This might be the most ridiculous device I’ve ever purchased. It’s literally the size of 2 Subway footlongs 😂

@valval347

7 ай бұрын

Shaq's ps vita:

@LampHatScott

7 ай бұрын

This is why people trim the board down. To prevent it being the size of the duke controller. They did it the lazy way.

@charliedog1

7 ай бұрын

So 2 feet…

@UseCodeMINI

7 ай бұрын

@@valval347bruh

@brendancrowley3085

7 ай бұрын

​@@charliedog1it's actually 1 foot long

The moment you turned it on battery drain is scary fast.

@illkid86

6 ай бұрын

It's a pos

@o0Atish0o

6 ай бұрын

99 sec battery xD

@minefromblackmonday

3 ай бұрын

Bro's battery is from FNAF

@michaeljohnston4459

2 ай бұрын

Like a countdown to shutdown.

These wires at 9:48 are the remains of a old modchip they were too lazy to remove. You can also see the glue from the old tape above the chip.

@renboxtable

7 ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. I'm pretty sure it was a modchip that was there

@jrob0021

7 ай бұрын

That's what someone else said as well. Yeah seems extremely lazy to not remove a few wires after removing the mod chip lol. I'm not surprised though

@ZiadHamwi99

7 ай бұрын

100%

At that size it better actually play physical discs

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

You would think so but no 🤣🤣 really hope we get one that has a built in disc drive at some point it would great to just pop in any of your ps2 discs and instantly play your games anywhere - guess I will be sticking with my two handheld pcs and the ps2 emulator

@ccricers

6 ай бұрын

As someone who owned a PSP you should really hope not haha, spinning hardware is a good way to make the battery drain faster.

@therunawaykid6523

6 ай бұрын

@@ccricers oh I see

@InDeathWeLove

6 ай бұрын

@@ccricers Without being able to play legitimate games though you might as well go all the way and just build an emulator handheld rather than keep the rest of the original hardware. That way no bulky unwieldy handheld, better performance if the better hardware can run some advanced emulator features and better battery life.

@AlexHidanBR

6 ай бұрын

Even if it could play discs, since its a portable device, I'd fear scratching or damaging the discs due to movement.

For 500 I rather buy a steam deck or a rog ally it can play PS2 games thru emulation very well and it’s way more portable

@chumorgan443

6 ай бұрын

Not just well , Far better. Unless low res authenticity is what your looking for.

@thegamingdrew3105

4 ай бұрын

Steamdeck is 1000 times better than this junk

@isaac2718

3 ай бұрын

@@chumorgan443ps2 hardware is better pcsx2 detects your inputs 2 frames late which drastically changes the intended feel of the original experience and can change the feel of most games, and setting the option lower only makes it more sluggish

@duragdbo964

2 ай бұрын

@@chumorgan443as psp Vita is far way better than a r35xx or 36

look at how fast the battery drains. it started at 81% and before anything even booted up it was down to 73%. Wow

Whoever designed this: "Portable means cramming everything into something you can carry, right?"

I bet in Shaq's hands that thing would look like a PSP Go! XD

@dragonballandhonkaiimpact1022

4 ай бұрын

😂

Honestly if this thing could play PS2 and PS1 discs that would be pretty badass. But if you have to download the ISO’s anyway you’re better off just emulating on a steam deck or pc.

@sharker102s

6 ай бұрын

i luv your comment and agree

@afifnusada4712

6 ай бұрын

nope, it wouldn't be badass eventhough it could run the discs. Coz ps2 is too bad for that price where you could get steam deck with that price and you'll get performance more than ps4. that's "badass" that you have to know.

@MAR10WORLD

6 ай бұрын

@@afifnusada4712Wrong. Idc how powerful your little pc is. Nothing is better than running in native hardware

@CatfishBradley

6 ай бұрын

You've clearly never emulated games on a steamdeck then lmao.@@MAR10WORLD

@obeseperson

6 ай бұрын

@@afifnusada4712what lmao

The Aliexpress PS2 portable looks pretty nice in comparison.

