it was a happy accident for him, not a mistake
@@ipassingthrough Yikes, didn't realize that
The PS2, Gamecube and Xbox all just send you on nostalgia trips with their menus. Crazy that they are a thing of the past these days.
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I really liked the menu after the startup. Glass cube floating somewhere.
Ps1 hit hard to bruh
Yeah ps1,gamecube,Xbox,and best of all PS2 had the best intros, it's probably because all the developers actually had fun making games around these time vs now where it's definitely more about the money , developers even had to do harder coding
@@ManaCloakdefinitely
The menu always felt so mysterious to me. Like I was alone, gazing into a distant world.
lol, I feel the same shit
The Xbox one made me feel like I was inside of a robot.
And that distant world was whatever game you put in.
you commie bastards
i like that
It’s kinda calming, creepy and mysterious in a way. Just an empty void with some dim lights chasing each other
i always thought the lights were dancing
@@joecool6837 they are dancing, in a beautiful way..
Ikr? Imagine seeing this when you’re knocked out (or dead)…
star Night ok now that's just fucked
@@starnight8819 In fact, just before I die, i think I'm gonna see this, it represents my childhood. It remembers me of Obscure too, which is my favourite game in the world and is in PS2
When I was a child, back to early 2000's, I felt a strange feeling, almost magical from this menu and its music, it was like traveling to other dimensions
Just thinking about a time when PS2 was best thing ever and being a kid in early 00s with best games on cold night what era
@@adamfull3181hell yeah 👍 I was 8 when the ps2 released didn't get one until Christmas 2002 tho but It was worth the wait as I got the console with final fantasy X and GTA vice city :)
Yep its really indescribable but its there
My family loved playing gta vc. Used to always have to get my second eldest brother to do that damned rc bomb mission@@HollowRick
The void is filled with waves of sheer creative chaos, you can hear it, on the other side, working peacefully.
You haven't seen everything. You haven't played it all, but… you just don't have to.
Sometimes, it's better to sit where you stand, close your eyes, and relax.
Let the ocean of imagination, take away your anxiety and rest.
It's a shame game consoles don't try to recapture this sense of wonder in you. I always used to love the theme of the PS2, and would often play the video test screen just to watch that tunnel and pillars. It kinda made me think the console was alive, somehow. Or had its own little pocket dimension inside of itself of this otherworldly landscape or space. It makes me sad to think I'll never recapture the wonder of this experience, ever again.
As a side note, the error screen that plays for the PS2 actually makes me feel sorry for the console. As if it was almost in pain. It was a very mysterious console to me.
I actually wish there was a game or video that took this weird concept of the PS2's menus and expanded upon it. Nothing fancy, but something I can appreciate.
This comment.... yes
I agree.
I’m in fact playing a childhood superior nfs most wanted black edition so kiss my ass
The red error screen was definitely something that hits you deep inside
@person person too bad that you're not of those persons with good knowledge.
I can’t be the only one that finds this completely soothing and not creepy.
You're not
I find it both
It makes me feel like I'm lying down on the shore of the beach
Waves almost touching my legs
Sun is going down
But I'm the last person on earth
I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how it makes me feel
It's so relaxing
why the FUCK do you think they uploaded this then huh
Same here
so much laughing so much fun,no problems,no social media stuff,nothing. life was just as beautiful as it meant to be.
hell ya
@@pimpin9294 hi
This comment.
Until your game wouldn't read :/
you couldn't have said that better. We desperately need time machines
we did 1,000,000 views btw
HOLY SHIT OH MY GOD
Because this is what everyone needed 🙃
I always sleep to this and I bet others have too so it was bound to happen right
I put this every time I need to concentrate so it’s really cool seeing other people use it as well!
“I only listen to real music. None of that rap or country.”
Me:
ambient is good. I listen to some deepchill stuff sometimes
Kind of sounds like the ocean, somewhat.
Yeah. Imagine we were sleeping with Klonoa while we traveling to Sea of Tear with him.
