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How to Play Playstation 2 Games on a Playstation 3 Console

The original PS3 systems that were released (60GB and 20GB) and some of the later-released 80GB systems were fully backwards compatible. This means that they were able to play PS2 games. Sony stopped creating backwards compatible PS3 systems and created PS3s without backwards compatibility and larger hard drives. Because the backwards compatible PS3 systems are no longer in production, they are hard to find and can cost a lot of money. However, if you are lucky enough to own one of the original systems, it will take some concentration and patience before you are able to play your PS2 games.

Things You'll Need

PS2 memory card
PS2 memory card adapter for PS3

Instructions

- 1
  Insert your PS2 memory card into the adapter.
- 2
  Plug the adapter into one of the PS3 USB ports in the front of the console.
- 3
  Boot up your PS3.
- 4
  Scroll to the "Games" option from the home screen.
- 5
  Select the memory card icon that appears under the "Games" menu and select to copy the memory card data to the hard drive.
- 6
  Assign the internal memory a slot to save the previously saved and future data to, under the "Memory Card Utility" options of the system.
- 7
  Insert the PS2 game you want to play. You may see a message that indicates there is no memory card found. If so, continue to the next step; otherwise you can play the game as normal.
- 8
  Press and hold the "P" center button on the controller for five seconds to bring up a menu.
- 9
  Select "Assign Slots."
- 10
  Select a slot from the list and start playing the game as normal.

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