$500 you could buy a decent new or used laptop then install a PS2 emulator and download 30 games and it would be a better portable system

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

Yeah this thing is way too massive, chunky and ridiculous I have an aya Neo handheld pc with a ps2 emulator installed and am currently enjoying: raw danger, sos the final escape, ratchet and clank 2, jak 2, crash twinsanity, crash bandicoot wrath of cortex, Simpsons hit and run all play great 😁

@Laughing_Individual

2 ай бұрын

You can buy a Steamdeck and upgrade it with an SSD for that price. Throw an emulator on it and do a lot more lmao.

In 2015, I dreamed to have like that of a PS2 Handheld. But now, I'm glad that there are a lot of options to choose like SteamDeck, ROG Ally, Odin 2, Legion Go, and etc. where you can play not just PS2 games, but ALMOST all retro console and PC games as well! 😁

@3rdDantetherapist

5 ай бұрын

Could you buy me some

@zilverman7820

5 ай бұрын

I don't like the feel of those portable gaming pcs. Switch ps vita psp and the other retro handhelds are the best.

@3rdDantetherapist

5 ай бұрын

@@NotEpoch it has to be a Powerful one

@Servidor_Publico_do_Ancapistao

5 ай бұрын

@@3rdDantetherapist Nope. A POCO F5 should be enough to run most PS2 games on NetherSX2

@3rdDantetherapist

5 ай бұрын

@@Servidor_Publico_do_Ancapistao specs

Bro got the Military certified Nokia 3310 ps2 portable edition 💀

This is how the game gear felt when i was 5 years old playing sonic 😂

@astrayamatu

7 ай бұрын

i had the game gear and the atari lynx and the lynx was bigger , as a kid they are both gigantic

@keesingh2031

7 ай бұрын

That sonic game for game gear was awesome ! Haha

@fightrudyfight5799

6 ай бұрын

Same with the Atari lynx 😂😂

bro this console built like a fnaf camera 💀💀💀

Oh hey look, it's what I imagined as a kid when the PSP was first announced. I'm glad I was wrong.

At that price, unless you need 100% accurate ps2 games on the go, there's no other reason why you shouldn't just get a PC portable or android portable instead like the Steam deck or Razer Edge.

@darrenthetuber743

6 ай бұрын

I can run Ps2 games on my Moto G Stylus, basically a mid tier android phone from this year, you don't need a gigantic unusable portable Ps2 with loose parts in 2023

@theblueblur17

6 ай бұрын

​@@darrenthetuber743My phone can run some switch games

That battery indicator was going down so quickly

Why would someone spend $500 on a portable PS2 console with homebrew? With that money, you can buy a steamdeck, emulate the games in HD, load custom HD textures into the game, and even have a longer battery life 😅

Dude that cracked screen effect gets me every time.

It is a PS2 Slim 90006 (from Hong Kong) according to the info shown on the screen after you got it to boot. Don't know why some games wouldn't work though.😃

@598gh

6 ай бұрын

It might be due to the OPL version (The program that runs the games), because the compatibility isn't at 100%. I have a modded fat PS2 and to run every game from the HDD, I have multiple OPL versions, and another program called HD Loader. It's a bit hectic, but much better than using disc imo. Especially with the fat models, since you can just put a huge SSD and call it a day.

@lolcat

6 ай бұрын

​@@598ghMove on from HDLoader, i use the new exfat compatible builds of opl and you can literally just drag and drop games and play

@lemonov3031

5 ай бұрын

​@@598ghSSD for a PS2? Why? That's a huge overkill with no benefit, it's incapable of even utilizing the thing. An old HDD you have laying around would be more than enough.

@598gh

5 ай бұрын

@@lemonov3031 It is overkill, but at least I won't have to worry about mechanical parts failing. And SSDs are not as expensive as they used to 10 years ago, so it's a much better solution in my opinion.

I feel like I could make a less bulky version of this myself and I know next to nothing when it comes to electronic work.

@illkid86

6 ай бұрын

Do it and I'll buy

Watching the battery percentage drop rapidly in realtime 💀

Wires on the chip were where from when a mod-chip was installed. They cut them off rather then de-soldered them.

I don't know if you knew, but that Tekken Tag Tournament game didn't look like it's from PS2, it's more like a arcade rom. When you look on the player 2 side, it's telling you to insert a coin.