You should leave you PS2 on to hear the ocean to calmly make you asleep
Put on headphones sounds amazing
It's the sea of simulation.
Haalyle like the waves on the beach and the wind.
When my school locked down in 2020 in March, it was around May when I was beginning to have quite a few personal issues, like family, school, mental health, etc. I played this in the background as I studied for probably my first time ever. It was comforting.
I tried to keep this as concise as possible.
Glad to know you used this to help cope with those kind of issues
この虚無から色々な物語が始まるんだな。宇宙みたいだな。
同感だ
If this was on for like 5 seconds, you knew something was wrong with the disc
Nice pic bro
Cologne Trooper, Yessir
lmfaoooo
Cute dog
@@Delta-lg7hh not mine But thanks
The PS2 menu scared me up a lot as a kid but I always loved it in some way.
I found it quite unnerving when I was really young
have you heard the original Xbox dashboard.
Cameron ルカ welcome to the club
Same
menu was ok but red screen of death gave me nightmares tho
I love this so much. Listening to the waves crash I just imagine myself standing on a coastal cliff, the sky is dark and gloomy but there’s not a trace of human life around save for myself. There’s a kind of calming serenity to it and it’s just what I need to sleep
Same, except I don’t really imagine that sky to be dark and gloomy. I always enjoy a nice, bright blue or clear sky set upon a wide stretch of ocean.
I don't know how to feel about this. This reminds me of the games that didn't work, the times I played on a school night, the blissful childhood boredom, the indecisiveness of choosing what to play next. Everything good, bad and neutral all in one console.
What a comment. Spoke my mind entirely
Some people are really good at articulating. Im not one of those so i leave a like
Me: inserts any GTA game
PS2 menu: ah, shit, here we go again
lol 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
XD
Overused
All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ
I'm really lucky to have the childhood I had.
same
I grew up with the Wii and I feel the same way, it was awesome
Sunny days, the internet was more fun, UA-cam was original, and Wii Sports.
Good times
My years from age 1-4 was prime
@@sbanner428 i feel lucky to of owned a ps2 once
Yup
This is the most relaxing thing in existence. No one can tell me otherwise.
fr tho
The ps2 really felt like a portal to another dimension.
i remember falling asleep to this in the basement as a little kid then waking up only to realize my dad had carried me up to my room. those days are long gone.
This followed by *WHOOOM*
*Spray can lid pops off and begins spraying Rockstar logo*
My childhood days
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas theme starts playing
Or GTA3. I miss playing with my broken discs as frisbees lol
@@big_t6471 God that's nostalgic
For me, it was the sound of horns from taxis, sirens wailing from police cars and ambulances, and the Rockstar Games, North, and Leeds logos fading into sight behind them, as they all drive by, one by one.
Liberty City Stories, still my third favourite GTA game, third to only San Andreas and IV.
* silence *
* a half second of dramatic music until start button is pressed *
* record scratches *
"say alright! (alright!)"
"say oh yeah! (oh yeah!)"
"what cha gonna do?? (what cha gonna do??)
"(i gotta believe!) i gotta believe!!!"
* logo *
I remember bringing my ps2 with my family in-law when I was a kid, they lived near the coast but too far from where I live, I didn't care about the time or place, we were enjoying the time spent playing until midnight, not knowing when we could see us again. I haven't seen them since then because my family got separated and like a kid in late 2000's I didn't kept any distant contact. The only thing left is our memories that this ambience brings me.
this will forever give me chills. man i really miss the easier days back then
Why was the ps2 so ahead of it’s time in terms of ambiance and wonder (also terror) I wish companies would make epic menus like this, it just sparks a sense of mystery and awe every time you start it up.
I don't know why the menus can't just be black in the background (PS2, GameCube) or have a nice animation in the background (Original XBOX)
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@@RowanBird779 see: the ps3 before update 3.00
Takes too much time and money. They cant even put out a finished game anymore, let alone worry about something as mundane as menu music.
