15 Mind-Blowing Facts About The PS2

9. Turn Your PS2 Into Your Home Computer

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Going back to the first entry in this article, many gamers elected to stand their PS2 console upright, making it look for all the world like a desktop computer.

Only adding to the idea, Sony released Linux on a disc, something which enabled people to use the console as a PC. Going further, this also allowed tech-savvy users to transform their PS2 into a development kit, using open source code to get creative and make their own games. These home-made titles wouldn't work on an un-modded PS2, but it was still a cool feature, something extra for folks to play around with.

A pack including the Linux disc, an ethernet adaptor, a keyboard and mouse, a VGA adaptor and a 40GB hard-drive were released, only expanding the PS2's capabilities, making it more than simply a standard videogame console.

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