"The PS2P is not real, it can't hurt you." The PS2P: Man, does this blow.

Meanwhile I emulate PS2 games in my phone...

Maan you get me everytime with that cracking animation 😂

“yep definitely 8 inches *laughs* “

This absolute behemoth of a brick makes me laugh every time I see the sheer size of it 😂 - like wth am I even looking at haha

The motherboard still has the network input so you can probably load games via eth and have decent loads, anyway the size of the console is really funny.

My man your phone can run a PS2 useing an emulator

The screen crack and perfectly cut scream was great lol

Just imagining playing that thing is making my hands hurt.

I like this one because it have battery display on that green as 99% :3 Some ps2 games have issues on this. 1-Shadow Hearts 2 when you start to beat the first battle. Enemies won't show up. 2-Summon Night Granthese. Second boss, the bomb bunny. before Chapter 2. When you hit it to get off. It's froze. 3-When you want to delete some data on ps2 bios. It's forze when you want to move.

@Zalta-gg4es

6 ай бұрын

Sad

Lol the screen cover pull off fake out was great

If that's portable, I'm a stove.

For some reason, when I first saw the thumbnail, it looked normal size, probably because of his hands

9:45 those are the modchip wires,the moder/seller who made this removed the modchip because it’s no longer needed….the modchips allows the ps2 to read burned discs/backup’s and discs from another region…like NTSC-J

@jrob0021

7 ай бұрын

So they removed the mod chip, but not the wires…? How sloppy lol

@hdNvidiaGeForceGo

7 ай бұрын

@@jrob0021 yeah it’s safe to remove those wires from the ic just make sure to not short or bridge the contact while removing them

This and the ps1 handheld is why psvita is the goat. It can run any ps1, psp. and also ps2 ports

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

Aya Neo for me - pc games and many emulators on the go and tv out

@Rebel-hn9ly

2 ай бұрын

Odin 2

That "street fighting game" you were playing, is called "Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3"

I bought a handheld PS2 for $500 as well. It’s callled a Steam Deck

My first thought was ‘holy crap that looks bigger than an actual PS2’… then the size comparison came and I choked on my drink

looks like giant PSP vista

That screen crack lol. Got me.

You know, these things KINDA made sense 10 years ago when the best thing handhelds could emulate was GBA or maybe PS1. Even then those low-quality portable PS2s were too big, expensive and overall shitty to actually use. But now handhelds and emulation went so far (seriously, Android PS2 emulator is only a few years old) that if you want to play PS2 portably you have a plethora of choices - Steam Deck, Retroid Pocket (can`t wait for 4 Pro), Odin, Asus ROG, hell, even a phone powerful enough can do it, and so much more - emulate Vita, 3DS, even Switch. It`s incredible. The golden times for emulation are right now, we can even play 360 and PS3, which was a pipe dream just a few years ago. So those shitty overpriced Aliexpress PS2 handhelds are now even more obsolete and useless than before.

I like how this cost the same as a new PS2 did in 2000.

Final Fantasy XI?! Support for the PlayStation 2 ended in 2016 lol.

I have a personal philosophy for my collecting: "No mods, no repros. Original Only."

Hello Jacob, the face buttons and D-Pad are from a DUALSHOCK 4 Wireless Controller, while the thumbsticks are from a DUALSENSE

@LucasOQ

7 ай бұрын

Had to check my PlayStation controllers for that

0:58 had me rolling into a car leading to drive me to the airport and then on a plane to Los Angelous and arriving in a marriot

I just got a 360 s because of watching your vids. It got me interested in the console and its games. Thank you Jacob.

Bro when you took off the screen protector and put a edit of it breakung scared me lol 😂

The thing is so large I was under the impression that it had the disc drive still, tell you said otherwise lol. Love your videos keep up the hard work.

I had that since i was 11 and still has it (i asked my mom to buy me ps2 but she bought this instead and said "theres none left" and clearly ignored that i knew they had alot left)

Good luck anyone who doesn’t have giant hands comfortably playing that console.

There are anbernics, that are pocket sized, that can play ps2 games, I assumed it would be huge so it could play discs, but apparently not, it's just unnecessarily big.