Sounds of the ocean at night.
sound of yo mom and me alone in her room
its actually, suprisingly just white noise
@@largevapor of course
I always believed that they were sounds of the wind
@@NendoNan it the sounds of cum
Those wave sounds on the menu screen are so blissful. And the light orbs just moving around so freely, I feel like a kid again.
It's your vacation.
You're at the beach.
Sitting on the towel.
Still wet from the water.
It's the last day...
You look into the distance.
Listening to this.
And start thinking about life.
Captures it perfectly!
Sounds kinda shitty.
Last day of vacation?
Back to work?
Nah
@@juice6199 back to making that money 😎
@@hokage1997 what do you do for work?
It's the last day...
heh, yeah. those ominous rumblings sure do sound end-of-the-worldly to me, like a huge storm in encircling the planet, and all we can do is play ps2 games while it edges closer and closer!
Or:
Camera on the beach.
Abandoned city full of plants.
Nothing changing.
It was so satisfying when all the orbs became one when I was a kid...
Same.
The intellectual's "DVD logo hit the corner"
This is the most nostalgic thing I've ever seen.
You're a true G. I feel like people we are the nostalgia warriors. We are in touch with our feelings I guess. It is the strangest feeling on Earth.
@@tannermuncey3379 i know that feeling
When i want a hit of nostalgia i listen to the ps1 start up i have a fuck ton on memories on the ps2 and i love it but for some reason the ps1 start up just gives me that nostalgic feeling i fucking love it
And yet ironically, this looks, sounds and feels like some super futuristic technology, today even more than it did 20 years ago. It feels like an iPhone 100 or something
Imagine the sun is setting and youre skydiving but really you’re just falling, back first and you feel wind on your back and your head while you hear this sound, beautiful.
I boot up my PS2 and sit in this screen for about 30 minutes. By then I will have achieved a state of inner bliss, and I can truly enjoy Back Yard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighbourhood.
It sounds like you're standing next to the ocean shore in the astral plane.
Do you guys ever associate a smell to something nostalgic? Growing up I would always rush home from school to play my ps2. At the time my basement had this really sweet smell to it and I can always smell it's sensations whenever I listen to this noise I miss those days 😢
Smell is huge for me. I have certain scents I associate with school and my ex. Anytime I smell them I feel like I’m back in my memories.
It Really Do B Like That Sometime for me it’s the other way round. Whenever I smell something from long ago all the memories come back
yup, certain smells remind me of my childhood home and it's so strange how you can recall them instantly with another memory. With sounds you sometimes have to think about it a bit, but smells are more on point for me
Hell yeah, i dont really remember smells that make me nostalgic until i actually smell it
Absolutely. When I smell a room that has fresh carpet in it, akin to my church's youth group, I immediately flashback to playing Super Smash Bros Melee. It is crazy.
Damn I miss the ps2.
I had one as a little kid and trust me, playing Crash Team Racing, Ape Escape, and Rachet And Clank on it are memories I'll never forget for as long as I live.
Hearing the iconic startup of the console or hearing the sound of the settings menu when it first starts up just brings back a lot of childhood memories
I used to restart the ps2 over and over just to hear it start up again. It's no wonder that I was so drawn to the sounds. I'd give literally anything to go back.
That Ratchet and clank was something man🥲
r&c was definitely a part of my childhood. I still play the older games and rift apart@@jaealexander403
You and me both, man. The PS2 was something great for the gaming industry, and millions of childhoods.
I turned mine on a little while back to discover that the dots were no longer swirling. Turns out the internal clock battery had died. Swapped it out and got my dots back.
Also, got dang if the big glass pillar things on the settings screen don’t still look amazing.
Oh wow I never knew that the ps2 used a battery for the clock
Yeah mine don't spin either, I don't have a controller yet so I still gotta see if it's the battery or just the settings
I’ve literally have had my PS2 since launch. It’s beat to shit but is an absolute tank. I’ve never had to change the battery that y’all are talking about though
god....... i can't help but think about the fact that someone made all this
Innit
Just turn on pcsx2 emulator, record for 2 hours, and upload it.
