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How Can I Make My PlayStation 2 Games Run Faster?

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed by Sony. Making its debut in 2000, the PS2 has hundreds of games in its arsenal. Some of the PS2 games are much larger than others in terms of graphics, level size and number of enemies on the screen at once. When this is the case, there is a much larger load time necessary, which is especially true of online games such as "Final Fantasy XI." To combat this, Sony released an add-on internal hard drive dubbed the HDD. Allowing you to download certain games onto the hard drive, the HDD dramatically cuts down on the large load times.

Things You'll Need

PS2 HDD hard drive

Instructions

- 1
  Purchase the HDD. It is vailable for purchase by itself or pre-packed with "Final Fantasy XI."
- 2
  Install the hard drive into the PS2. On the back side of the PS2 there is a removable panel, located under the disc tray. Slip the HDD in as directed.
- 3
  Press the "Eject" button to extend the disc tray. Put the game in the disc tray and press the "Eject" button to close it.
- 4
  Follow the loading instructions. This should automatically produce a series of steps to load the game onto the hard drive.
- 5
  Manually load the game. If upon inserting the disc it does not happen automatically, simply go to the "Options" screen on the main menu of the game. There will be an option to load the game.

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