Imagine being seen playing that on, for example, an airplane, you'd probably be embarrassed

It's way to big people complained about the steam deck but this makes it look compact in comparison

What the best console to use to make a prortable unit? This is too big obviously but does any console have a really small motherboard? Id like to try making one. Thanks! Great video!

@Rairosu

7 ай бұрын

The Steam Deck? It's the smallest it can get.

@AdamStevens27

7 ай бұрын

The wii motherboard can be trimmed down incredibly small. Someone built an altoids can wii. You’d want to do the omgwtf trim

@freedustin

7 ай бұрын

OG Xbox.

@nubatman

6 ай бұрын

Sega Genesis model 3. It is one that I've wanted to make portable.

@sneekz07

6 ай бұрын

Wii.

There certainly aren't for everyone, quite a niche product i'll say. And unless the listing pictures are used by multiple people on there, looks like the seller (not that very listing) i bought mine from earlier in the year, my unit being a little different, like it booting into the PS2's "dashboard" without the special memory cards included, as normal ones do. Sure, my PC can do PS2 emulation very well as well as some high-end android devices, along with having a few actual PS2's myself. So that made it a bit pointless to get yes, but it's the novelty of having an actual PS2 that is portable like this, that you'd get one. And i do like mine, and do enjoy using it. But being practical, you can get an Ayn Odin 2 Max, for the same price. Which does PS2 emulation very well (bought one myself), along with plenty of other emulation it can do too, so if you own neither device at the time, it would be a much wiser choice to get an Odin 2 Max, instead of one of these PS2P's. Also why some games don't work right, because of the custom software used to make the games run on the Micro SD card. But yes, quite the niche thing it is, and for the few that'd get them, can still be a fun "little" device.

They could have reduced the size alot. They should probably have just made it as small as possible and instead of having built-in controllers, come with a Bluetooth controller because that does not look comfortable to play and if it’s battery powered it still technically, portable, only it would still be comfortable I always thought about trying to buy one of these things with the idea that it’s gonna be junk but I will improve it but I’m afraid to send so much money to China because if they send me nothing or garbage what recourse do I have? have you always got what you paid for when ordering products from these companies would you say it’s safe to make a purchase?

"Portable" I think you missed the mark on that. When you make the Steam Deck seem small, you goofed.

I’ve built from a ps2 slim and done hard drive mods and that case mods so I know how they have done it. Ya have to give them a point for actually doing one and another for sending you it.

6:50 look that is me! Btw that is ultra fighting evolution 0 or 2 i think :)

I am horrified every time I see these chop shop portables

Looks like it had a chip mod, they removed very lazily.

Dang! The size... Not much different from non-portable one. I talked about the PS2 slim version

I have the Rog Ally and it plays ps2 games very smoothly through emulation

hate it that its that large but does not even have a disc drive

It not too late to fix the battery thing. Like they to fix it because the battery percentage is like a time instead .

The thing I don't get is the removal of the disk drive. Like if you are going to just run roms anyway why even use the original hardware which caused it to be such an unwieldy thing? At that point you might as well just run an emulator on more modern and small hardware. The only reason to use stock hardware would be to be able to play legitimate games which it can't. Of course the question is would a PS2 disk drive even work upside down/sideways when in this handheld form factor and if not could you get a disk drive to replace it that would?

I actually wanna see shaq holding it

you got as to mouth 3? ive been looking all over for that gem of a game

@hustla818

7 ай бұрын

Bruh what? I'm dead 😂

You can cut the place for the ps2 controllers and put a bluetooth ps2 conroller

Grandma, I want a PS% for Christmas! Ok, honey. the "PS5":

The Steam Deck is the portable PS2 for me xD

And this my friends is WHY Valve put the thumb sticks on the top of the steam deck and not at the bottom. They know how to put stuff in the correct places. If this Portable PS2 was changed in the arrangement of the sticks and buttons like the Steam Deck it will be more accessible.

@jrob0021

7 ай бұрын

Thumb sticks at the top of this device would have been ever worse.

@BeanieKing

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, Rairosu, shut up! Trying to act like he knows something...