Mr Vuck Fiacom I don’t think the bios comes with it...
@@PotaraP It doesn't but they're easy to find with a quick Google search. It's just a process of dragging and dropping files and letting the emulator know where it's installed. Nothing too complicated.
Well then you'd want to thank Takafumi Fujisawa who created the PS1 startup screen and directed a team who helped put together the sounds and startup screen of the PS2. I found a playstation blog article which covers the topic in detail along with and interview with Fujisawa on its creation. Check it out here:
blog.us.playstation.com/2019/12/05/how-takafumi-fujisawa-created-the-original-playstations-startup-sound/
This probably is how purgatory is like, not good or bad just nothingness
This would be terrible
@Mystic Stylez A realm in between heaven and hell. One of the most famous examples in which the purgatory has been portrayed is "Divine Comedy", a very long italian poem
that’s how life is kinda not really
I have dreams of purgatory like states, where I know I'm stuck in a space, and the feeling of resignation to that space comes to me. It's like you know you're there and you're just dealing with having to be in that unsettling or unfamiliar space for an indefinite amount of time.
What about the swirling lights?
Do you get those in purg?
I had heard rumors from a neighborhood kid a year before launch that there would be a PlayStation 2 with even better graphics and sound than the first PlayStation. How was that even possible? Could they make something that looked and sounded better than Final Fantasy IX? Before constant broadband Internet, it remained a rumor. And then all of a sudden, without warning, my cousin calls me up after Christmas of 2000 to come over and play his PlayStation 2. I go over his house and he pops in a game called SSX -- a snowboarding game, which was perfect for the snowy atmosphere around that time of year. The graphics immediately blew me away, and we stayed up all night playing the same two levels over and over again. I couldn't get over just how much more of an overall experience the whole system seemed to be. You didn't just pop in the game, you got an operating system with ambient sounds at the beginning with an options menu. You could leave the system running without a disc in it. And my cousin's new TV and sound system really took advantage of the new tech in the console. I knew I had to get one.
It took a few months, but I remember it was April 2001, and I had finally saved up enough allowance money to go in half with my mom and buy one, since Christmas had already passed and my birthday was still a ways away. I remember her coming home late at night from Kmart or Target with this blue and white box and Tekken Tag Tournament. And I remember playing that game and the Bouncer for hours, even though both were pretty shallow gameplay-wise, and not exactly considered classics on the console these days. But back then, it didn't matter if I was playing what would come to be considered a masterpiece of gaming, because the overall experience of the startup screen, the sound, and being sucked into this entirely new game engine with radically different graphics made it feel like it was more than just popping in a random game. I miss not having 24/7 access to UA-cam and reddit and gaming sites and review aggregators, when I could hear that something was in the works, and then suddenly, it was just there, and the idea of being fully immersed was more important than nitpicking problems with the gameplay in specific games. Simpler times for sure.
Oh, the wonderful memories things brings me. The PS2 was the best thing about my childhood. I'm fortunate enough to still have it resting on my shelf today. Thank you!
Idk why people find this creepy it’s actually pretty cool it sounds so relaxing
Bc you dont see the red background
Exactly it's very calming not related but the ps4 theme sounds creepy just very depressing
I was scared of it as a child
My sister finds the ps2 bios scary for whatever reason lmao
@@palmerthing8381 how dare you say such a thing
6th gen contained the PS2 *and* the Gamecube startup. That is hard evidence that it is one of the best generations ever.
Easily, along with the fourth gen (SNES, Genesis, etc.)
Brad G Don't forget the Xbox. That one's startup was pretty cool, too.
Jimmy Ryker Yes, they all had great startups (GCN, PS2, DC, & Xbox)
That was also the last generation to have cheat codes, as everything after that had some amount of online play and so cheats couldn't be added because the devs can't somehow prevent the cheats from working on online mode.
