Ps2: Blow the Lid Off!

by Brian Underdahl

Book Overview

This volume provides information, tips, secrets and advice to expand boxes, enhance performance and maximize the gaming performance using Playstation 2. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072227915
• ISBN13: 9780072227918
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This book Rules!!

This book rules!! I think anyone who doesn't like this book must see someone who can help them. Cause this book really does rule. It also helps you to understand your PS2 which can help a lot of people out there. Well I know this book helped me understand my PS2 better.

Prying Under the Lid

I have to fault Sony for one thing. They really do not want their customers knowing too much about how the PS2 works. For someone like me, who goes back to the Atari 800, this is a bit disappointing. Back in those days there was an entire subculture that lived for tinkering. Times have changed, but I found the manuals for the PS2 almost secretive, when some openness would make good marketing sense.Well, where there is a niche, someone will eventually rise to fill it. In this case, Brian Underdahl has set down a great deal of information for the newly curious. Early chapters are something of an expanded manual, covering installation, and the basic options needed to make the machine do its best (a later chapter covers playing DVDs and CDs). Then there are chapters on games, connecting to the Internet, and networking machines. The final chapters are on cheating, covering everything from where to go to get hints to gadgets that let you 'fudge' a game. And a chapter on the kind of add-ons that will void your warranty.The discussion is lucid, honest, and well illustrated. Underdahl deserves credit for going beyond marketing to present straightforward information that will increase you enjoyment of your game machine. I really wanted to find something that took more of a technical deep dive, but I have yet to discover a programmer's tutorial. Even so, I found out several things that will easily save me the cost of the book. For most people who are trying to figure out how to rig their machines, this is a Godsend. Recommended.

Perfect gift for any PS2 owner

This book really tells you everything you need to know about buying a PS2, picking accessories, setting up your console, and more. It's bound to be a perfect choice for anyone on your list who has or wants a PS2!