@NintendoDude888

7 ай бұрын

Thumbstick placement is subjective

@EddiePReacts

6 ай бұрын

Lol the wii u did it and it sucked. Joysticks at the top isnt the best configuration. Its simply preference. This device is simply too big and the device is too fat. The ergonomics look terrible.

I lol'd too much at this. Im glad youve bought it.. tbh,.. respect for the person that took the effort making this.. its really a hobby "thing" console. 😅.

What is the 2nd game you picked called

Danggg early bird gets the wormmmm🤘🏼🔥🔥

I can tell you why it's so big. I'm 99% certain that's one of those retina screens originally intended for iPads. For the last couple years, they've been kind of a big deal (pun slightly intended) in the custom retro/gaming communities. One of the best looking screens you can get that has two different input boards for it (including one you can mod with a custom firmware by Greg from Laser Bear Industries, IIRC). They're cheap and look great. Even I've got one, but I've never taken it out of the box it shipped in. Also, I think you were just wording things in a way novices could understand, but at 10:57 that's just a board to solder to, to make the final connections to the pins of the controller port. It's not tricking the system into thinking there's a PS2 controller plugged in, because there is one (well, soldered in). On the front half (bottom in the video), the little square green board with the globtop contains the main chip from a knockoff Dual Shock 2 controller.

Imagine dropping that thing in your face playing in bed 💀 rip

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

I’m sure it knock you unconscious it’s like a big plastic brick with a screen on the front

@meticulouselectronics

6 ай бұрын

@@therunawaykid6523 unconscious if your lucky lol

Jesus...May as well just build a screen into the PS2 fat model for that size...

Can you put other PS2 games on it like Scarface or rockstar game bully etc

I didn't know it was this big. 0:57 That didn't actually happen did it? I guess not unless you fixed the screen.

I like as soon as you turned it on it immediately started draining battery

I feel like I've seen this before 😵‍💫

That ps2 "portable" is bigger then a regular ps2 slim lmao things an absolute unit edit: first thing i thought when i seen the unboxing lmao was comical he had other consoles to compare it haha

Fun fact, both the fat and slim ps2s have 3rd party screens like the ps1 slim. Get one of those and a portable power supply, there ya go. Ps2 portable.

@Cyko..

7 ай бұрын

Even better, get yourself a Samsung Galaxy Tablet and a DualShock 4 controller. You'll get a nice large Super AMOLED screen that's easier to carry around than a Steam Deck and has great battery life.

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

Better off doing that instead of wasting your money on this chunky beast

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

@@Cyko..I have the aya Neo 2021 it’s not as long as the steam deck and emulates ps2 and other systems really well 😁😁

kid: i want the steam deck Mom: we have the steam deck at home

Why would u spend $500 on that I know the sellers were like omg somebody actually paid $500 for this crap

if a had a whole pc in this form factor it would be fire and i know steam deck, rog allay, and lenovo legion go exists, but think about something of this diamentions to have proper room for cooling removable sodim ram slots full sized m.2 ssd and bigger battery overall

@theo5675

7 ай бұрын

Than it’s not portable lol

@therunawaykid6523

7 ай бұрын

I have an aya Neo 2021 which emulates PS2 games really well but I still hope for a portable ps2 in this style with a built in disc drive similar to the umd discs in the psp it would be amazing just being able to put in any of my ps2 discs and start playing straight away

@toy-star7766

7 ай бұрын

@@theo5675 a laptop is considered portable and its way bigger that a handheld pc its not necessary the size that screams portability for example people say that a steam deck is more portable than a small 12-13 inch laptop but it is really ? you have to put the steam deck in its caring case wich increases the overall dimensions and you put in an a backpack anyway

If I was sitting on an extra $500 I’d absolutely get one. It’s a ridiculous novelty.

If the lenevo legion go has third party controllers and someone makes a ps style one that would be amazing

And I thought my steam deck was big 😂

you could play most ps2 games on a psvita which is like half the size of this lmao

I've Never Seen That Before And Plus Its Never Been That Big but I Have a ps2 Slim tho

The fighting game with the japanese name is called ultraman fighting evolution 3

If you got extra money to burn or collect these kinds of oddities then you’d probably buy this. Honestly, I would buy a dedicated PS2 portable because even though I emulated some PS2 games on my PC the performance is kinda terrible frames-wise.