Even the Dreamcast's startup still sounded nice, if nothing else
i always wanted a ps2 just so i could listen to this at night...
it was annoying because this usually played when the gane didnt start
sometimes i literally get my ps2 out of a box and set it up just to sit on the menu
Dark place, ocean waves. . . .i just realize where Riku and Sora went after final battle in KHII: PS2 loading screen
Just realized that this ambience is ocean waves hitting the shores. Right ?
Yes :)
@alittlespineyporcupiney Can't say I do. Just water hitting the shore and the wind blowing very strongly in the distance.
Nope, it's the 4th dimension of a universe/multiverse.
Search PS2 startup on PS5's ASTRO room.
everyone once in a while you can hear a creaking sound of a boat, but it sounds like its underwater
@@Noblekale4006 You cannot hear any sounds in near-empty regions of space. Sound travels through the vibration of atoms and molecules in a medium (such as air or water). In space, where there is no air, sound has no way to travel.
In this BIOS, The most common noises are wind, waves, storms, rain - but also ice cracking. That's a very impressive sound. You can also hear sounds related to civilization, such as ships' engines. And, of course, marine life.
Whatever Sony was trying to represent in PS2's astro Room startup, this ain't It.
Beacuse they represent the same doesn't mean they HAVE to be the same, they could be two completely different dimensions with two completely different ambiences for startups.
Sounds like ocean waves
Oh wow how did you found out?!!
@@Enes-wj5xq By listening.
@@Valdaur *wow really..?*
@@Valdaur
Oh wow that's smart
@@Enes-wj5xq Maybe if you're dumb xD
Ah, just listening to this I just think of GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, WWE Here Comes The Pain, Shut Your Mouth, Ace Combat, NFS Underground, Underground 2, All Star Baseball 2003, NBA 2K5, Def Jam Fight For New York. Just to name a few from my childhood games. Live on PS2, you always will have a place in my heart. #PS2Forever
Gow 1 and 2😢♥️
The sound of the sea. Sony even thought about the sound to be even relaxing. Nostalgia :)
The PS2 mixed with Kingdom Hearts 1 felt like a hallucination.
its the sound effects, its surreal and im glad i was born during a time to enjoy that
@@caspindarin3388 Definitely unique. Haven't had an experience like it since.
what do you mean?
@@thedude8003 yo mom
Oh yeah that was a real good game. The atmosphere hit real different playing that in the 2000’s, not many games have been able to recapture that magical-ness of my childhood. Open season 1 was really good too
This has the same calm, but slightly eerie feeling as being in a forest at dusk, looking up at the tree tops and hearing the wind.
Holy shit yes.
This. 💯
Agreed, It's just you, the forest and whatever or whoever accompines you.
I used to just sit and listen to those waves for hours back then. Just getting lost in the ambience, thinking about things. Oh, How many teenagers must have sat listening to this back then!
I always loved watching the orbs arrange into different patterns and then rearrange to the original pattern.
I never actually realised just how amazingly relaxing this is, was always too busy hunting for games to just sit and listen.
So, so nice.
Its amazing how life changes here we are years later listening to sounds we've already heard but now we are actually listening
fun fact: the startup sound is comprised of multiple seperate audio files played at the same time.
As a kid this startup terrified me. Now it's pure nostalgia
Did you know when all the dots align it’s the clock turning to **:00. Every minute the dots align.
I wish Sony elaborated on how the clock exactly worked
"I am sorry, mom asked me, I will go back in 5 minutes"
.....aaaaaah how it felt like 5 decades.... :D
Did PS2s really exist in the 60s? :^)
he was joking
r/whooooosh
@@ogorekkiszony7236 normie detected
Arthur the Cookie no u
Sometimes I like to think those orbs are just nostalgic memories dancing about all happy. Memories of when you were a child playing on your ps2,GameCube, or original Xbox; without a care in the world. Sometimes I like to boot up my old systems and just sit in silence on the menus thinking back on the memories I had with friends and family over various games. Memories that forever will be keep happy inside our thoughts, bouncing about in nostalgia bliss.
I have my ps2 with me still
@@umya9971 Same! Played it last year, got my PS1 aswell
@@bearoftheinterest5987 last time I played with my PS2 was nearly 4 years ago, since I moved away after that and it’s in the luggage still
Love this comment 👍
This here 🎯
I remember being entranced by these lights for so long.
It's always reminded me of Kingdom Hearts, similar vibe like a quiet darkness hidden in a calming ocean breeze
Gaming is a very underrated genre. It's crazy how all of us can come together, just to remember a good part about our childhood.
Video games are more than just cheap entertainment. It's something more than a book or a movie. I feel like it's more personal, because you were maintaining the story. The player controls what the character does, that's a feeling no other form of entertainment can truly master.
Video games are really a genius invention, they get all the benefits of books and movies, along with guaranteed personal attachment.
Thanks for reading my 2am monologue. I hope you have a nice morning, day, night. Be well. ♡
I really don't understand what you mean when you say that gaming is underrated genre
dark metaknight Agreed. Video game is now becoming one of the biggest and popular genre in the world.
Nคrciͥຮsͣiͫst Bro gaming is one of the biggest source of entertainment
@@lostcrusader8053 i think what he meant is people dont take gamin seriously like with books or movies cuz those audiences are more "higher class" than us simple gaming folk
dark metaknight he means that many adults see gaming as a waste of time and stuff
The actual sound files for the ambience for the PS2 menu are 4 sound clips which are all 14 HOURS long, and play at various randomised speeds, at different times.
The more you didn't really care to know, but know you do anyway.
+television and cheese I thought about extracting them but I didn't know how as the tools used to extract the firmware back in the day have been depreciated..
plus I am very sure the loop only lasts about 3 minutes the last time I checked.
the sound loops are probably about 5 seconds each..
*****
The PS2 has 32mb of system ram, but still, you don't have to load the entire sound clip into ram to play it. Besides, if it were 14 hours (Which I have already been proven wrong), they'd probably have done lots of audio compression, so the final audio clips will likely be less than 32 mb. Anyway, I have been already been proven wrong, there's no need to keep proving that I was wrong. :)
you said it man
I wish I could find joy from nostalgia.
Instead I'm just left feeling empty, sad, and a strong yearning to go back.
Remember the good old days when there was no one second startup sound, the 6th generation and 7th Generation of consoles was the best
Imagine this, then instant red screen of death
Something like that _can_ actually happen. I'd know - it happened to me.
I remember one time I was trying to get a disc to play, one of these attempts resulting in a strange occurence where I got taken to the system menu for second before the Red Screen of Death appeared unexpectedly. Felt like the console was actively screwing with me at that point.
Don't know if this happened to anyone else, though.
@@blueblur98 okay i am happy my ps2 broke bc if that happend to me i would throw that thing out the window
@@blueblur98 one time i managed to get all the way to the 'vwoom' of the words playstation 2, but it hovered there for almost a solid fifteen seconds, and then went to the rsod. I felt like I was in a creepypasta.
@@goldenpig6453 From there the only way it could get worse would be if after a while you heard the fearful melody from PS1 and the contrast starting to creep up to white as it got louder and louder. Then black. You turn on your lights to see smoke getting out of your PS2.
You turn off your TV and unplug the PS2, and as you turn around, you start hearing the PS1 startup. But you don't own a PS1 and the PS2 is unplugged. You TV starts up without request and displays the worst Personified Fear as your TV starts to violently smoke and combust into flames. And then the tube (early 2000s remember) explodes, and last thing you remember is the PS logo floating mid-air while you hear the CRRRRRASH the ps1 makes when it has trouble reading a disk.
When you wake up again you're in a medieval setting on a carriage with 4 other dudes and tied up. One of them is happy that you are finally awake.
@@miaugato93 I just didn't mention that part cause it wouldn't sound believable.
Kid me: (hears start up sound)
"Technology... Games"
Me now: (hears start up sound)
"Nostalgia...
....Memories..."
I put this on loop last night and my girlfriend and I fell asleep to it while she laid on my chest. Best feeling in the world
I did the same thing with my gf!!
Both of you are weirdos thats why. Id slap y'all silly @@benjamincrawford8304
The PlayStation 2 menu ambience sounds so beautiful and peaceful and amazing to they should put on the audience reaction noise in background
I know no one cares but when I heard this menu sound so many memories came back to me... so here it goes...
When I was young, I went to my cousin's home during Christmas every year. My cousin's family was quite rich, and his bedroom was very dimly lit and cosy. I would play on his PS2 in his bedroom until midnight, then I would fall asleep on his soft bed with the PS2 menu ambience playing in the background. To me, going to his home and gaming on his PS2 is like physically and mentally travelling to another world.
I was so surprised when he decided to gift his PS2 and his game collection to me when he moved out. I've never owned a console at this point because I've always been a PC gamer, and I didn't (still don't) care for consoles. If I wanted to play PS2 games, I could run PCSX2 and turn the graphics up to max settings on my custom built PC, so owning a PS2 should have made no difference to me. But then... connecting the PS2 to the TV, putting a physical disc in the console, sitting back on the sofa, watching the game launch while holding the real PS2 controller made me excited like a little kid again. Apparently, the superior experience of PC gaming couldn't replace the emotional experience of console gaming.
I still prefer playing PS2 games on my PC because of the superior graphics, but sometimes I boot up the PS2 just for nostalgia's sake.
Wow that is a really nostalgic story friend!
I do care
Good story man.
do you still talk to your cousin?
@@y3flamex250 He got married 10 years ago and has a kid now; I have moved to another country and haven't been back since then, so we haven't been in contact. It's not like we fought or anything but it's hard to keep contact with people you were close you after they got married, you know?
My parents do still go back every year and try to meet up with my uncle, aunt, cousin and the little guy however.
I used to put this on the TV and fall asleep on the couch after a late night of gaming goodness.
I still do it now! haha
Zero Accords not alone ;3;
PS2 SLEEPING FOR TIRED PEOPLE
Great way to sleep
Put this on with bluetooth headphones it is amazing so soothing.
I remember waking up in the middle of the night nearly every night and seeing this. I think my own personal hell would be sitting in front of a bulky tv and watching this for all of eternity.
"Are you ready kids?"
*Aye Aye, captain!*
"I can't hear you!"
*AYE EYE, CAPTAIN!*
"Oooooooooooo-"
*PS2 AMBIENCE*
Who lives in the pineapple under the sea?
Sponge Bob square pants! Sponge Bob square pants! Sponge Boooooobb square paaaaaaaants!
Battle for bikini bottom I miss it so fucking much
That off brand BFBB spongebob theme
This is what we'll hear when we die. It's literally the sound of the universe
hope so
i feel like im inside the waves in another planet.. the sky and the sand are grey... feels like eternity
So satisfying it sounds like a heavy rainstorm but windy and chill at the same time... EPIC CINEMA SOUNDS
I remember the days, getting home from school, getting a bag of crisps and playing burnout revenge. Simpler times.
their called chips ya redcoat
@@punchy207 they're* you*
@@MinorityDestroyer youre** a** dork**
I got one ps2 recently and got that, played burnout today, good way to start the day!
@@kostya_ivanov chips
I remember leaving it on here, and curling up on the floor of my bed room and listening to this after a night of gaming. The blissful calm and feeling it give still bring me back to my childhood like nothing else. Thank you for posting this.
When i got the rsod for the first time i could never be in the same room as this console again.
Repo man I mean, being a kid, used to seeing the nice BLUE ps2 screen, then suddenly it changes to a furious red and a strange sound plays isn’t comforting.
Such an old piece of technological advancement in history yet somehow just makes you feel like you're at the beach, what a feeling.